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4 of 5 humans found the following review helpful.
Did we genuinely buy one of these?
By Robin Benson
Did folks buy this stuff? They sure did, by the millions according to Harry and Stall. Some of these productions would actually be hard to parody, the Chai Ceramic Pet that grows vegetation, the Turbi Twist, a hair towel with an elastic loop (with the predictable AS SEEN ON TV on the box) the Copper Tongue Scraper, PROVEN EFFECTIVE was the bold statement on it is packaging but it genuinely does look just like a piece of bent metal! Each product has a disseminate with photos, copy and various colored panels (more on these later) containing background material and other trivia. I liked the Product panels best with their Description, Availability, Claimed Innovation, Upside and the Downside, just read the Downside to each product and genuinely get the truth.
The six basic chapters are Kitchen Marvels, Fashion and Beauty, Fabulous Fitness, Entertainment Breakthroughs, Home Improvement Miracles, and at long last Get Rich Quick, amongst these chapters are some interesting features, pages 122 and 123 cover the rise of the home buying goods channels where you will be astonished to find that QVC have studio tours (yours for only [x ammount of dollars]). Ron Popiel, the founder of Ronco, has four pages explaining the background to the infomercial proficiencies he uses to shift the goods. Incidentally the Ronco story is covered in ‘But, Wait! There’s More!’ by Timothy Samuelson, a large total of product photos, vintage ads and packaging and a reasonably precise history of the Popiel family. Ever wonder what happened to yesterday’s celebrities, check out pages 74 to 79 to see the Top 100 infomercial-land stars from Allen (Debbie) to Zappa (Dweezel) you’ll be astonished who’s listed, well, perchance not. ‘As Seen On TV’ is a arousing and attention holding and fun book covering a subject that most of us would hardly think twice about.
But, wait! There is more! DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL! Buy this book and get utterly FREE hundreds of words that only come out in daylight! The book’s architect (unfortunately) decisive to use pink panels, on galore of the product pages, with text in light blue. Big mistake, because it is very hard to read in a normal domestic lighting environs and the type employed for the headlines on these panels is hard to read even in daylight!
3 of 4 persons found the following review helpful.
If you read this review in the next ten minutes…
By Randy Arco
This book read itself!
I purchased this trip to entertain myself for a long drive home from Wisconsin to Florda. (Don’t worry- I was the passanger, not the driver. Gusee I should’ve applied the word ‘ride’ but I’m too lazy to backspace!)
I think the uttermost compliment to a book is when your constantly interupting other humans around you to read the next fantasti thing you’ve read. I lost my voice from this book.
There’s not too much to tell in this review. You’ve merely got to read it for yourself. It is so much more than just a list of goofy things sold thru infomercials and TV ads. We get interviews, product history, trivia and much, much more.
We also get the lowdown on what was legit and what wasn’t.
So the next time your using the flow-bee and screw up so gravely your running to the store for numerous GLH (if you don’t know what that sentence just meant, buy the book)… think of this book. It’ll support ya.
And if you’re just looking for a heap of easy entertaing reading… this is it folks!
2 of 3 persons found the following review helpful.
Hi, my name is __ and I am an Infomercial addict….
By RavenElaine
What a fun book! I unquestionably commend this book to any individual who has ever gotten caught up observing infomercials or home buying goods channels. It’s arousing and attention holding to read in regards to productions that became hugely popular, even though in a good deal of cases, you look at them now and say “what were they thinking?”.
It was particularly fun for me because… as I turned each page, I had to wonder if the next product was one I’ve bought. LOL
Yes, I have succumbed to the “power of the pitch” and purchased into the hype. And yes, I have purchased a few of the items in this book (George Foreman Grill, Steamer, etc… and I LIKE the Dr. Ho’s Muscle Massage System!) but I’ll never confess to how many.
Anyone who has heard “and that’s not all” will take pleasure in the fact that a division with that title is included AFTER the index.
I only gave this book 4 stars because I wanted more merchandise to be in it! It was so fun to read, I wanted more of it.
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