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Old 07-16-2012, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Would anyone care to provide examples of their favorite "Special TV Offer" commercials from years gone by?

Here's a ROTFL one:


1990's INFOMERCIAL HELL #19: Spray paint the bald away with GLH, by Ronco, of course! - YouTube
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Old 07-16-2012, 08:05 PM
 
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One of my first jobs was working in a call center that took orders for most of the infomercial stuff. I guess I was, in fact, one of those "operators standing by." My all-time favorite would have to be the Flowbee...

Flowbee instructional tape - YouTube

I remember a lot of people with accents straight out of Deliverance calling to order those Time/Life or K-Tel music compilations and getting upset if they weren't available in 8-track...this was in the early 90s.
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Old 07-16-2012, 08:48 PM
 
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One of my first jobs was working in a call center that took orders for most of the infomercial stuff. I guess I was, in fact, one of those "operators standing by." My all-time favorite would have to be the Flowbee...


Flowbee instructional tape - YouTube

I remember a lot of people with accents straight out of Deliverance calling to order those Time/Life or K-Tel music compilations and getting upset if they weren't available in 8-track...this was in the early 90s.
Oh lord, that's funny! I was laughing at my dad's 8-track in his car back in 1982!

I remember the Flowbee!
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Old 07-16-2012, 08:50 PM
 
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There was one pretty recent (last couple of years)...some sort of chopper?? "You're gonna love my nuts." What was that? Drawing a blank, but it was funny!
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Old 07-17-2012, 07:28 PM
 
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Slap Chop?


And mine is anything with the late Billy Mays. RIP
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Old 07-17-2012, 07:54 PM
 
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Slap Chop?


And mine is anything with the late Billy Mays. RIP
That's the one. And yes, Billy Mays was a classic.
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Old 07-18-2012, 04:30 PM
 
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There was one pretty recent (last couple of years)...some sort of chopper?? "You're gonna love my nuts." What was that? Drawing a blank, but it was funny!
That was Vince, the same pitchman who originally did the ShamWOW commercials. Then got arrested for assaulting a hooker in his hotel room, and then came back with some new commercials.

The funniest one of those is when he (willingly) shows his mug shot. Gotta love him!
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Old 07-19-2012, 12:08 AM
 
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That was Vince, the same pitchman who originally did the ShamWOW commercials. Then got arrested for assaulting a hooker in his hotel room, and then came back with some new commercials.

The funniest one of those is when he (willingly) shows his mug shot. Gotta love him!
Yes! He's back with the Schticky:


Schticky commercial [OFFICIAL] - YouTube
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