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07-30-2005, 01:41 PM
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Ah, infomercials. The endless, mindless, sometimes meaningless products people think up.  Personally, I ADORE infomercials.
Sometimes you can find real cool things, though. The Bowflex is a classic, and the chef knives are really cool. My personal favourite is the Betty Crocker cake-filler thing. You can find anything from maid service to edible shoelaces. Also, the tupperware holder I was very tempted to get.
What sort of neat things have you guys seen on infomercials?
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07-30-2005, 05:44 PM
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I'm sorry Kitten, I abhor Infomercials and don't watch TV altogether.
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07-30-2005, 05:46 PM
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07-30-2005, 05:56 PM
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well, there was a commercial for Honda, where the guy would sing a song that was really funny, like, that : "I woke up, took of my pajama, went to my bed, and then I've slept, and then I woke up and took in my pajama and returned to my bed" and in portuguese this was very cool. The guy was insanely funny. And the motorcycle has improved vendings after the commercial. Anyway, twas one of the bests.
There was also the phillips one, (i guess it was phillips) with ants who flew with the bass of a speaker wooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeba!
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07-31-2005, 03:28 AM
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The best advert ever, although not an infomercial, was Hondas "Cog" for the Accord. It was effectively a domino raly of loads of parts from the car, but much more clever and sophisticated  You used to be able to get a copy of it on DVD for free from their website, But im not sure if you still can...
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07-31-2005, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Magrus I'm sorry Kitten, I abhor Infomercials and don't watch TV altogether. | My habits, too.
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Originally Posted by giles337 The best advert ever, although not an infomercial, was Hondas "Cog" for the Accord. It was effectively a domino raly of loads of parts from the car, but much more clever and sophisticated You used to be able to get a copy of it on DVD for free from their website, But im not sure if you still can... | I liked that, but not enough to get a DVD of it. There must be something wrong with people who want to own a copy of an advert  .
The amusing infomercials are the really old British ones. The ones with a man talking in Queen's English - "If you see a Nazi walking down your street..."
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07-31-2005, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by fable My habits, too. | *nods* I'd much rather write, play a game or read. That or get drunk and run around the neighborhood. Hey, maybe I should do an infomercial against television!
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07-31-2005, 11:38 AM
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Er... where would you show it?
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07-31-2005, 12:15 PM
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Middle of the road. I could interrupt someone's driving pleasure with a wonderful advertisement. 
I need more sleep...spamming threads about TV now. Sorry, sorry. I'll go away.
OH! There is one I liked! There's a blender one, I want. I want I want I want! It'd be so wonderful to make drinks with. *nods* Forgot what it was though. 
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07-31-2005, 01:53 PM
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Oh yeah, I've seen one similar to a blender but it's more a substitute for it. It's this little hand-held spinny thing that makes no mess and makes everything perfectly blended and it won't ever seperate! Good for making homemade mayo.
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07-31-2005, 02:08 PM
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*shakes my head* The hand-held ones are flawed for what I want to use them for. Tried that and didn't work, had to break out a food processor and do my drinks one drink at a time. That got to be terribly hard when I had four or five of them in me.
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