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Jan03

on January 3, 2013

what? oh, it’s not a problem? never a problem. hmm. i guess that’s good news. okay, infomercial cancelled

└ Tags: commercial, how many times has this happened to you, infomercial, kitchen, the rovco pot solver, there doesn't have to be a better way

Backstage

H…how many times would you like it to happen to you? I've got time on my hands.
Brendan Adkins

"I mean, it did just now, but you told me to do that. Is this thing on?"
Steve Lewis

My favorites are the hair removal products where someone gets cut with a razor because they assault their leg with it.
- mojomonkeyfish
  
  Alright Sally, in this scene you're going to cut your leg open, brutally, with a razor. You have 10 seconds. It had better look painful, or we'll have someone do it for you.
  - iaoth
    
    Sally, would you like to play a game?
  - @Killbot_Factory
    
    It rubs the razor on its skin, or it has to do the scene again.
- Greg
  
  There's also the one for the ear wax vacuum where the guy tries to rip his ear open with a Q-tip
Chuck

"Wait.. Really? Never? Drat! I totally invented a new invention to prevent that from happening."
DepartureVic

… then you need the Kitchen Chaosizer! Now just $9.99! Order now and we'll throw in a toddler hyped up on Fruit Loops!
Sigfreid-O-Matic

I really wish this was actually a thing, so we could only see the infomercials with products we actually need!
@bad_subject

I keep saying, infomercials are the hardest job an actor will face. "Okay. We need you to do the "before" scene in black & white. You need to find a way to fuck up toilets. Just… do it wrong. Go."
- seriously
  
  In that case, I'd say job well done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx49-leiRE
- Amanda Notaman
  
  I read this as "infomercials are the hardest job for actors with a face." I am now haunted by the image of faceless actors doing commercials.
  - Bryce
    
    But how can you extol the virtues of the product, Mr Anderson, when you have no mouth?
    - The Drunkard Kid
      
      I have no mouth and I must shill.
zarawesome

Well, uh, do give me a call when it happens. Cause it will. Happen.
@stephenjbrooks

Why no, my kitchen utensils never levitate at jaunty angles while I do the Gangnam Style dance.
- NotAChance
  
  And you call that living?!
Snowdogs

If its never happened to you, then you're obviously doing something wrong. Here's Dr Murder to show you our new patented copyrighted trademarked system.
darkmayo

Did Kris just watch the commercial for the WaxVac?
Kintrex

But where did the soda go
- Morgan
  
  You appear to be getting downvotes, presumably from people who have never heard of http://reddit.com/r/wheredidthesodago
SwiftAusterity

Do your magnetic induction burners ever.. un.. duct.. or something? Then you need our re..duct thingy pans, yeah.
MattDavidT

Never Times sounds like it could be the title to a Neil Gaiman book.
- Haven
  
  Neverwhen.
andrwblz

What if it happens to me all the time, but it's always intentional?
StickMan

What a coincidence, I just ran into this the other day: http://www.buzzfeed.com/julianbrand/40-gifs-of-st…
Guest

My favorite so far is the ear-wax-removal ad, where they show the guy jamming a Q-tip into his ear before screaming "OW!" and jumping, pulling the Q-tip out, and looking at it, like, "How could you hurt me like that?!" And he actually *says* the word, "Ow" when he screams, too! Ah, the laughs I get from that ad!
Code Red

It's such a small world – precisely that thing has never happened to me either.

It's a crazy world for sure.
Boris

But I've been attacked by poltergeists on several occasions. maybe this is relevant to me?
Cain

It feels as if those kinds of advertisements are intended for distributing spy gadgets to infiltrators from another universe who aren't quite used to their human suits.
kingklash

There's even a TVTropes entry about the problem: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooInc…
Danger! TV Tropes link!
REVOLVER_KAZ

Long ago, in the land of Never Times, that shit happened to me never.
Lewis

There is a great music video along these lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08xQLGWTSag
roochkeez

http://www.reddit.com/r/wheredidthesodago/ is full of ridiculous stuff from infomercials.

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