Warning: Strong "eeeuuuwwww" factor

[dawgmom]

So, I'm by nature a night owl. About a year ago, I was off work for three months while I recovered from surgery, and I fell into what is a natural rhythm for me: Stay up until 2:00 a.m., sleep until 10:00. During that time, I was subjected to repeated infomercials for colon cleanse products, advertised by a guy named Klee Irwin. Has anybody seen this guy? He is the oiliest-looking caricature of a snake-oil salesman I have ever seen, all the way from his slicked-back hair to his pencil-thin mustache. Anyway....last night I couldn't sleep, and I popped on the TV and...there he was. I can't believe this is still on the air -- which clearly indicates that people are BUYING this product.

If you want a sample, view the video here. Caution: As I told you, there is a strong "eeeuwwww" factor at work here. This guy is skeevy to the max, as we used to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qga7-6t04gs&feature=related

[Warpy]

1. Thanks for the laugh!

The only infomercials I've seen are the guy with the cleaning products who yells and the blender people who lie their asses off about what a glorified blender can actually produce. Had I known there was real entertainment out there, I might have watched more closely.

You're right, that little pencil line mustache is a great touch, he looks like every rich idiot in a Depression era screwball comedy, overly fastidious while being sleazy to the max.

[dawgmom]

3. Oh, allow me to introduce you to a whole world you've missed...

The late night fake talk show informercials are the best...especially this one for "male enhancement" products. They always have some fluffhead with the acting abilities of a porn actress as the fake guest, being interviewed. Sample here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua72u9CuKfk&feature=related

[Orrex]

2. He's a piece of work, all right

I love how the format is like a news talkshow, which is so much less smarmy than standard infomercial format. There was another guy, though I haven't seen him in a while, who used to do a similar schtick and would feature a compelling question at the bottom of the screen, such as "Are all health problems caused by an acidic body?"

Gullible people are just dying to give away their money, it seems. I could make a fortune, if only I weren't impeded by scruples and a basic sense of human decency...

[dawgmom]

4. Seen those...

...and the "male enhancement" fake talk shows are the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua72u9CuKfk&feature=related

[FM Arouet666]

5. Why am I reminded of a religious show like 700 club or PTL?

Guess because they are talking about complete nonsense while trying to appear sincere and serious. I was expecting a "praise the lord" or "thank you jesus" after he spoke of his daughters bowel movement. Klee Irwin king of shit.

[onager]

6. I sort of miss those during Xmas...

Religious shows, that is. I used to watch them in Los Angeles and scare the neighbors with my maniacal laughter.

TBN had this bizarro pianist who looked like the offspring of Keith Richards and Liberace. Huge diamond rings on all fingers. When he accompanied the Special Xmas Children's Choir performance, the expression on his face said that Santa might be bringing him an Amber Alert.

After that romp with high culture, Paul 'n Jan Crouch would do a few hours of commercials from the shopping mall attached to their megachurch.

Jan always looked heavily medicated and spoke...very...slowly. Paul would ask her a question, then clearly get annoyed as he waited...and waited...for an answer. Sometimes his facial expression said he was about to smack her upside the head with a lamb from the nativity scene ($129.95, lighting optional at extra cost).

Then, to be truly ecumenical, I could wander over to the Official Catholic Cable Channel and watch some nun who looked old enough to have baptized Torquemada. She was hawking Baby Jesi in different sizes. The full-size one was about $100, I think.

And finally, the Xmas ham! One of the religious channels ran stuff like Left Behind and Megiddo back-to-back during the holidays.

[dawgmom]

7. "Santa might be bringing him an Amber Alert" mu-wahahahahaha

I laughed so hard, my next door neighbor came out of their office to see what was so funny. As she is a Jesoid (my personal term), I couldn't tell her, and just sort of stammered out some BS response.

Oh, my...Jan Crouch. She's great. The heir to Tammy Faye's crown. (Although honestly, I think Tammy Faye was a lot more genuine. Her emotion, anyway. Certainly not her hair or her eyelashes.)

[dawgmom]

8. Something tells me they all fell off the same turnip truck n/t

[frogmarch]

9. I can just see it...

His little daughter goes through life with people snickering about her humungous dump.

I wonder if she'll seek revenge. If I were her, I would.

What a slimy creep!

[dawgmom]

10. I hadn't even thought of that

You're right. That makes the whole thing doubly disgusting.