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Barry's Bootcamp? Barack Obama Airs a TV Infomercial
Recently, I saw an infomercial for a video exercise workout program called Barry’s Bootcamp. I thought that “Barry’s Bootcamp” would be a great title if Barack Obama ever wanted to create his own infomercial and get across to the American...
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Oro Por Dinero: Cash4Gold.com Airs New Spanish and English Commercials
If you haven’t seen the commercial for Cash4Gold.com, then you probably haven’t been watching any television at all for the past 6 months. Cash4Gold.com is a service that lets you mail in your gold and receive money for it—and their...
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Bye, Bye Kevin: Trudeau Banned from Infomercials for 3 Years!
Steve Parker, M.D. of the Advanced Mediterranean Diet Blog tipped us off to the latest news about the ongoing legal woes of infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau. A recent court ruling seems to really and truly prohibit Trudeau from appearing on...
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Do You Cath? Liberator Medical Commercial Offers You Catheters Out the Wazoo!
A reader of this website emailed me about the commercial for Liberator Medical Supply some months back. (I tried looking for the email but couldn’t find it.) This commercial promotes a service for people who use catheters, which are tubes...
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The Rice Twins on the Cash Flow Generator Infomercial
Among the most memorable of the infomercial real estate gurus were brothers John and Greg Rice, who for years promoted their Cash Flow Generator workshops on TV. What made these two stand out was that they were not only identical...
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A ShamWow Parody Video That is Actually Funny
If you do a search for “infomercial” on YouTube, you will find hundreds of infomercial parody videos. Nearly all of these parodies, however, are totally witless, completely unfunny, and an utter waste of time. That is why I was surprised...
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ERA Awards Attempt to Honor the Best Infomercials of 2008
Every year the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA), a trade group for the direct response biz, recognizes the finest in human achievement by honoring the best infomercials of the year. On September 23, at a gala ceremony in Las Vegas, the...
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