Perfect Popcorn Keeps You Out of the Dentist Office

For so many years infomercials have been trying to fool us with scenes of actors struggling with phony problems. Thus we have been subjected to the spectacle of people who can’t put on their shoes, boil an egg, or even crack an egg. These absurd attempts at manipulation insult the intelligence of consumers everywhere.

That is why it is so refreshing to see an infomercial for a product like Perfect Popcorn, which actually provides a solution to a problem that is both real and serious. I am talking of course about the pervasive threat of unpopped popcorn kernels cracking molars wide open:

The Perfect Popcorn infomercial is also publicly-spirited enough to dramatize the previously intractable evils of “soggy popcorn,” “lumps of flavor,” and “mess” (starting at 0:46).

As if these wonders from the Perfect Popcorn bowl weren’t enough, we are now spared from the burden of spending money at “fancy popcorn shops,” which is typically the largest monthly expense of any family…next to dental bills for repairing teeth damaged by popcorn kernels.