I was just thinking about this commercial I saw this past summer. The product is called Easy reach. Here is the commercial:
My first reaction was, "Who on earth would be stupid enough to water something that is above their head?" It has its uses, but I still think this product is kinda stupid. Then they tell you need the easy reach plant pulley. For one, why put a plant up so high? Secondly, a ladder can solve that problem. ..I also get the impression they didn't have a whole lot to say about this product.
Have you ever seen a stupid product commercial? Please share.
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Okay, yeah...I am all over this. ROFL
First, some thoughts on a few products I have NEVER gotten (either literally or trying to understand the purpose of them or reason for creating them. ROFL)...
1. Segway Most of you know this from the 2009 movie "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114740), which turned this product into even more of a joke than it did on its own. ROFL
But I juuuuuuuust don't get the whole idea of buying a product with wheels which, allegedly, is supposed to make it easier and more comfortable for you to get around, but which you still have to stand up on in order to operate (and look stupid standing on besides...especially when you add that very fashionable bicycle helmet). XD
Frankly, I think it's nothing more than an excuse for people to be lazy. And with the on-going weight management problem in so many first-world countries, that is hardly a good idea.
One of the official commercials:
2. Hoveround Okay...maybe this makes a BIT more sense...the product is a sit-down scooter designed primarily for senior citizens, and those who have trouble getting around on foot. I get that. But I still think it's an excuse for laziness, as I have seen TONS of people in these (or the supermarket versions of these) who hardly need them. Not at all. When I see these commercials, I think of the South Park episode that pokes fun at the AARP (and of squadrons of senior citizens assaulting the local shopping malls and parks in these stupid things. AAAAH!!!). And how about the owner of this company sharing a name (more or less) with a rather infamous celebrity?
And this, the first in their line of annoying commercials, contains one of THE most annoying and ridiculous jingles ever written:
(I quickly change the channel whenever this train wreck of a commercial comes on. ROFL)
3. Shamwow Gotta love pitchmen like Vince. ROFL He IS funny. And I don't dislike this product at all because of him. But really? A shammy cloth that is so apparently fantastic? Hm. Look at the original ad, and then watch the Consumer Reports review of the product I found on YouTube (not lookin' so good there in that review, Vince. XD ):
Original ad:
Consumer Reports review:
4. Slap Chop Vince is back again pitching another cornball product which, on the surface, seems pretty handy. It's the "Slap Chop", a supposedly revolutionary way to chop, dice and so on your favorite veggies and fruits. And Vince makes it look soooooo easy! Yeah? Watch the Consumer Reports review and lol.
Original ad:
Consumer Reports review:
And now for a few iiiiiiinteresting products I found while searching the net after discovering this -- yet another of Mighty's fantabulous topics.
And you know what? I checked -- they all are (or were) REAL. ROFLMAO
1. Aspray An all-purpose deodorant spray to replace a good shower? And lots of other handy-dandy related uses? Really? XD
2. Comfort Wipe Don't like the inconvenience of handling toilet paper when you do your business? Worried about hand sanitation? Hey - these folks found a solution! The obvious (and unstated) problem? Keeping this product clean.
3. The Privacy Scarf When you see this, you're gonna laugh right away, and think that it's some spoof or joke or something. But it appears to be astonishingly real. Check out the link to the article below the YouTube link. You can find similar information elsewhere on the net. And hey -- surely you won't get robbed or mugged whilst wearing this little beauty, right? Suuuure! But wow -- now you can watch porn and engage in other surreptitious activities on the internet, and in public, without anyone else getting wise to you! ROFL
Obviously the British college student who invented this...has some deep-seated issues.
4. The Speedfit 'Kay...uh huh. A treadmill. For exercise. On wheels. So you can take it out on the road or jogging trails.
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Anyone else seeing the obvious here? LOL And yet, this guy stands by his product (in a commercial with no dialogue whatsoever. Erm...)
5. Aaah Toilet Paper Foam Moistener The stupidity of this one speaks for itself. It needs no help from me.
6. Soda Pop Tops So...let's see if I've got this right: a pop-top for soda bottles...made out of sweet, sugary candy...designed to be placed on top of a SODA ("pop") bottle, which already contains a sweet, sugary drink. Anyone see "instant diabetes" written all over this, or is it just me? ROFL
Of course, the reviewer on this website (whom I suspect is a shill anyway) stands firmly by it. And is probably checking her blood sugar level every day now. Eh heh...
7. Season Shot Oh you anti-hunting people are gonna loooooooooooooove this one.
So now, instead of using buckshot or some other form of metallic shot to bring down your favorite game animal, now you can use "Season Shot", which not only eliminates the inconvenience of having to deftly remove all traces of that aforementioned mettalic shot from the beast you killed (if you are intending to eat said creature) BUT, get this: it pre-seasons the meat for you! And it comes in a variety of flavors! ROFLMAO
8. Sumseeds Sunflower seeds. Infused with caffeine. Erm...huh?
Yeah...I can think of better and more palatable ways of getting my caffeine fix. Coffee...tea...soda...energy drinks...even those energy shot things. lol But specially-prepared sunflower seeds? Nuh uh. Pass.
9. The Boyfriend Body Pillow Spending a lonely night without your man? Need some comfy snuggling? Nothing like the "Boyfriend Body Pillow" to fill that void for you! XD (And note how the very amateurish-sounding narrator personifies the pillow as if it were actually a living, breathing, comforting male presence. ROFLMAO)
10. The UroClub Oh this one is sheer genius! ROFL
11. Fun Slides This one not only has "bad idea" written all over it, but probably "bull in a china shop" as well. Mom, make sure you secure all of those expensive Lladro figurines before getting Junior a set of these!
12. The PooTrap I wanted to finish up with a bang. ROFL Again, here's another geeeenius product which speaks for itself. And for those long sessions of cleaning up Rover's hiney when things get a little too profuse.
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Ooooooh boy...seems like base toilet humor is the focus of the "stupid products" topic. But then, it goes with the territory! These commercials...they must appear on television when most people are sleeping in the wee hours of the morning or something. Ha ha!
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HOMG JC YOU KILL ME. ROFL Where do you FIND these? The Privacy Scarf is most sad. If you have enough confidence to look like in idiot in public, why would you need The Privacy Scarf anyway? XD
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Oh I have a few to share... My favorite part about most of these is that you look like a complete idiot until you use their product.
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That Hawaii chair would annoy me to death! I couldn't concentrate very well if my rear end couldn't hold still. That chair is only good for boredom.
Touch N Brush If you need to use one of these, you must be mentally challenged, or lazy. It is not that hard to use a tube of toothpaste, and I've never seen a sink plastered in it either just from trying to squeeze a drop onto your toothbrush.
Handy peel Have they ever heard of a potato peeler? We have a potato peeler, and it works very well.
Easy Feet I can see this being a good product for older people, but for the rest of us, how hard is it to wash your feet? I mean really, either bend over, or don't bother. I should think standing in a shower would be enough to get your feet clean. If your feet are really that dirty, sit down on the edge of the tub and clean them that way.
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HOMG JC YOU KILL ME. ROFL Where do you FIND these?
The Privacy Scarf is most sad. If you have enough confidence to look like in idiot in public, why would you need The Privacy Scarf anyway? XD
Oh I have a few to share... My favorite part about most of these is that you look like a complete idiot until you use their product.
Snuggie - I believe it's also called a 'backwards robe.
Forever Lazy - ...this is just sad.
Shake Weight - This doesn't look... weird... at all. OH HEY! There's one for women too. 8|
Cruzin Cooler - I don't know why I'm adding this one. Personally I think it's awesome. I wanna TRAIN of coolers!
Hawaii Chair - This looks fine really. If you don't use it in public.
And my favorite. It's not particularly stupid (though I believe there's a lint roller for that), but the name and commercial itself make me LAWL.
The Shticky - Oh Vince you are classic.
Where did I find those? ROFL I have my ways. Ironically, I had no idea about the stuff below the line in my post until I went looking on a browser search for "stupid products".
The Privacy Scarf thing is stupidity squared. XD I mean, first, who actually leans over your shoulder or butts in from next to you, as bad as that commercial shows, JUST to see what you're doing on a computer in public? And second, as you said, who in the world would want to look like that much of an idiot with that thing on? ROFL And after all, how can you breathe comfortably in that thing? It looks like wool or something, and when placed over your head and face and THEN over a warm (or hot) computer screen, I can imagine things getting rather stuffy in there...and the oxygen gradually running short.
The Snuggie...meh, I've seen it. Stupid yes, but not as bad as some of the other things.
Now that Forever Lazy? Footie pajamas redux? So basically the manufacturer is trying to infer two ideas: first, dress and act like a child; second, it's perfectly okay to be a lazy, shiftless freak rather than burn the teensy bit of energy it would take to get one's fat keister out of the chair and walk over to the thermostat or the fireplace. ROFL Looooovely marketing there.
That Shake Weight...erf. Just like one person said in one of the comments on the men's one...it infers a much naughtier image there. And, well, we all know how guys think. ROFL (Hm...maybe, for brain-dead meat heads, that may actually be GOOD marketing!)
Cruzin Cooler...lol. A train made out of coolers? Weeeeiiirrrrrd. But it's from Texas. I thought everything was "bigger" in Texas? But here are these people plopping their lazy butts down on tiny little coolers like that? ROFL
And that Hawaii chair. Eeesh. Check out the model to the left (from the viewer's perspective) of the on-screen narrator. The images, for any straight guy, well...lol. And maybe that was planned. In fact, I am SURE it was, as a selling tool. But still, duuuumb product.
And there's ol' Vince the pitch man again! I LIKE Vince...he's crazy cool! But that product? Hardly innovative. Sticky rollers have been around for, what...years? And what's up with Vince and his knack for double entendre? ROFL "You're gonna love my nuts" (from the Slap Chop infomercial) and "problem with that shedding pussy?" Er...uh...eeeeeyeah. No, Vince. Just...no. lol
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Touch N Brush
Handy peel
Easy Feet
I dunno...these don't seem as bad as the earlier stuff, Mighty. lol
EDIT: I think the overriding concept, in practically all of these commercials, comes down to cheap and/or shameless marketing schemes aimed at lazy people...or towards encouraging laziness. Odd. I thought the direction we were all generally going in this era was slimming down and getting in better physical (and mental...and emotional) shape?
Or...to put it more simply: runaway consumerism. DEFINITELY not a good thing!
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Ummm...thanks for contributing, but I didn't really want to sit through three forty minute-long videos. Not on my computer. That's a bit much...
...so I clicked off before getting more than about five minutes through the first one. And really, shows like that (no matter the theme) just turn me off. I find them too "OMG!" irritating. Sorry, Train...just being honest here.
But hey - if you can find some ads like the rest of us did rather than long eps, I'll be glad to watch those.
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