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Spoof / Parody

Jay Leno — “MOTOR OIL” mustache parody (The Tonight Show)

Release year:1998
Category:Unofficial parody / campaign-adjacent
Collections:Spoofs / Parodies
Times published:1
Type:Late-night TV commercial-parody screen grab
Printed tagline:MOTOR OIL — It’s not just for cars anymore (parody of the milk-mustache ads)

Ad text

MOTOR OIL

It’s not just for cars anymore.

Main image

Period scan — Jay Leno — “MOTOR OIL” mustache parody (The Tonight Show)

Scan from the Milk Mustache Book. Jay Leno wears a dripping motor-oil ‘mustache’ in a mock TV commercial on The Tonight Show, spoofing the milk-mustache campaign. Book caption: “Jay Leno sports a motor-oil mustache in his own commercial parody on The Tonight Show.”

Where it was published

PublicationIssue/datePageFormatSourceNotes
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)1998 find this issueTelevision commercial-parody sketch (screen grab)The Milk Mustache Book (Ballantine, 1998), “Spoofs, Parodies, Rip-offs” chapterOn-air late-night parody of the milk-mustache ads; framed as a faux TV commercial for motor oil.

About this entry

Jay Leno — “MOTOR OIL” mustache parody (The Tonight Show) is an entry filed under Unofficial parody / campaign-adjacent dated 1998, filed in the collection “Spoofs / Parodies” of the Milk Mustache Database, which lists 2,339 entries from the got milk? and Milk Mustache campaigns. Type: Late-night TV commercial-parody screen grab. Printed line: “MOTOR OIL — It’s not just for cars anymore (parody of the milk-mustache ads)”. Recorded appearances: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) (1998 find this issue).

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