You know.

THe commercial that attempts to sell you products you never knew you needed, for 9.95, 19.95, or 29.95 a month (depending on the crappiness level of the product of course).


Like on those weird commercials that try to sell you the top secret oil-of-Orange-Peel cleaners that can rid a room of any forensic evidence of foulplay, all without the need to wipe or scrub!
Or knitting needles that allow you the knit a sweater in 3 seconds, all without moving your wrists.





I personally have not bought any products I've seen on T.V., but I find them fascinating. My dad bought a few things, but never the ones I found most fascinating. He bought Slim Whitman's greatest hits , and a set of expensive Encyclopedias once or something

The only thing I almost bought was this really neat set-it and forget-it rotisserie cooker, but after hearing Mitch Hedberg call those "morbid ferris wheels of impaled chickens", I thought better of it.



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I love Mitch Hedberg. RIP, Mitch.

"I bought a ant farm once. Those fuckers didn't grow SHIT!"

Is that butter stick shit real?

I have these



I just use them to whip at the teenagers heads when they act out

Imago said:

I get sucked into infomercials all the time but I've never bought anything.

I think I want to buy the bean though.

Mach said:

now that seems like it could save you money. i hate fabric softener & dryer sheets.

Mach said:

I'd love to have dryer balls
Mainly in the Summer

Mach said:

Do they work?


Why is it that you bought products slightly resembling french ticklers

Imago said:

Like the butter stick is all innocent

PANDURITO said:

I didn't buy the butter stick!

I bought 6 second abs. That's about how long I used it for.

Imago said:

Hell yes they work - next time I whip one at JT's forehead I'll take a pic

I really just like rolling them all over my oil covered body



WTF is wrong with me ?

wickyb said:

You know, For Kids

wickyb said:

OMG, you are a victim of late night t.v.

wickyb said:

I love that movie.

PANDURITO said:

Ba doom tis!

JustErin said:

my sister in law bought the set of steak knives - but WAIT there's more! she got a bread knife and a sharpener and etc etc etc and paid an absolute fortune.

BUT!

12 years later, I was over there on saturday cutting up some crusty bread, and those knives are amazing!!! "best thing I ever bought" she told me

http://www.cutco.com

(where's my commission )

ZombieKitten said:

I used to sell cutco knives back during my younger days through a company called Vector marketing.


They. are. the. most. amazing. knives. ever....


I mean, seriously, if you're willing to shell out 800 bucks on a knife set, you'll never regret it. They will last you the rest of your damned life.

And they are extremely sharp. People are always nicking themselves when they use the knives---even after 20+ years of use they're sharp.

Imago said:

fuck yeah!

I have the magic bullet, good if you only want to make something for yourself and it takes up a lot of space, lots of pieces

veronikka said:

ive secretly always wanted that.im always tempted when i see it on the as seen on tv shelf at rite-aid.

i had one of these, never used it....





just donated it 2 goodwill

Christopher said:

Its great for smoothies thats all Ive made in mine

veronikka said:

the lady on the commerical made omlettes and pasta.but id prolly end up just making smoothies too

We don't live in such a consumerist society in the UK to the same extent as over in the US, so no. Usually the adverts we have in the UK are generally for something that's useful.