SNL’s Audacity in Advertising Awards Roast Facebook, BP and Amazon

‘We’re so excited to celebrate the most egregious ads of the year’

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Saturday Night Live took aim at tone-deaf marketing during Saturday’s show with a sketch that celebrated the 2021 Audacity in Advertising Awards, skewering brands like Facebook, BP and Amazon.

The faux ceremony was hosted by Jake from State Farm (played by host Jonathan Majors; the real pitchman had appeared in an actual State Farm ad that ran earlier in the show) and Flo from Progressive (SNL’s Heidi Gardner), who said, “I signed a 100-billion-year contract with Progressive.”

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