Culture Buzz Then again, it's 2012. We're all gonna die anyway, so enjoy yourself while you can.
Culture Buzz Do you have tired, stressed-out feet? Just toss a pair of “Hot Booties” into the microwave and viola! You now look like a sucker dressed in brightly-colored, oversized slippers. Congrats. (via adweek.com)
Christmas is just days away and there’s not much time to get all the items on your list. Thankfully, the wonderful world of As Seen On TV lets you shop with no effort required. Here are a few items to ask Santa for this Holiday season. (via trashwire.com)
I'm not sure which is worse, the name of the product or the ass of a pitchman selling it.
The Snazzy way to catch up on your sleep when you are away from home. Snazzy Napper is easy to use and easy to carry. You gotta love Snazzy!
Tech Buzz Master Chief has fallen on hard times and it's time for you to support him. By buying his music. Here is a massive collection of all the best of Master Chief Sings, which, suspiciously seems like a Phil Collins rip-off.
A depressing collection of scenes from life before you ordered that amazing product from that infomercial. Life can be so tough and so monochromatic sometimes.
TV Buzz Sick of those boring videos? Need something to freshen up your drab weekend? Well, have we got the video mashup for you! Everything is Terrible! does it again with a creation featuring all the “befores” of infomercials.
I've found the perfect product for your pungent pits, foul feet, and butt odor! It's called Aspray, and it eliminates odor in ALL of your special places. Even your privates!
I guarantee you will find at least a couple of these 41 characters in every infomercial. It's like mandatory.
Here's the infomercial for a big blue colon-shaped shower loofah thing. Hmm, the fat guy in the shower isn't really selling me on this, but that foot scrubber thing looks pretty amazing.
Got extra elderly relatives on your hands? No problem! Cash 'em in! It's not like your Great Aunt Evelyn ever sent you a birthday card with more than $10 in it, anyway. Now where are those XXL garbage bags hiding?
A metallic, one-size-fits-all diet suit from the good people of the 1980s. Pair with Slender Wine for a no-fail weight loss plan.
I'm still not convinced that this infomercial isn't high quality performance art. It's like an Entendre Contest for kitchen products. “The reason you're going to slap away everyday is because it's so easy to clean.” If only.
Finally, a device to amplify your prayers for the material riches you deserve! Warning: preemptive smiting may result with improper use.
Admittedly, I'm obsessed with totally bonkers diet guru-turned-video blogger Susan Powter, but this video of her praising the joys of an organic pear while essentially giving it some crazy mouth love brings me an unhealthy amount of glee. Looks like she traded “stopping the insanity” for “embracing lots and lots of insanity” (to our sheer delight, of course).
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The ultimate collection of the top ten most hypnotic infomercials from which you somehow could not pull yourself away. The gang's all here, from Susan “Stop The Insanity” Powter to Tony Little to Ron Popeil. But somehow they failed to include one of our all-time faves: The Psychic Friends Network. (Seriously, Dionne Warwick in sunglasses shilling for psychics? It doesn't get better.)
Barack Obama aired this half-hour video on almost every major network tonight.
Culture Buzz Television infomercial for junky 9/11 $20 commemorative. OK, so in case nobody noticed, it’s Liberian legal tender we’re talking about here. They gloss over that tidbit in their description like it’s no big deal. Let’s see, so if the exchange rate is $0.016 US to every Liberian dollar, that makes this thing actually worth a wopping $0.32! Of course that says nothing of the thing’s tasteful aesthetic.