The Fruity Long-Haired Hairdressers with Foreign Accents are Coming!

In the mid-90s, one channel on my cable system showed infomercials 24/7. One of the infomercials most frequently aired on that channel was the one for “José Eber Secret Hair.” On this infomercial the fruity French hair stylist José Eber tried to sell hair pieces for women. They must have aired that thing five or six times a day! One of the funniest things about this infomercial was when José Eber introduced his “good friend Piny,” (pronounced “Pee-nee”) whom José described as one of the hottest hair stylists in Hollywood. The on-screen graphics listed the man’s name as only “Piny.” No last name (or maybe no first name) was given—so I guess Piny was like Cher (and probably liked Cher too).

Recently, the tradition of infomercials hosted by effeminate hairdressers with foreign accents has been kept alive by Masood Max, who has worked as a hair stylist for the Shop at Home network (!) and hosts the infomercial for his Maxiglide hair straightening iron.

Well, José wasn’t going to let his position as the king of limp-wristed foreigners on hair care infomercials get stolen from him! So José Eber now has a hair iron of his very own being sold on TV. Only in José’s case it’s a curling iron. (There was a website with video at JoseCurl.com, but it has been taken down for some reason.) So if you don’t like the straight hair you got from Masood Max’s Maxiglide, you can buy José Eber’s Crimpless Curling Iron and get your old hair style back!

There is, however, a “man” waiting in the wings who could displace both Masood and José in the public imagination. I came across a video on YouTube of a kiosk in a mall in Las Vegas. The video being played on this kiosk features a Danish hairdresser by the name of Yenz von Tilborg pushing a hair straightner called H2PRO:

I think this video is also interesting because Yenz’s co-host is like a slightly less effeminate Bobby Trendy with a skunk patch.

Take a look at this head shot of Yenz.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! My eyes!!

Yenz makes Siegfried and Roy look like a couple of Teamsters.

Will somebody please do a kind deed for the world and air this Yenz von Tilborg video as an infomercial on broadcast TV.