Infomercials drive me crazy
09-20-2010, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
and where do they get that audience of idiots who sit there enraptured, applauding and nodding their heads, like,
"yes, this new strawberry seed remover will CHANGE MY LIFE!!!"
"yes, this new strawberry seed remover will CHANGE MY LIFE!!!"
One of Ron Popiel's commercials has a blond lady in the audience who does them too. And I've seen one of the "chefs" sitting in an audience clapping and smiling.
Obviously they're paid to sit there and applaud. How exciting can it be to see a knife cut something? Or a blender blend?
09-20-2010, 06:24 PM
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How about the one for the hair straightening thingy and they all applaud after the chick uses it??? Duh, I use a curling iron most days and no one has clapped for me. (Oh I forgot--I'm not cute, 19 yrs old, with bosums that stand straight up!!)
09-20-2010, 07:11 PM
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I guess they think they will wear us down eventually. My DH said last night he wouldn't buy anything Billy Mays was screaming about. Heart disease was listed as the "primary cause of death" and cocaine was listed as a "contributory cause of death." His commercials were so irritating I would mute the t.v. when they were on.
09-20-2010, 07:43 PM
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OR the item is only 39.95 - BUT WAIT!!call within the next 10 minutes and it will be only 29.95 - but we're not done yet! If you call right away, we will DOUBLE your order and you just pay extra for shipping------------you call and ask how much shipping is, and by gunny - the shipping costs more than the items!!
09-20-2010, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
OR the item is only 39.95 - BUT WAIT!!call within the next 10 minutes and it will be only 29.95 - but we're not done yet! If you call right away, we will DOUBLE your order and you just pay extra for shipping------------you call and ask how much shipping is, and by gunny - the shipping costs more than the items!!
09-20-2010, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by wolfkitty
I REFUSE to watch or listen to them. I like the company of TV, but I prefer silence to that garbage.
09-20-2010, 09:13 PM
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Do you mean Billy Mays? He was apparently a coke addict.
He died of a heart attack from too much cocaine
He died of a heart attack from too much cocaine
Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Montel, can't you make a new Infomercial???
They play the same ones over and over and over a million times. Can't they record several????
(Didn't the man that did a lot of yelling die with drugs in his system? I could be waaaay off base, but I thought so.)
They play the same ones over and over and over a million times. Can't they record several????
(Didn't the man that did a lot of yelling die with drugs in his system? I could be waaaay off base, but I thought so.)
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