Ridiculous Infomercial Review Blog

There’s a brand new Sex Talk infomercial for ExtenZe being aired these days. In this version, good ol’ Ron Jeremy and his porn star friends are gone. However, as in the previous version, there’s a lot of “stiff” dialog and no one here is actually willing to utter the word “penis.”

Here are some cast pictures of the new 2006/2007 version of the Extenze infomercial along with some commentary. (By the way, if you want to use any of these pictures on your own website feel free, just be sure to give us a link back.)

Brigitte and Frank

The hosts of the ExtenZe infomercial identify themselves only as “Frank” and “Brigitte.” They give no last names, which seems like a pretty good decision.

Notice the phallic-looking sculptures in the background:

Brigitte Walks the Street

At one point they have host Brigitte do some “on the street interviews.” And what a lucky coincidence that she happened to find lots and lots of men who are using ExtenZe. These interviews take place in California, but taking a look at Brigitte I think it was a little nippy outside.

The ExtenZe Commercial

These shots come from the “commercial” part of the infomercial:

There are a few seconds from what appears to be a scripted scene where a husband tells his wife that he has just purchased ExtenZe pills. It’s too bad they don’t show more of it because it looks like it would have been pretty funny.

The ExtenZe Girls on the Couch

Maybe the jokes I made about the too-honest Chantz Fortune ExtenZe endorsement in the previous infomercial had an effect. Because in this infomercial they have three gorgeous girls insist that size really, really, REALLY matters to them. These women even say they have even dumped guys because they didn’t have big enough wangs. They also say that if a woman tells a guy size doesn’t matter, she’s just saying that to spare his feelings.

If you want to catch the new ExtenZe infomercial for yourself, it’s currently airing on Spike TV at about 4:30 AM.

This new ExtenZe infomercial will probably be more effective at selling pills to some loser who can’t get laid but thinks he’s going to get laid if his penis is an inch longer. But the old Hedgehog/Kim Chambers/Ruby/Chantz Fortune/Scott Styles version of the ExtenZe infomercial made for a lot more laughs.

I found a new video clip of the Tom Vu infomercial. It’s from a version of the Tom Vu infomercial that aired just after the version that I review on my site.

The person who uploaded the video did add some editing to the original infomercial. Still it’s great to have any extra video of the Tom Vu infomercial.

You can see that in this version of the infomercial Tom is even less shy about brandishing his half-naked chicks. And while in the earlier version of the infomercial Vu was laid back, here he is quite agressive, telling viewers that if they don’t come to his seminar they “deserve to be broke.” The testimonials here are wonderfully strange with Tom Vu suddenly sidling up beside people as they talk about their real estate riches.

Check it out:

By the way, my Tom Vu infomercial review also contains two video clips from the Tom Vu infomercial near the bottom of the page.

I’ve uploaded a new video clip from the ExtenZe infomercial to my ExtenZe infomercial review page. Go to the bottom of the page to play the video.

In this video, the porn star (and sometime prostitute) Ruby expresses her certainty that ExtenZe pills will earn a bundle and therefore wants to get to know company rep. Lawrence Ross better because “he’s going to be a very rich man.” To which Ron Jeremy replies, “I am going to be sick!”

Check it out: ExtenZe

Why do people watch infomercials? Most watch them because they are interested in buying the advertised product. Others watch them to get to sleep. People such as myself and the fans of this website watch them for the unintentional humor.

But how about watching infomercials for emotional comfort and to heal a broken heart?

One blogger at TVGuide.com who goes by the handle Coggie wrote a post in July titled Cathy Mitchell Singlehandedly Saved My Life. In this post Coggie describes how, in the aftermath of a breakup, she found solace in watching Cathy Mitchell hawk some gadget on TV:

I found comfort in her soothing, maternal, perky voice as if to assure me that all would be well, as long as I tried a hot pocket apple pie, done in seconds! Amazingly, I never tired of watching this infomercial, every hour it was on, on one channel or another.

And she admits that even today as a married woman when she sees the host of GT Xpress 101 and GeMagic on TV she ends up “right back where I was before.”

Coggie makes the statement: “To sum up: Infomercials are for lonely hearts.”

And lest you think Coggie is alone in this Cathy Mitchell fixation, in the comments section “Klotar”, who claims to have watched the GT Xpress 101 infomercial “hundreds of times,” adds:

I thought I was alone is this bizarre obsession with Cathy Mitchell. My best friend teased me over this until, one day, Cathy was on and I insisted she watch it. My intention was to have her feel the lure and get off my back.

And the next person who comments has the habit just as bad:

OHMIGAWD! I, too, thought I was the only Cathy Mitchell nut out there! Something about that red-headed, Ma-type is strangely appealing…I’ve Googled her name many times, just trying to find out more about her! Wouldn’t you LOVE to have her as a neighbor?…We all should form a support group - CMAA - Cathy Mitchell Addicts Anonymous!

It appears that Cathy Mitchell’s hold on these people has something of the preternatural about it. Coggie mentions her “devil lures” and Klotar calls her “the devil wrapped in apple pie.” So perhaps Cathy Mitchell’s appeal is less analogous to comfort food than to crack cocaine.

I suspect this type of visceral reaction to infomercials is something unique to Cathy Mitchell and her grandmotherly charms.

I doubt anyone has ever sought to heal a broken heart by watching The Juiceman or Matthew Lesko.

I’ve uploaded a video clip from the Juiceman infomercial on my Juiceman infomercial review page. Go to the bottom of the page to play the video.

In this clip, the Jay “The Juiceman” Kordich lets you in on the secret that a straight glass of parsley juice is the key to getting “the highest high you’ve ever had in your life.”

And it’s healthy except for one small side effect.

Check it out: Juiceman