The Strange Case of the ShoeDini Shoe Horn Infomercial

Gottfried is great, it’s sad to see him lowered to infomercials as well :(.

Haha!

For some reason, infomercials aimed at old people always make me laugh more than any other!

Lifealert, Jitterbug, and now this XD

Going ino my list of funniest old people infomercials ever!

It may sound hilarious, but Gilbert Gottfried was a perfect person to pitch this product. He actually sounds a lot like an old, cantankerous man complaining about how hard it is to squeeze into his orthodontic loafers.

*ahem*, I meant “orthotic”……. my mistake.

I actually don’t think its that ridiculous of a product, however the infomercials are extremely ridiculous.

if you ever get old may your children be the same as you scumsuckers may bend over and kiss your ass goodbye

“It’s not just a shoe horn it’s a shoe horn on a stick!” well say hello to Jeff Dunham’s new puppet, he can be to Jalapeno on a Stick’s cousin

I normally would not do this, but I hope they all rot in hell for torturing us with this!

“I can already hear you *screaming*, `But I’m already busying buying the spray-on hair!’ Come on, no! No! Get the shoehorn! ‘Cause what’s the use in having hair if you don’t have shoes!” Logic like that deserves to be found in a fortune cookie! It’s no worse than “Maybe you can live on the moon in next century”!

“`But does it have a hook?’ Of course it has a hook!” And the hook makes it easy to pick your shoes up off the floor, ’cause there’s no better place to keep your shoes than on the top shelf of your closet!

Next product will be a shoe tree that sticks to the ceiling of your closet and holds the shoes upside down so any rocks, lint, or cat shit trying to accumulate in them will instead fall out of the shoes onto your vacuum-sealed shirts hanging on your cheap plastic space-saver hangers!

Why can’t people just buy shoes that *fit*?

Mike, I don’t think it’s that ridiculous of a product either, and intend to buy one for my 80 year old mom, as soon as it’s available at Walgreens or Rite-Aid.

People can make all the jokes they choose, but let something happen to your back, or other areas where arthritis might strike, and I guarantee you won’t think it’s so funny then.

If this thing works, I’d consider it to be a God-send, especially for those who really need it.

Oh FFS people, Mike is making fun of the commercial and the actors in said commercial, not the stupid product or old folks in general. If can’t have the teeniest bit of a sense of humor, stop looking at humorous websites.

Damn…there’s always gotta be some crybaby who talks about their old ass mom and tries to lay on the guilt. Lighten the hell up.

Yes – a clever name – that has been used previously for a shoe store web site in Richmond, VA. Saxon Shoes. Could they legally use this name?

How the hell did the old bastard get his socks on?

LMAO @ Howards comment. Good point.

I have a son who is a dwarf trying to become independent. I plan to buy him one because he nearly has to lay on the floor to reach anything down there. So make all your jokes, what goes around, does also come back around. I hope you doubters aren’t going to be in need of one of these later in life and eat your words. I’m sure my 86 year old dad would like it too.

Your commercial for the shoedini is so obnoxious and irritating that I would never buy any of your products just because of it.

I just saw it on tv

i had to make sure i didn’t accidentally have the tv on adult swim – this seemed like a spoof infomercial. ha, i just imagine the parrot from Aladdin talking

I hate dumbasses who overuse and use incorrectly “The case of …) You are not witty, and your lame attempt to validate your own existance with this banal blog is absurd. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR OBSERVATIONS. BTW ITS THE CASE FOR… not “of”… Go back to digging ditches, flipping burgers, and squeezing anal glands.

#FAIL

Hey Maggie, not all of us are bright and witty enough to post angry comments on humor blogs and incorrectly try to correct their grammar. Have a little compassion. (It is too bad that Robert Louis Stevenson isn’t still alive, so that you could tell him his story should be titled “The Strange Case FOR Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”)

Thanks, Cinco.

I just saw the commercial and immediately recognized the voice of the lawyer from “Beverly Hills Cop” who tried to bribe Eddie Murphy not to arrest his wife for non-payment of parking tickets. I think it’s also an unintentional joke that older people are harder or hearing; thus, the screaming, obnoxious voice-over of Gilbert Gottfried.

I can’t believe they released that version to the general public. Luckily, it isn’t shown on Network TV; because the sellers could never afford network time, for such a cheesy commercial. And I’m sure most networks would have rejected the ad, outright.

A little bit of Gottfried’s horrid voice goes an excruciatingly long way – and this is a really hellishly long commercial. Listening to this ad is nothing short of torture, in the most literal sense. I’m appalled that Gottfried is actually making money off of this.

My mom’s 74 and disabled and she laughed her ass off at this commercial!

I thought Gilbert Gottfried was perfect and hilarious for this shoe horn commercial, and I bet you he had a good time doing the voice over. If you ever get the chance to see him in person, he is a funny guy.

Plus, Ikea sells an extra long shoehorn that you can use standing up that I bought some years ago. It’s just a super long shoehorn. It’s AWESOME. Don’t knock it until you try it.

Barb, sorry to hear you have short genes. Obviously your short-comings have made you bitter. I think you need a double-dose of Gilbert’s voice at 6 AM to get your morning going. Thank you Weather Channel!

I agree with Bea K and Barb. Hopefully, Olivia, your “old ass mom”, dad, spouse, or other loved one will never need to try out something out. Maybe some day you personally will need one!! My husband had a stroke and is paralyzed on the left. I put his socks, underwear, everything else on for him but, hopefully, he can put on his own shoes when I can find one of these.

Not whining, just stating fact. God bless and keep you safe!

I’ve watched both versions of the commercial and have to say that the Gilbert Gottfried voice over is pure genius. If the Emmy’s had an award for the funniest commercial, ShoeDini deserves it. I saw it on Fox News on a Sunday morning and couldn’t believe it. At first, I thought it was an SNL spoof like Quary Cereal or Swill Mineral Water. I hadn’t laughed that hard in a long time.

My hat is off to Blue Moon Studios. They definately achieved the advertisers goal of making someone remember a product on the first view. Not only that, but think of the countless people who’ve been shown the video via the internet. I found it on You-Tube and sent the link to all of my freinds (who got a kick out of it as well).

This isn’t about being old, infirm or handicapped. It’s about a product and a marketing strategy – pure and simple. I’d take the ShoeDini commercial over a Levi’s commercial any day.

Barb must be old because who the hell uses “dwarf” these days to describe a short person?

All I know is my kindergartner was mesmerized by this commercial. He’d stop whatever he was doing and watch intently. That’s a successful ad!