And the MST3K guys ripped it off in their "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" bit with their Quinn Martin Nature Preserve. More likely, though, it was independently conceived.
That said, when Mrs. Butterworth does a Halloween promotion where you can see her internal organs floating in the syrup, I'll know that Pinnacle Foods Group LLC is stealing my dreams.
If Monty Python are the Beatles of British comedy, these guys were "The Monkees", but basically only for the format their show used...all live together, use their real names, get into wacky cartoony situations, etc.