Posted by Absolution at ip3-143.eyrkonaeac02.dialup.ca.telus.com on December 09, 2003 at 12:48:17:
In Reply to: Re: POLL - Infomercials posted by MissJersey07 on December 09, 2003 at 12:37:22:
: : Have you every bought anything off TV?
: : I'm just curious because it has never even remotely crossed my mind. The commercials are fun to pick apart and make fun of though.
: I bought 2 things that I originally saw on TV, but ordered them from a magazine. They both sucked...so I learned my lesson. But I LOVE to watch the infomercials because they are undoubtedly some of the most retarded things on TV. I'd love to get paid to act like a moron. My favorite ones are for food, y'know, the TurboCooker and whatnot.
Yep, those are some advertising geniuses there. I guess this stuff works on the same people that email spam works on and therefore we have to live with both forever. What prompted this was this infomercial for some 'invisible tummy trimmer', which is just a big elastic girdle. I love the tricks they try to use. The probably think they are so sly. For example, they always tell you your getting something for free and then tell you are saving SO much money. Haha, who falls for that? And then there are the before and afters. The people in the befors are often in black and white, slouching with their gut out, dressed poorly, frowning, void of make-up, and closer to the camera. The same person (if it is even the same person) in the after is in colour, sucking in the gut, smiling so much they are getting lipstick on their ears, better dressed, and posed at a 'sliming' angle farther away from the camera.
Abs