I always wanted to open an acting school for infomercial actors. It can’t be easy to botch common, everyday tasks like that. For the final, you would be given a random object and you would be graded by how much damage you did to yourself trying to use it. Like a toothbrush, or a potato or something. And of course you would have to throw your hands up at the end to indicate just how tiring and overwhelming the entire experience was.
Oh Yes I have and I swear the buyer’s @ Meh do as well. Because there is nothing better at 2am then to watch the Knife Show were I can’t get 250 knives for not $1200… no… not $800… not even $400! But if I act right now I can get all 250 knives plus my choice of an authentic replica of a Japanese Katana (in my choice of the red dragon or pearlesque handle) for only $99!!! Unbelievable! That is right! ll the knives for only $99 freakin dollars.
I could then turn around and sell them at like they do at the local fast food/lotto hut/knife/lighter/belt buckle Quickie Mart.
@DRBLAW I loved that show! It was a blast to watch. I never bought anything because I’d been exposed to the stainless steel wall hanger crap at the Excalibur in Las Vegas (and the original Highlander katana I bought my wife because she loved she show so much; didn’t expect tamahagane but I didn’t understand then just how crappy the steel in these show blades is).
@Mehrocco_Mole I too have been paid to watch many an infomercial. By the end of the show it’s sometimes a struggle not to buy, even when I’m not the targeted audience.
When my daughter was little (22 yo, now), she didn’t sleep much. She’d wake up in the middle of the night and turn on the TV. Eventually she would come into my room and tell me “Momma, you just gotta come see this right now.” Then she would proceed to tell me word for word about this product we JUST had to buy right then. She was so excitable. After the first couple of “Oh my god, what happened? Are you Okay? Where are you hurt?”, I would just lay there and listen to her spiel and silently laugh as she explained why we just HAD to have it, and that if I’d just give her my credit card, she’d take care of it so I didn’t have to get up.
I was in elementary school, and I knew there was a show I liked after. Some faked comedy MMA thing. Ah, what was that called? A humorous Mortal Combat spoof, probably first live action show I really enjoyed. Had a guy called Tsunami. I only remember because in one episode they realized you could anagram his name to “I am nuts” and I thought it was the funniest thing.
My daughters used to crack up over the “Brazilian booty-blasting workouts” infomercial. Just endless shots of butts and talk about butts and the word BUTT on the screen. Comedy goldmine!
I’ve always loved the inane stupidity of people in those commercials. What I love even more is that someone took the best parts and made a compilation video. Enjoy!
Was Girls Gone Wild considered an infomercial or a documentary?
@elimanningface It was exhibit #1 as far as I can recall.
@elimanningface Came here just for this answer.
Back when basic cable was ~30 channels I watched a lotta that trash during the night when there was little to nothing else on.
I always wanted to open an acting school for infomercial actors. It can’t be easy to botch common, everyday tasks like that. For the final, you would be given a random object and you would be graded by how much damage you did to yourself trying to use it. Like a toothbrush, or a potato or something. And of course you would have to throw your hands up at the end to indicate just how tiring and overwhelming the entire experience was.
@falseaccount this ordinary sweater is so confusing! !
I miss billy mays
Oh Yes I have and I swear the buyer’s @ Meh do as well. Because there is nothing better at 2am then to watch the Knife Show were I can’t get 250 knives for not $1200… no… not $800… not even $400! But if I act right now I can get all 250 knives plus my choice of an authentic replica of a Japanese Katana (in my choice of the red dragon or pearlesque handle) for only $99!!! Unbelievable! That is right! ll the knives for only $99 freakin dollars.
I could then turn around and sell them at like they do at the local fast food/lotto hut/knife/lighter/belt buckle Quickie Mart.
@DRBLAW I loved that show! It was a blast to watch. I never bought anything because I’d been exposed to the stainless steel wall hanger crap at the Excalibur in Las Vegas (and the original Highlander katana I bought my wife because she loved she show so much; didn’t expect tamahagane but I didn’t understand then just how crappy the steel in these show blades is).
@DRBLAW
It seems the closed-caption generator got thoroughly stoned before beginning interpretation.
That knife guy is the best.
I love infomercials… I personally know & work with a gentleman who does the voice over’s for lots of those crazy products… He’s one of the best!!
When you work master control for the over-knight shift you don’t have a choice in the matter.
@Mehrocco_Mole I too have been paid to watch many an infomercial. By the end of the show it’s sometimes a struggle not to buy, even when I’m not the targeted audience.
Infomercials can be quite entertaining:
@FightingMongoos he should not have slammed that horse against the table like that.
This guy is nuts:
I watch them unaware, then they wake me up.
/giphy unaware
One of the classics:
Ronco.
When my daughter was little (22 yo, now), she didn’t sleep much. She’d wake up in the middle of the night and turn on the TV. Eventually she would come into my room and tell me “Momma, you just gotta come see this right now.” Then she would proceed to tell me word for word about this product we JUST had to buy right then. She was so excitable. After the first couple of “Oh my god, what happened? Are you Okay? Where are you hurt?”, I would just lay there and listen to her spiel and silently laugh as she explained why we just HAD to have it, and that if I’d just give her my credit card, she’d take care of it so I didn’t have to get up.
Aren’t they called webinars now?
I was in elementary school, and I knew there was a show I liked after. Some faked comedy MMA thing. Ah, what was that called? A humorous Mortal Combat spoof, probably first live action show I really enjoyed. Had a guy called Tsunami. I only remember because in one episode they realized you could anagram his name to “I am nuts” and I thought it was the funniest thing.
My daughters used to crack up over the “Brazilian booty-blasting workouts” infomercial. Just endless shots of butts and talk about butts and the word BUTT on the screen. Comedy goldmine!
Speaking of Infomercials, Miss Cleo died today.
http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/26/miss-cleo-dead-psychic/
Popiels Pocket Fisherman! We actually had one and it worked ok too…
Thermos coffee cup
I’ve always loved the inane stupidity of people in those commercials. What I love even more is that someone took the best parts and made a compilation video. Enjoy!