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Title: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Ponyfan on May 08, 2017, 07:13:46 PM
What is something you see on TV and think "Why would anyone want to buy this?" One of mine is the Forever Lazy. Every time I see the commercial I want to laugh. No offense to those that have bought one.


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Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on May 08, 2017, 07:18:12 PM
The fat magnet. You would put this dandy device into your meal, move it around and the fat would stick to the magnet. By forces of magnetism. I don't know about what universe you live in or drugs you're on, but fat isn't magnetic. At least, not here. The whole claim is horse dung! And folks actually bought this! I didn't because I was too young to buy things online. But that just stuck with me. I get the appeal. We all don't want to eat that much fat. But any grade 3 kid who passed science would tell you fat wouldn't stick to a magnet.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: preciousstar on May 08, 2017, 07:32:39 PM
the GoGo pillow... i remember really wanting one when it first came out, but as time passes, i realize more and more how little i need an iPad case that is also a pillow ^^;
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Lhianneth on May 08, 2017, 09:33:02 PM
There are so many. Soooo many. But that swivel exercise machine and the shake weights are the ones that make me laugh the hardest. They just look so ridiculous in use.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on May 08, 2017, 09:45:47 PM
I kind of think that most medications advertised on television are a bit ridiculous because the side effects are worse than what they supposedly fix!

(May cause bloating, diarrhea, headaches, nausea, sniffling, sneezing, acne, eczema, heart palpitations, depression, bed-wetting, mumps, measles, rubella, hemorrhaging, sore throat and dandruff...but it cures your bad breath!)
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Beldarna on May 09, 2017, 07:05:07 AM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on May 09, 2017, 07:07:05 AM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
My grandma got some of this stuff! It was called poo-pourii or something.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Mami Tomoe on May 09, 2017, 01:01:41 PM
it was a surgery about loosing a double chin and the side effects were really awful
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Lhianneth on May 09, 2017, 07:24:47 PM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
My grandma got some of this stuff! It was called poo-pourii or something.

I actually have considered getting it. Not because I'm embarrassed about my bodily functions (I honestly have no shame there; chronic illness tends to loosen up your inhibitions about bodily functions), but because it just seems polite to the next person to use the toilet. I have a chronic condition that means my trips to the loo can get pretty noxious, and it seems a bit more polite to not leave them sitting in my personal eau du poo-poo once I've gone.

Kind of how it's not really polite to fart in someone's face, I guess?
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Harmonie on May 10, 2017, 08:45:56 AM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
My grandma got some of this stuff! It was called poo-pourii or something.

I actually have considered getting it. Not because I'm embarrassed about my bodily functions (I honestly have no shame there; chronic illness tends to loosen up your inhibitions about bodily functions), but because it just seems polite to the next person to use the toilet. I have a chronic condition that means my trips to the loo can get pretty noxious, and it seems a bit more polite to not leave them sitting in my personal eau du poo-poo once I've gone.

Kind of how it's not really polite to fart in someone's face, I guess?


Right, but I've noticed over time that these smells do not mix well with the bathroom odors and they actually make me feel sicker than I would be if they hadn't been sprayed.

Apple cinnamon sprays are ruined to me for this reason.  :lol:
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: zombienixon on May 11, 2017, 06:04:31 PM
About half of everything I've seen advertised on the Hub/Discovery Family while watching streams of new MLP episodes.

The oddest was a birdhouse that had no back to it, so you could attach it to a window and look inside. Those of us in the chat called it "The NSA Birdhouse"

Then there were Pajanimals, I think they were called. They looked like the world's cheapest fursuits.

Then there are Flipzees (I think) which you turn inside out to turn from a plush baby doll to a girl doll, and they look like Strawberry Shortcake ripoffs.

 
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Strawberry Swirl on May 11, 2017, 06:07:39 PM
What about that one device that would like, whip your hair around in a little plastic part and make it look messy?

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Y'know, this thing!
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Lhianneth on May 11, 2017, 06:24:48 PM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
My grandma got some of this stuff! It was called poo-pourii or something.

I actually have considered getting it. Not because I'm embarrassed about my bodily functions (I honestly have no shame there; chronic illness tends to loosen up your inhibitions about bodily functions), but because it just seems polite to the next person to use the toilet. I have a chronic condition that means my trips to the loo can get pretty noxious, and it seems a bit more polite to not leave them sitting in my personal eau du poo-poo once I've gone.

Kind of how it's not really polite to fart in someone's face, I guess?


Right, but I've noticed over time that these smells do not mix well with the bathroom odors and they actually make me feel sicker than I would be if they hadn't been sprayed.

Apple cinnamon sprays are ruined to me for this reason.  :lol:

Oh. My mistake. I thought this product had no odour and was designed to prevent odour entirely. I didn't realise it was fragranced, but.. the name should've probably tipped me off.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Ponyfan on May 11, 2017, 06:51:44 PM
I thought of another one. The Bowl Light. Do you really need a night light there?


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Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Jinxxy on May 11, 2017, 09:59:02 PM
https://youtu.be/-IrlhLF1c3k

Hah! You asked!
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Beldarna on May 12, 2017, 04:07:29 AM
Some sort of spray you put in the loo before you do number two. It's suppose to capsule the odor and keep people from thinking you actually have human bodily functions and instead spread the smell of strawberries whenever you've gone. I don't remember the name but it was riddicoulusly bad.
My grandma got some of this stuff! It was called poo-pourii or something.

I actually have considered getting it. Not because I'm embarrassed about my bodily functions (I honestly have no shame there; chronic illness tends to loosen up your inhibitions about bodily functions), but because it just seems polite to the next person to use the toilet. I have a chronic condition that means my trips to the loo can get pretty noxious, and it seems a bit more polite to not leave them sitting in my personal eau du poo-poo once I've gone.

Kind of how it's not really polite to fart in someone's face, I guess?


Right, but I've noticed over time that these smells do not mix well with the bathroom odors and they actually make me feel sicker than I would be if they hadn't been sprayed.

Apple cinnamon sprays are ruined to me for this reason.  :lol:

Oh. My mistake. I thought this product had no odour and was designed to prevent odour entirely. I didn't realise it was fragranced, but.. the name should've probably tipped me off.


Oh, no. It has a fragrance. I saw the commercial again. The product I'm talking about is named V.I.Poo and the commercial is made so that it seem the next person coming in wouldn't know you even had pooed because of the fragrance and therefor it wouldn't embarrass you, but I think a strange fragrance from the loo would tell something happened anyway.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Carrehz on May 12, 2017, 08:02:31 AM
Then there were Pajanimals, I think they were called. They looked like the world's cheapest fursuits.

I remember those! Those were just bizarre. I remember seeing someone call them "training fursuits" :P.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: northstar3184 on May 12, 2017, 11:16:01 PM
This has to be the most bizarre TV ad I've ever seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRiNuB_Y1qY


I don't think I'll ever look at ice cream the same ever again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Ponyfan on May 13, 2017, 10:50:32 AM
I found a couple more. The miniature putting green to use in the bathroom and the Happy Hot Dog Man Maker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUTPCEA-al0

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Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on May 15, 2017, 09:30:37 AM
Then there were Pajanimals, I think they were called. They looked like the world's cheapest fursuits.

I remember those! Those were just bizarre. I remember seeing someone call them "training fursuits" :P.


 Pajanimals  was also a Jim Henson kids show as well.  J-Animals is the name of the product.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: cuddlebuggy on May 15, 2017, 12:10:55 PM
https://youtu.be/WyEBwvXdLbM
My 11 year old calls these rectumals! Lol!
As for poo-pourri, you could use any essential oil. Tea tree would be clean smelling. Better than shitrus!
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: lostpony on May 15, 2017, 04:45:40 PM
Thanks Northstar I was wanting to make sure the yogurt-poop unicorn made it here.  For a while I was convinced it was not a real product but....it is.

He has a sequel product that's one of the pre-use bowl treatments too.

Eeks Jinxxy that dog-poop harness seems like an animal rights violation, and I'm sure it can't work as perfectly as they show all the time.  Imagine when it goes wrong.

I haven't had TV since 2009 so I thankfully have nothing to contribute to this thread...my brain is going blank and all I remember are learn-how-to-get-rich infomercials when nothing else was on.  Oh yeah and, the Magic Bullet and other gimmicky kitchen things that look impossible to clean after "convenient"ly doing something you can do just fine without them.

Don't forget, you NEED and THNEED.  You can put it in your soup....etc.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: lordalexander74 on May 15, 2017, 05:35:32 PM
How bout Kmart's "Ship your Pants" commercial?
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: northstar3184 on May 15, 2017, 07:06:04 PM
Thanks Northstar I was wanting to make sure the yogurt-poop unicorn made it here.  For a while I was convinced it was not a real product but....it is.

I know it! I hadn't seen the ad before, and I just stumbled upon it the day I posted it. I was just looking for bizarre commercials on Youtube and saw that gem.

Did you see the other video, the one of the people crying on the phone? That's from back in the 80s, and to me it definitely fails under the WTF category. Actually if you look up old 900 number commercials on Youtube there's a lot of really weird ones. One that I actually remember from my childhood had the guy who played Grandpa Munster on the Munsters telling kids to call a 900 # to join his vampire club.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Pokeyonekenobie on May 16, 2017, 07:10:52 AM
Thanks Northstar I was wanting to make sure the yogurt-poop unicorn made it here.  For a while I was convinced it was not a real product but....it is.

I've actually seen this product for sale at Smith's Marketplace...
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: lostpony on May 16, 2017, 03:00:20 PM
The sad thing about the unicorn-poop thing is that it's the truth....we weren't made to sit down, and I've been aware of changing posture to help with that for a long time....just one more example of how we create our own problems.

It's not the best marketing though, in that while I remember the unicorn I can't remember the product name (please don't remind me).

Didn't see the 900 cry number, I'm not clear....you call them to cry or they cry when you call them?  There were all sorts of crazy 900#s of course but I mostly just remember sex talk and astrology readings and of course, tech support.  That's three strikes, 900#'s are Out.

Let's start a new one that says "I'm pretty!  Comb my hair."  Could maybe raise some pony money that way.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: cuddlebuggy on May 17, 2017, 11:15:31 AM
The squatty potty is great! But most stores have the 7 inch one and they have 3 sizes. 5,7 and 9 inches. We have the 7 inch one but my husband has come out of the restroom several times with numb feet! The 5 inch one may be better.
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: Jinxxy on May 25, 2017, 03:45:40 PM
The squatty potty is great! But most stores have the 7 inch one and they have 3 sizes. 5,7 and 9 inches. We have the 7 inch one but my husband has come out of the restroom several times with numb feet! The 5 inch one may be better.

Haha! I feel like that is a man thing in general. If I stayed in the bathroom as long as my boyfreind my legs would go numb from the regular toilet seat XD
Title: Re: Strangest things you've seen advertised on TV?
Post by: northstar3184 on May 25, 2017, 05:49:56 PM
I have to add anything being advertised by Kevin Trudeau or Peter Popoff is strange to me. Both men are well-known con men. Yet for some reason networks still air them and people still buy what they're selling. I saw Peter Popoff on Sunday in an infomercial for his "miracle spring water". He was using his supposed faith healing powers to get an allegedly wheelchair-bound man to rise from his chair and dance on stage and a woman gave a testimonial that he magically cured her breast cancer.
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