Navarrette and Marcello Hernández find all the ways not to market a new Sprite drink
On Saturday Night Live , host Inde Navarrette and Marcello Hernández played two Spanish soap opera actors tasked with working a product placement into their scene, but end up getting each take wrong—dramatically so.
In “El Corazón Que No Siente,” Selena (Navarrette) and Rodrigo (Hernández) are informed by their director (Kenan Thompson) that Sprite has paid for them to drink Sprite Cherry-Lime Habanero. Two of the company’s reps, Shayna (Ashley Padilla) and Todd (Mikey Day) are on scene to see it through.
But things don’t go to plan.
In take one, Rodrigo ultimately holds up the bottle, announcing that “only an obese pervert would drink this.” He adds, “It’s bad, but they paid for this.”
In the next take, Selena hands him the bottle for him to take a sip, which he does—but cannot hide how badly it tastes, and calls it “poison.”
This prompts Selena to try it herself.…