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Favorite old or current infomercials

radiofan2023

radiofan2023

What are your favorite old or current infomercials?

I miss the one with the guys selling the American flag knives from Arkansas or whereever they were.

Also those little people who were twin brothers selling real estate. I just found out one of them died. RIP to him.

The George Foreman Grill was another good one:
 
National ads:

To this day, I still crack up at this Target back-to-school ad from 1999 (apologies for the bad sound quality):

I’ll never forget this one, either (sorry for the subpar video quality):


Local (Los Angeles/SoCal) ads:

I still have this commercial memorized word for word:

Another plumber:

My parents and I love to quote from this one:

I also remember this one:
Survival Insurance - Poker Game
 
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Years ago I got mad because "Jeopardy" was pre-empted on a Saturday (must have been one I didn't see the first time) by an infomercial for a country classics album. Now I wish I had gone ahead and watched it.
 
I didn't even see this thread until now! Infomercials were awesome back in the day...unless it was for Bowflex or some weight-loss product or treadmill. Then it was borrrrrring.

My three all-time favorites, not in order - Chef Tony and the Miracle Blade III knife set, the late Ron Popeil's Showtime Rotisserie ("Set it...and forget it!"), and the crazy group of people who did the Magic Bullet. Staples of early morning television in the early '00s. CNBC aired infomercials all day on weekends, and often I'd find one of these three. These were just as entertaining (or more) as cartoons were.
I have a Magic Bullet and yet, I've never used it! I want to eventually make smoothies.

 
Watching a test pattern would be more exciting than any infomercial.
 
Amazing Discoveries - QRB Furniture Refinishing. This is the one with the energetic little blonde (Lynn Gerhardt) wearing the white sneakers.



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A discussion about 90s infomercials seems very incomplete without mention of the tragic story of the infamous Don Lapre, who's shady schemes ended in a jail suicide:


On a much more positive note, I did buy some of Tony Robbins' products, and really got a lot out of them.
 
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