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I sure hope that catchy title got you interested.
Okay, let's talk infomercials. Lately, I've been watching them more and more and frankly... I'm very confused by them. One in particular is the FlavorWave Oven, the famous one advertised by the one and only Mistah T. Okay, stick with me for a while.
Basically, the FlavorWave Oven is... an oven. Glad we got that much cleared up. What it does is - it basically cooks, bakes or grills just about anything. According to The T, you could put in frozen food, push a few buttons and close it, wait for about 15 minutes and... SHA-ZAM! "Delicious" "low-fat" food. Of course, we all know that "delicious" is just an add-on and "low-fat" doesn't really matter much (if any). But what if... What if this thing is really what it says it is?
It sounds a little too good to be true. You throw in whatever it is that you feel like putting in your mouth, chewing, swallowing and digesting only to dispose of the wastes in the sewers eating, push a few buttons and then it just... works it out for you. Just think about it - you don't have to think beforehand about what you want to eat. You just grab something from the supermarket, throw it in there, wait a while, DONE. And after that, it cleans itself. Yes, you heard me. There are basically no downsides to using this thing...
If you heard this all from a friend, you'd believe it straight away. Come on - you want this thing and not to worry: it wants you too.
But you heard this from the TV, through an infomercial starring Mr T, who broke open a door to get food and was perfectly accepted by the usual overly enthousiastic audience. The guy got a standing ovation for it. But then again, it's Mr God**** T.
In any case - I don't know what to believe. This oven sounds like the best deal ever made, but it's from an infomercial. That alone, just the fact that it's from TV, is what gives me doubt... "If this is really the deal I think it is, why wouldn't they sell it in stores?" Why would anybody want to sell their product through the most extreme amalgation of bad acting and horrendous script writing, especially if this product is supposedly the best thing since... usual ovens.
It's this kind of thing that keeps me up at night. That, and the neighbours screaming.
I sure hope that catchy title got you interested.
Okay, let's talk infomercials. Lately, I've been watching them more and more and frankly... I'm very confused by them. One in particular is the FlavorWave Oven, the famous one advertised by the one and only Mistah T. Okay, stick with me for a while.
Basically, the FlavorWave Oven is... an oven. Glad we got that much cleared up. What it does is - it basically cooks, bakes or grills just about anything. According to The T, you could put in frozen food, push a few buttons and close it, wait for about 15 minutes and... SHA-ZAM! "Delicious" "low-fat" food. Of course, we all know that "delicious" is just an add-on and "low-fat" doesn't really matter much (if any). But what if... What if this thing is really what it says it is?
It sounds a little too good to be true. You throw in whatever it is that you feel like putting in your mouth, chewing, swallowing and digesting only to dispose of the wastes in the sewers eating, push a few buttons and then it just... works it out for you. Just think about it - you don't have to think beforehand about what you want to eat. You just grab something from the supermarket, throw it in there, wait a while, DONE. And after that, it cleans itself. Yes, you heard me. There are basically no downsides to using this thing...
If you heard this all from a friend, you'd believe it straight away. Come on - you want this thing and not to worry: it wants you too.
But you heard this from the TV, through an infomercial starring Mr T, who broke open a door to get food and was perfectly accepted by the usual overly enthousiastic audience. The guy got a standing ovation for it. But then again, it's Mr God**** T.
In any case - I don't know what to believe. This oven sounds like the best deal ever made, but it's from an infomercial. That alone, just the fact that it's from TV, is what gives me doubt... "If this is really the deal I think it is, why wouldn't they sell it in stores?" Why would anybody want to sell their product through the most extreme amalgation of bad acting and horrendous script writing, especially if this product is supposedly the best thing since... usual ovens.
It's this kind of thing that keeps me up at night. That, and the neighbours screaming.
But Billy Mays never lies. In the intro thing for Pitchmen, his eye twinkles. Also, if it's from Germany, you know it's good.