Crazy Infomercials

 Katsak
The star of a Discovery Channel show about filthy occupations once worked for the home shopping network channel, QVC, where his co-star was a cat in a bag

Crazy infomercials

 Katsak

The star of a Discovery Channel show about filthy occupations once worked for the home shopping network channel, QVC, where his co-star was a cat in a bag

A presidential Chia Pet

Who knew a Chia Pet could be patriotic, “a symbol of liberty, opportunity, prosperity and hope” as described in an infomercial (some stores didn’t agree). More important: Who knew President Barack Obama could grow a head of green hair

 Hazel & Magic Bullet

The best breakout character in an infomercial award goes to: Hazel, a chain-smoking, housedress-wearing bit player in infomercials for a high-speed blender  who has inspired a website and an animated character. “Did somebody say muffins

 An electric facial mask

We can’t decide what’s more frightening: the hockey mask worn in this horror movie franchise or actress Linda Evans’ peddling mask that delivers electric jolts to revive tired skin.

 Snuggie for dogs

Tracking the popularity of the Snuggie ― the cozy, blanket-like phenomenon with sleeves that is so popular with humans ― it was perhaps inevitable that Snuggie for dogs would be next

 Life Alert

If ever there were a golden age of infomercials, it was the late 1980s, when Life Alert launched a series of videos highlighting its emergency alert systems. While older victims being in trouble isn’t anything to laugh at, something about the dramatizations was inherently funny.

 The Hawaii Chair

The undulating Hawaii chair is one infomercial product that has made waves, and talk-show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres appears to be one of its biggest fans

 Slender Shaper

If the prospect of losing “flabby abs” and “jiggly arms” doesn’t attract you to Slender Shaper, the cellulite-shaking close-ups in one of the early infomercials for this fitness product surely will! How does it compare to this