Infomercial Hell Blog

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  Why is the ShamWow Commercial So Damn Annoying?

  June 28, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  Have you seen the TV commercial for the ShamWow cloths? Check it out: This ShamWow ad has to be one of the most annoying commercials to air on TV in a long time, but I’m not exactly sure what is...

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  Hilarious Chinese Sexual Health Infomercials

  June 24, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  Boyd Jones, an American venture capitalist working in China, has captured video of some ludicrous infomercials being broadcast in the Chinese city of Jinan. On the evidence of these videos, the infomercials in China tend to be ones selling sexual...

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  The Musical Inspiration of Santo Gold

  June 20, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  In the 1980s, a man named Santo Victor Rigatuso started a gold jewelry business named “Santo Gold.” He also filmed a weird comedy movie called Blood Circus that featured wrestlers, mummies, space aliens, angels, and corny jokes. The fertile mind...

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  New Santo Gold Video Clips

  June 16, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  I’ve uploaded new video clips from the bizarre Santo Gold infomercial. Many people think they dreamed this thing, but this mid-1980s infomercial tried to simultaneously promote a gold jewelry money making scheme and a “space wrestling comedy” movie called Blood...

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  Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan to Star in Reality TV Show?

  June 11, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  I came across this article in the St. Petersburg Times describing an infomercial shoot in which longtime infomercial pitchman Billy Mays fires a “bug bazooka” filled with crickets at a windshield to demo a windshield wiper called the “GatorBlade.” You’ll...

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  Alfonso Ribeiro Teaches Dorky White Boys How to Break Dance

  June 7, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  Remember the 80s? I’m in heaven after I found this video for an old 80s TV commercial. Apparently, the child actor Alfonso Ribeiro of Silver Spoons (and later Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) lent his name to an instructional book called...

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  Magic Bullet To Go Infomercial Review Now Online

  June 2, 2008, by Paul Lucas

  At long last, I have uploaded my full review of the Magic Bullet To Go infomercial. This is the infamous sequel to the Original Magic Bullet infomercial in which Mick and Mimi take their friends on a camping trip and...

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