The Rise and Fall of Infomercials

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www.referenceforbusiness.com/... (history and figures)
tvamediagroup.com/the-economi... (silly products)
techjury.net/blog/cord-cuttin... (cable tv)
explodingtopics.com/blog/cord... (cable tv stats more)
www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitz... cable tv
priceonomics.com/the-economic...
www.npr.org/2013/11/30/247915...
watch/?v=382... kevin guy talking about todays landscape
infomercial.com/drtv-blog/the... current world of infomercials
www.inc.com/ariel-bogle/is-th...
When Was Colored TV Invented: www.thoughtco.com/color-tv-in...
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━CHAPTERS━
00:00 the rise and fall of infomercials
05:22 how did infomercials get invented
08:14 1984 tv advertising policy changes
13:49 the goal of infomercials
17:30 the infomercial formula
18:29 the modern day infomercial
27:35 poo poo pee pee (conclusion)
tags: #infomercials

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@HeisenbergFam Жыл бұрын

"are you a weak toddler" As an ex toddler, I can confirm toddlers being weak is 110% scientifically accurate

@Kotai-Matrix Жыл бұрын

They can never outsmart boolit

@moth.monster Жыл бұрын

I used to be the youngest person on the planet!

@allanpeter7700 Жыл бұрын

I mean they have pretty strong grip

@KingOfGaymes Жыл бұрын

They’re also incredibly stupid, can confirm as a former toddler

@KingOfGaymes Жыл бұрын

@@allanpeter7700 no babies have strong grip, them grabbing your hair is like a monkey at the zoo grabbing your arm

@notabear287 Жыл бұрын

the one thing i wish was mentioned is that a lot, and i mean A LOT, of these products were made with disabled people in mind. snuggies, egg cracking things, anything that made you go "who's actually that clumsy?" might've been made for disabled people. HOWEVER..... marketing them to everyone with the "look how convenient!" model means wider success in selling a product. snuggies were especially good for people in wheelchairs. i didn't make fun of infomercials the same way after learning that. there's still fun to poke, but there are some products that were made for people who struggle with mobility or precise motor functions!

@jsas2047 Жыл бұрын

Even lowkey ridiculous products like that pee golfing club could have some use for elderly men who are struggling with holding their pee in. Especially because many elderly men love golfing and toilets can be far away when you're on the field. It seems disgusting and stupid at first, but if you really think about it, there may be an actual demographic and use for it, they just don't sell it like that.

@MicahRion Жыл бұрын

@GlitchedVision Жыл бұрын

it's not only the wider success aspect of it, it may simply be that the creators of these products wanted to make sure they were actually affordable to the people who need them instead of the items in question being priced at extreme markups to justify the costs. As an example of what I'm talking about, look up a program called Jaws for Windows. It's a screen reader which allows blind people to hear the text on screen instead of having to see it. The msrp of this one simple computer program is equivalent to the price of a mid range office pc. Snuggies were only loved by wheelchair users because they were affordable. If they were sold exclusively for disabled people then the price would have been doubled or even tripled just to justify the costs of production to investors. This is the downside of capitalism and chasing the ever growing bottom line instead of actually doing right by people.

@Aster_Risk Жыл бұрын

I legitimately don't think they were thinking of disabled people. That was just a side effect.

@Albino_Silverback Жыл бұрын

Rip, maybe they shouldn’t be disabled??😊

@cherry_limead 7 ай бұрын

At one point when I was younger, I watched a whole infomercial just thinking it was a normal ad and an actual show would start. I was sitting there for three hours watching an infomercial for an airfryer.

@CureHappy_MiyukiHoshizora 2 ай бұрын

Goddamn!

@darpanabai3967 2 ай бұрын

We've all been there 😅

@gh0stpuppi333 6 ай бұрын

I just remember being 15, stoned out of my mind on my best friend’s couch, watching like a two-hour-long MyPillow infomercial while trying to eat string cheese. Good shit.

@SolaceMcfly 4 ай бұрын

doing random stuff like this while high is the best thing ever

@adrianbyrdie 3 ай бұрын

Astronaut radio noise Trying to get the good wide pull on the cheese

@crotchwolf1929 3 ай бұрын

I had Dish TV before I switched to streaming and had to hide my remote if I decided to drink heavy or get stoned because I'd buy just the most random crap off of eBay and infomercials.

@Badusername2000 Жыл бұрын

a lot of infomercial products with the whole "person cant do basic thing" setup are really for people with disabilities, but for some reason they never wanna advertise them that way, so they put the inept person the the commercial as a scapegoat

@sadmermaid Жыл бұрын

Yesssss! Idk why there's such a stigma about advertising to the many people that live with a disability, I mean c'mon capitalism, huge target audience you're ignoring here!

@BDChupacabra Жыл бұрын

See I noticed that as well. Mostly for elderly or handicapped people. But they never come out and say that’s who it’s for 😭 idk why

@rat3015 Жыл бұрын

Well we can see why when we look at how Candace Owens responded to skims underwear line for disabled people that featured a disabled model

@emmagammage8070 Жыл бұрын

Often these disability aid products are quite expensive because not many people need to buy them so they have to sell ot at a higher price. So to help reduce the price for the people who need it, some companies may also advertise it to non-disabled people to get more sales and allow people who actually need it to get it cheaper. But equally they should defo show examples of disabled ppl using it as well because often these products get ridiculed online for being useless when people don't realise how useful they are to people with limited mobility!!

@patrickblakethesaint Жыл бұрын

By not advertising to people with disabilities directly, we can laugh at them without feeling bad about it, which means the ads get more traction. Also Billy mays is a legend for all the right reasons and Vince Offer for all the wrong...

@LidzGaming Жыл бұрын

as a kid I'd religiously watch the infomercial channel at night. How my parents didn't know I'm autistic is a mystery to me lmao

@arianabrrrr Жыл бұрын

Relatable content

@oceanmango Жыл бұрын

The informercial channel used to kind of freak me out and I don’t know why, but now I find it so nostalgic lmao

@animatedaboutlife Жыл бұрын

Same lol I loved watching infomercials

@GroundedSolidarity Жыл бұрын

We all did this 😂

@sunshine72699 Жыл бұрын

SAME along with the freaking shopping channel (shoutout to QVC)

@nameramthgin6077 4 ай бұрын

The handy stitch was the best info-mecial I ever had the privilege watch. The tag line about how difficult it was to use a regular sewing machine to repair drapes was paired with a video of a woman holding a full sized sewing machine up to her curtains that where still hanging from the window. That clip still lives in my head rent free years later.

@Polly-Esterismyname 4 ай бұрын

Haha! I remember that one as well. The ridiculousness of it was hysterical. Thanks for reminding me of that funny infomercial. 😂

@XanderNotZander 4 ай бұрын

whenever i stay in a hotel, late night teleshopping channels are my comfort, i love it, not cus im interested in buying, its just the format and atmosphere is so good to feel cosy

@KalafinaBTS 2 ай бұрын

Some of them, absolutely. The ones I've seen recently, however, feature extremely loud voices to grab people's attention, which is more headache inducing than anything

@singingsamanthamonique5859 2 ай бұрын

I completely agree

@djpillarbox Жыл бұрын

Dang Gabi balls makes good commercials

@Jessica_._ Жыл бұрын

HELP 💀👏

@BDChupacabra Жыл бұрын

😭 lmfao

@mollyryan5381 Жыл бұрын

Love gabi balls

@_MissLoLo Жыл бұрын

Whatever she's selling, I'm buying!

@ryanhorton607 Жыл бұрын

Balls?...

@briannamcfarland5974 Жыл бұрын

OMG the squiggle zigzag paint lady... I completely forgot about her until now but I love her. She seems so excited about her paintings. I would be crushed if it was an exaggerated grift for money Edit: Good news, she's legit! There's a clip of her, Dee Gruenig, on HGTV showing off her art and home. Her passion isn't just for sponges, but for all art mediums and, like, life in general. Things she mentions she loves: photos organizing nooks and crannies colors drawers pens relaxing and unwinding 10-year journals I wish I was 1/4 as happy as this woman.

@daydream5120 Жыл бұрын

She seems so genuine so I’m glad that she actually is

@rhythmandblues_alibi Жыл бұрын

Your comment made me happy 🥰 I hope you have a good day, internet stranger!

@fadeuhhway Жыл бұрын

This makes me beyond happy

@ChristopherSadlowski Жыл бұрын

Aw! This is so sweet! I especially like that she enjoys "organizing nooks and crannies", because same, and simply "drawers". Anything specific about them? NO! Just drawers.

@666_cthulhu Жыл бұрын

she legitimately makes me want that wiggle-drawing shit wtf 😭 she seems absolutely delightful

@Handington 7 ай бұрын

When I was little, I remember turning on the tv in early hours of the morning, and they had entire movies worth of length, like 2 hours for a serious look at stuff like vacuum cleaners. They'd do tons of tests, especially for Shark vacuum cleaners, and show huge sets where every room would be clean. It felt like it was a serious news report about a miracle product.

@choipichiim 2 ай бұрын

I remember that. You would've thought it was it's own TV show with how much effort they put through to try to sell a vacuum/carpet cleaner/steamer

@lackoliver55 3 ай бұрын

I was raised by infomercials. As a child I would wake up around 4am, but to not wake anyone else, I would tip toe down to the basement and turn the TV on. Being a lazy weak toddler, whatever the channel was, it remained. I had all the hot goss on the new vacuums, kitchen appliances, DYI fix-em-up kits, art supplies you name it. I was the talk of the town amongst all the neighborhood stay at home moms. Information is power, infomercials made me who I am today. And for the low, low price of 4 equal payments of $13.99.

@2.06am Жыл бұрын

When you said “no one bought from the actual commercial” all I could think about was my family frantically trying to get the number on the tv screen before it went away. We bought a LOT from infomercials over the years.

@jobe-iden Жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@titaniastinkerings Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure my grandmother bought dozens, and while one of my mom's probably didn't call the number, she certainly did come home with more than a few boxes labeled "as seen on tv" 🤣

@Samzillah Жыл бұрын

My parents never let me buy it, so I would just wait till the next week or two and then hit the As Seen On TV store

@mr.pavone9719 5 ай бұрын

I bought something from an infomercial once and it led to some of the most fun I ever had skiing for years.

@hardcorebusiness7990 5 ай бұрын

@@mr.pavone9719what was the item?

@AlanQSmithee Жыл бұрын

I saw infomercials in a whole new way when someone pointed out how many of the "goofy" products are actually adaptive aids for elderly/disabled people

@NoSaysJo 3 ай бұрын

no one cares😊

@pemanilnoob 2 ай бұрын

@@NoSaysJoyour statement is literally factually incorrect Go back to school

@angelamaryquitecontrary4609 2 ай бұрын

@@NoSaysJoRude.

@yagirl3612 25 күн бұрын

@@NoSaysJoyou don’t care. Good for you. You’re so cool.

@sonicstar505 8 ай бұрын

7:35 I’m an Alaskan and I appreciate someone remembering we exist

@GodHimself__ 5 ай бұрын

How's the weather up there?

@sonicstar505 5 ай бұрын

@@GodHimself__ it’s cold but very beautiful, also since we’re so far north the solstices are way more noticeable

@murdermatics 3 ай бұрын

Hey, there you are.

@Roxanne13579 3 ай бұрын

Here, on Dutch television, they would air American as well as German informercials and there are some that still live in my memory and will never quite go away. One was some kind of cooking product, I don't remember what it was, but it starred Mister T who would enter the set by kicking the door down and then they'd just proceed to cook and advertise for an hour. Another one was from Germany advertising a knife set and I just remember it for how chaotic it was. It was so bad to follow what was going on. One moment the guy is cutting a tomato, the next thing he's tossing the knife around on the floor to show how durable it is, then he's cutting an orange, and then he's showing you the deal you the knife block, and it just never slowed down. There was an announcer standing next to him too the entire time wearing a singular earring who then tried to go 'order now!' but the guy cooking interrupted him like 'no no no, wait, don't order yet, I'm not done talking about this knife!'

@kaitealbean142 Жыл бұрын

My grandma actually bought so much stuff from QVC and jewelry infomercials. She gifted a lot of jewelry from those to the rest of my family

@deathsyth8888 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like that one South Park episode. Did she also happen to sell her gold for cash too?

@dontgivetwothwips3615 Жыл бұрын

My grandmother ordered zoo books and several other month subscription educational things from infomercials in the 80s. I still have all the zoo books. Also have these articulating blocks that chain together.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Жыл бұрын

My grandmother just called me yesterday to ask my shoe size to order me some sneakers from something like HSN, lol. She unfortunately called at a terrible time when I was very busy at work and by the time I called her back, they'd sold out. But that's alright, I informed her to not worry about it. I've not bought new shoes in quite some time and I'm not 100% sure of my shoe size anymore. But I was appreciative of the offer regardless.

@FuzzySixx Жыл бұрын

You should see the amount of old people that bring in trays of loose "investment grade" nearly worthless gemstones into jewelry stores. More, often it's even the kids inheritance.

@MiqelDotCom Жыл бұрын

@@FuzzySixx Yeah, it's kinda sad. Back before the internet was everywhere it was televangelists and home-shopping tv that were the worst financial predators of old people.

@john.glasscock Жыл бұрын

I think the reason old commercials are so nostalgic is because we saw them so many times in a day. The shows we watched when we were kids we probably saw an episode one or two times while the infomercials we saw countless times

@CuteCuteJames 11 ай бұрын

Also, there is zero chance I'm buying any of these products, so it's a safe, non-pressure environment. Honestly, great to zone out to or for sleep.

@lilamontoya5609 8 ай бұрын

Lol @ myspace Tom photo

@youlookbananas 5 ай бұрын

Me and my brother would quote the magic bullet infomercial to each other all the time growing up lol.

@SnoopyReads 4 ай бұрын

I still remember watching infomercials all nite as a kid in the 90's. I wanted that NuFinish car polish and I was like 10 years old

@jk-jl2lo 10 ай бұрын

the zoo pals jingle pops into my head like once a month and just stays there for a few days before it goes away

@BopperBippity 5 ай бұрын

So like a period but it’s a commercial jingle in your mind? Because that’s what you discribed

@hardygaming3454 10 ай бұрын

I probably wouldn’t skip KZfaq adds if they were entertaining infomercials, there really isn’t anything quite like staying up a little later than usual and watching infomercials

@gabrielbutler9232 Жыл бұрын

I have a distinct memory of staying up late as a kid watching an entire infomercial literally just about a ladder.

@cospaws8810 Жыл бұрын

Omg memory unlocked! My cousin had a house warming party and I was sat on the couch watching probably that same ladder commercial 😂

@Curlyheart Жыл бұрын

I would stay up after watching comedy central and they would play those adam & eve infomercials and I would watch them because I thought "haha funy sex toy" and plus there was nothing better on at night for me.

@sqweeb6244 Жыл бұрын

That was me waking up early on weekends to see the Magic Bullet infomercials 😁 Even as a young adult, I can't tell you why seeing cheese being blended, microwaved, and poured on a quesadilla had such a hold on me.

@14Mew 3 ай бұрын

That probably would have been the little giant ladder. I remember watching that one after Saturday morning cartoons

@thelittlecaravanner7748 Жыл бұрын

The Zoobooks infomercials were so impactful on me as a child that when I found out last year that the Girl Scouts were selling Zoobooks subscriptions, I IMMEDIATELY ordered a one year subscription for myself. I'm 27. I COULDN'T RESIST.

@ChristopherSadlowski Жыл бұрын

Did you get them, and were they everything you hoped they would be? Don't leave us hanging. There's serious information we need right now.

@Grape-pg9iu 11 ай бұрын

I still remember the phone number

@MegaManXPoweredUp 10 ай бұрын

Did you get The Tiger Poster™?

@Slowplaymae 10 ай бұрын

This is the dream. Well done.

@solitair601 10 ай бұрын

Did you get the poster?

@MAjaLeahHB 10 ай бұрын

omg i was obsessed with infomercials when i was a child. i used to watch them when i couldn't sleep

@gayvagina7353 8 ай бұрын

There’s now KZfaq compilations of them, how nifty!

@JenBelogura 10 ай бұрын

Billy Meyes is the reason I buy OxiClean as an adult. I love that laundry product

@Michaela_c Жыл бұрын

That scene from the Betty Crocker Bake-n-Fill commercial when they're listing all the possibilities and she goes "EVEN BAKED ALASKA" and the cake is literally on fire. That scene always enters my mind at the worst possible times and I end up in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Some jokes just write themselves.

@dominicspier6917 7 ай бұрын

Baked Alaska is supposed to be on fire, they pour some alcohol on it and light it, it's a presentation thing back when that was impressive

@Silverfirefly1 4 ай бұрын

@dominicspier6917 I'm still impressed by flaming ice-cream.

@ArcticNemo 4 ай бұрын

Baked Alaska is a frozen cake layer topped with ice cream and smothered in meringue. The meringue is baked hot and fast, with its fluffiness insulating the core... Simple, really.

@Toxykiri Жыл бұрын

gabi makes videos on the things people didnt want but really needed

@salt-emoji Жыл бұрын

Hey that's what the thing the video is about do

@davidmhh9977 Жыл бұрын

Much like an infomercial itself

@themug406 5 ай бұрын

Exactly no one "really needed" this

@tank___ 7 ай бұрын

I loved the slapchop infomercials because of the news story of the guy who did the informercial was so widespread. Also i genuinely thought the slapchop was a great idea and so useful and if i had money i wouldve bought one.

@Squirrelrides 2 ай бұрын

A classmate's mom in middle school was addicted to buying things from infomercials, I remember my classmate telling me how much he hated seing packages arriving once a week and that they were now in debt because of her spending, I can't imagine what it would have been like if amazon was as big back then.

@KarazolaX Жыл бұрын

The way that I remember ads working as a child, was when they'd say THIS OFFER IS NOT IN STORES as though it was some exclusive thing. Like, they didn't WANT to be in stores, or something. So, if you saw one in a store, you'd think 'wow, they have this! I should get it here, instead of waiting for it at home.' Like most product ads, it relies on you forgetting you never even wanted it in the first place.

@langleymneely Жыл бұрын

Exactly! That shit worked so well! I remember that even though I knew what they were doing my 15yr old dumb ass still fell for it!

@astrowolvez Жыл бұрын

Oh! I just thought they weren’t sold in stores. I never saw any in stores so yeah.

@willschryver Жыл бұрын

I think they were trying to say, "We're selling this product at a discounted price not available in stores," in order to create a sense of urgency.

@Samzillah Жыл бұрын

My local mall has an As Seen On TV store where they basically just sell infomercial products. Id see an ad and since my parents never let me call in, id just anxiously wait for it to show up in the store.

@phill7487 Жыл бұрын

my grandma actually bought a shit ton of infomercial products THROUGH tv, i’d have to hide the home phone from her because she’d be easily swayed by every infomercial and would call immediately… we still have some of the products she bought today, because she never used them

@GrandDawggy 11 ай бұрын

Bro you should give those unused products to a charity shop so someone else can not use them.

@mr.pavone9719 5 ай бұрын

My dad bought a house that was foreclosed on. He ended up renting a dump truck to take away hundreds of boxes from QVC. The previous owner had very poor impulse control and craved the attention of the QVC staff.

@rachelblack3816 4 ай бұрын

My grandma used to love to watch QVS and other channels hawking stuff, and I asked my mom why she enjoyed doing that; mom said that Grandma grew up poor and was dazzled by all of the stuff for sale on TV. (She didn't actually buy stuff, but she loved to watch all of the stuff for sale.)

@CircusFoxxo 2 ай бұрын

@@rachelblack3816that's so cute omg

@Brookelwaskow 4 ай бұрын

I was watching in the background while feeding my 7 month old son and when you started singing at the end he looked up, stopped and smiled fondly hahaha

@ArtyCollectz 11 ай бұрын

KZfaq did me a solid recommending your channel. This is S tier.

@isaacjosephh Жыл бұрын

no joke i actually sobbed grieving for willy mays when he passed. i never even knew the guy, i just really liked the oxi-clean commercials and my tiny child brain was like “they cant make oxi clean commercials anymore he is irreplaceable” rip willy i still miss u man

@anikajoy5739 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was Billy lol

@emilyb.8219 Жыл бұрын

@@anikajoy5739 It is Billy lol, OP has been grieving the wrong name

@bethanyherman8233 Жыл бұрын

It's Billy lol

@rhythmandblues_alibi Жыл бұрын

That's funny, I thought Willy Mays was a name me and my brother made up 😅

@Capstone2266 Жыл бұрын

For a second I thought your child brain thought they can't make anymore Oxi-Clean without Billy Mays like he withheld the secret formula

@CrepuscularQueen Жыл бұрын

I can confirm that elderly people are buying this stuff a bit today. I helped a family friend clean out this deceased lady's house and she had products from infomercials still in packages. I was told that she really couldn't do much and watching the infomercials and buying were what she mostly did.

@josiahallenswife6899 Жыл бұрын

That's really sad.

@Samzillah Жыл бұрын

My Memè used to watch the shopping channel and buy tons of costume jewlery. She had multiple jewlery boxes, and bins of it at the time of her death. Honestly I can kind of relate to that because I used to buy so much crap off wish for no reason.

@DallasCrane 10 ай бұрын

South Park made an episode where they made it clear they hate infomercials that target old people, especially with jewelry.

@shawnacaffey9049 9 ай бұрын

My grandmothers kitchen looks like multiple infomercials playing all at once

@mrbubbies_ 7 ай бұрын

Infomercials have a special place in my heart as a Caribbean person because that’s when I first realized the television we watched and the prices that were advertised weren’t local to everybody

@davidgroves9578 3 ай бұрын

I apologize up front, I thought this was going to be boring. I'm not a subscriber but you were on my recommended page. You proved me wrong. I found this incredibly fascinating! I didn't even really think about modern day adverts being an evolved form of the old school ones. This was great! You just earned a subscriber! :)

@noraeable Жыл бұрын

As someone who works nights 6 days a week, I'm up at night on my day off and can confirm that infomercials are alive and well. They tend to play on the free TV channels available to anyone with a TV and an antenna between 3 am and 6 am in half hour intervals.

@DrumlineArchives Жыл бұрын

I work graveyard shift at a local news channel and have to sit there at night monitoring the infomercials to make sure they are running properly. Infomercials now are way more obviously targeted at the elderly, and play to their fear of the world around them - lifelock insurance, home title insurance, supplemental health insurance, auto repair insurance…sensing a trend?

@adamprice3466 11 ай бұрын

They are on KZfaq ads for me, especially like those "financial secrets to get rich" ones.

@KrapTacu1ar 6 ай бұрын

@@DrumlineArchives Late Stage Capitalism...

@murdermatics 3 ай бұрын

What kind of super advanced window cleaning tech are the pushing these days?

@noraeable 3 ай бұрын

@@murdermatics Lol I couldn't say. The ones broadcast in my area are mostly for Lifelock and after market auto insurance like Endurance, or workout gear or interior home cleaning supplies for rug and floor cleaning.

@londonhughes5986 Жыл бұрын

Instead of buying all the products, my dad and I did the math and he made me feel smart about finding out the “scheme” behind the product; whether it was made cheaply and/or the hidden fees in the pricing.

@insertianameia2224 Жыл бұрын

These are how I learned to always watch out for how many times they want you to pay that "low" price in big bright numbers and for the cost of shipping.

@MoMo-rx4zr 11 ай бұрын

they would make a product overpriced and “throw in a second one for free”, so essentially chargin your for two and forcing you to buy two lol. That was a scheme for a lot of them and I caught on when pillow pets did it lol

@Lynn17 10 ай бұрын

I remember just about every cooking tool infomercial. The BaconWave, the Super Chef knives, everything made by Ronco.

@jwenting 7 ай бұрын

infomercials are now called "sponsored segments" on youtube. They're also still on TV. Got 4 channels (out of about 25) that air them non-stop for at least 10 hours a day. Got to wonder who actually watches them. They get away with it by listing the commercials as, yes, "infotainment".

@johnsnape1907 Жыл бұрын

The main reason for infomercials being everywhere was a court case where someone sued the producers of the Love Boat for having an extended commercial for the cruise line disguised as a TV show, and the Supreme Court ruled that it's a free speech issue, and suddenly there were hour-long commercials on TV and the shopping channels started up.

@h.r.9563 Жыл бұрын

Omg it's the door commercial in Rick and Morty

@Dave102693 Жыл бұрын

Was this in the 70s?

@Beefy-Cheese Жыл бұрын

@@Dave102693 The love boat aired in the 70s, but i can't find any mention of a lawsuit about advertising.

@nirajanghimire9825 Жыл бұрын

@ironcomics99 Жыл бұрын

i love that gabi is incorporating more music in her videos now, its super unique and fun!

@mocapcow2933 Жыл бұрын

I hate that gabi is incorporating more music in her videos now, it’s super unoriginal and boring! (🐸)

@pastelsheepy Жыл бұрын

i hate that incorporate is musicing more gabi into its fun and unique! its now super videos!

@matthew-h Жыл бұрын

I like french fries.

@chrisgee2610 6 ай бұрын

I just discovered you and now i‘m doing a random „view everything from new creator“ thing. I love your way of presenting. Also every topic is interesting ❤

@kacheek9101 11 ай бұрын

This was, actually, such a good video essay. Your editing is on point. And all the throwback sound effects. Love it. Just everything, love it

@StarGazer.ExE21 Жыл бұрын

I gotta be honest, the fact that YT sponsors are, for all sake and purposes infomercials hits harder that anything else. thank you for this revelation and your contribution to consumer awareness

@daydream5120 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when she mentioned that, I was like: “holy crap, she’s right!”

@MysticRhythmsYoga 9 ай бұрын

Raycon, Surfshark, Express vpn, Scentbird lmao

@ariesearthdragon 6 ай бұрын

The nice thing about YT is you can easily skip those ads, and it's very noticeable where the ending is.

@cowgirl5155 Жыл бұрын

When I was younger I watched an entire Shark Navigator vacuum infomerical, because I was curious how much info about a vacuum they had that they were taking up an entire hour. The amount of times I watched the lady say how maneuverable it was while swinging her arm to and fro to steer the vacuum around, and the bits where they used it to suck up like 7 bowling balls or whatever... Kept me entertained and made me want to watch more infomercials lol

@melodyxwoonax7384 Жыл бұрын

I gave in after watching that commercial and they're not wrong! It is very maneuverable

@cutecupcakebunnies 3 ай бұрын

They sucked up metal nuts with that. I had to have it !

@BugsyFoga 4 ай бұрын

The late 2000s were definitely the golden age of infomercials for me, I even remember quite a few of the products my mom bought were due to her watching the ads for them.

@AidzWithAZ 5 ай бұрын

My simultaneous favorite and least favorite thing about this video is that I had it on in the background and genuinely couldn’t tell when an actual ad came on and when it was just part of the video

@specialkay1375 Жыл бұрын

Somehow I literally always come across Gabi's newest video when I'm high and every time I'm like "somehow that is the exact perfect topic I want to hear about right now"

@premiersportingkc3443 Жыл бұрын

My brother and I convinced our parents to buy the original Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish after seeing the infomercials. A quality buy that drove my parents slowly insane

@chernobylcoleslaw6698 11 ай бұрын

😂😂

@certs743 6 ай бұрын

Fun video. I think one factor alot of people overlook for the success of infomercials was that at 2am and sleep deprived your reasoning skills are usually not great so what seems like a great idea in the middle of the night probably wouldn't during the light of day.

@alexmart3931 8 ай бұрын

I regularly use "set it and forget it" and am quoting the rotissery chicken oven. Also, I love infomercials. We had really bad winter where I grew up and whenever we'd lose signal, infomercials were all I had. The vacume ones were always a classic, along with the blender ones. They developed my love for cooking in a way.

@Emisslint Жыл бұрын

I always found Infomercials hilarious for no apperent reason

@garde544 Жыл бұрын

Wdym no apparent reason the reason is very clearly there

@Skittenmeow Жыл бұрын

It's a slippery slope. They're hilarious, and entertaining and very watchable. Utterly demanding mockery. But there's always a background subconscious temptation, some type of indoctrination. I somehow ended up with a shamwow no matter how cynical I was about what was sold on infomercials

@vogelvrouw Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching them for some reason

@jsas2047 Жыл бұрын

I'll admit I have a TV in my bedroom and i do sometimes use infomercials as background noise to sleep.

@mordo1191 Жыл бұрын

My favorite infomercials as a kid were the Fushigi ball and those markers that transition into differnt colors or something? I remember really wanting them as a kid lol

@layne7580 Жыл бұрын

My brother got a fushigi for Christmas one year. I don't think he ever learned how to use it because it's definitely harder than it looks.

@mordo1191 Жыл бұрын

@@layne7580 Yeah I can remember getting to play with one when one of the neighborhood kids got one, it was definitely the most disappointing moments in my life when I realized it was basically a big fancy marble

@wrenmassey6876 Жыл бұрын

Not to be a simp but have you seen Kurt's Conner's video on the fushigi? It's hilarious

@Forbidden_Snacc Жыл бұрын

i used to have those markers but i forgot what they were called :,)

@mordo1191 Жыл бұрын

@@wrenmassey6876 I'm a proud member of Kurtis Town actually! I had a fun time with that video

@highkingthorgrimgrudgebear7468 6 ай бұрын

I asked myself this question last night and found this video had every thought I had. Awesome stuff.

@dexterbunco4212 4 ай бұрын

My sister once bought an infomercial product. She was up at an obscene hour trying to get her infant back to sleep and was swayed by an ad for kitchen knives. To her defense, they were decent knives, even if they failed to help her ascend to a higher plane of being, as advertised.

@majortom331 Жыл бұрын

Hearing "Only $19.95 !" Takes me back. Billy mayes and the rotisserie chicken oven was everywhere. And even crazier shit like the Girls Gone Wild infomercials at midnight. Edit: Holy shit I remember more stuff like Chia Pets.

@dragons_of_magicgirl368 3 ай бұрын

Ch-ch-ch-ch-chia!!

@IsaiahPicks Жыл бұрын

I swear Gabi makes the most random videos you never know what’s next with her

@cesarb3431 Жыл бұрын

Gabi balls*

@ellermg Жыл бұрын

And the best thing is that they are always interesting! I'm really glad I found her channel

@lloydmccullough5316 Жыл бұрын

@@ellermg im glad i found her also! her style or deep dive research analysis reminds me of Jenny Nicholson's channel

@riverine333 11 ай бұрын

As a child some of my favorite shows would be the longform unending infomercials. I would sit in front of the tv and watch them go over and over for hours. it was, and slightly still is, so interesting to me

@NatreWitch 6 ай бұрын

The flip and fold comes to mind because my mom actually bought it (probably in store) and it was used only a few times before she gave up on it. She always would fold laundry while sitting on the couch to stay comfortable and the thing required being on a large flat surface so it didn't last

@BistrosHouse Жыл бұрын

If I had money as a kid sooo many infomercials would have gotten me. My parents were always telling me they’re a scam and I refused to believe it lol. My friend’s parents would get him some stuff form infomercials and I was always so jealous. I wanted that dang coloring sponge (forgot what it’s called lol), the blow markers (something my friend got, they were fun for like 2 mins), and that Betty Crocker ice cream cake baker

@ollie2111 11 ай бұрын

I will tell you as someone who got Floam as a kid (I think one of the only ones we got specifically because of watching an infomercial) that that one was partially a scam? Like, all but two of the different colors were unusable for some reason. Either too dry or too sticky or too messy. There was a stain on the bedroom carpet for probably close to a decade hahaha. But the two that did work were pretty fun. I guess modern version is all the different slime tutorials and now you can DIY your own Floam-like slimes.

@LexiJay8446 9 ай бұрын

I had the blow markers. THEY WERE AMAZING. However I lost them when I moved to the city. I don't remeber what they were called, but I believe they were "chameleon blendys". They were sold at Michaels and Jo'Ann's I believe.

@ProbablyBees 5 ай бұрын

Omg the blow pens! My family came across someone doing basically a live infomercial at he mall and my dad bought them. They were so good. I loved them

@Onigiriedits 3 ай бұрын

to this day the fushigi is biggest betrayal of my childhood.....

@TopaT0pa 2 ай бұрын

this says a lot about the way infomercials are structured

@stev6963 Жыл бұрын

The Magic Bullet is the greatest informercial product and advertisement of ALL TIME. They made so many recipes with that thing and they all looked so delicious. I always got so hungry watching that damn thing.

@plntpls Жыл бұрын

My favourite infomercial. There's a character who is against everyone and doubting the product and it is so fucking hilarious.

@coolliz21 Жыл бұрын

That one was one of my favorites too!

@dragons_of_magicgirl368 3 ай бұрын

I have one, are they that great? No. Did I buy it for the nostalgia? Absolutely

@niquesuniverse 5 ай бұрын

Infomercials live on channels the 65+ would watch. It’s one of my favorite things about being around older folks. The infomercials and insurance commercials scratch an itch I didn’t know I had 😂😂😂

@SnailNick00 4 ай бұрын

I have your little patreon song stuck in my head all the time, so it makes me very happy whenever you end a video with it!

@chocolateavian Жыл бұрын

gabi is a national treasure

@partydogg0 Жыл бұрын

international*

@greenkoopa Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸

@daydaytheplantgay Жыл бұрын

That’s why she’s the only account I follow on Lemon8

@3cho_dimension285 Жыл бұрын

If she is how come Nicolas Cage hasn't hunted her down yet?🤣🤣🤣

@schakalicious6023 Жыл бұрын

Lady nakey jakey. She rocks

@itsmejejune128 Жыл бұрын

I think the best infomercial was the "now that's what I call music". The infomercial was how you knew a new CD was out and it would play a small clip of all the songs on it. It made everyone run out and buy the CD at Walmart.

@catboy_official 4 ай бұрын

I miss those times 😔

@cutecupcakebunnies 3 ай бұрын

I often got these as gifts from family as a kid. It was a good present since there were always at least a few songs I liked.

@Nookiezilla 5 ай бұрын

I was sick in bed for a week in 2013 (norovirus), on the second day I watched a informecial channel from morning to night without interruption, I loved every second of it❤

@edinthekitchen 7 ай бұрын

Your sound effects game is brilliant. Outstanding. I effin love it!

@user-hz3lc8gc7n Жыл бұрын

fun video!! i remember making my mom buy me moon sand from an infomercial, and it was so disappointing that i never asked for any infomercial products again lol.

@msjkramey Жыл бұрын

My brother got so, so upset over that because "it said it didn't make a mess! Why did they lie??" He was maybe 4 years old and he was crushed lol

@MASTEROFEVIL Жыл бұрын

I remember that stuff 😂

@JBabyLeather Жыл бұрын

For me it definitely has to be the magic bullet blender. They introduced in entire house party that morning. Like Hazel who says that dinner is always a production. Unforgettable. That should’ve been a show.

@BeefIngot 9 ай бұрын

As someone who just doesn't see ads and doesn't browse typical social media, these are all surprises to me.

@richborn6700 10 ай бұрын

In the late 90s early 2000s as a kid my grandmother seemed to have their bedroom TV permanently fixed on the QVC channel. It was the source of me ans my cousins Birthday/Christmas presents for about 10 years. Even more for my older cousins

@faint46 Жыл бұрын

The magic bullet blender. It portrays it as a family/friend gathering at a beach house where they just had a party last night and wake up to 2 infomercial host selling you a mini blender. But the part that stands out in my mind is when one of the hosts asks what is the most annoying thing about making dinner and this elderly woman with a cigarette ashing about an inch away in a deep voice says, "Choppin Garlic"

@kelseydudarchik9167 11 ай бұрын

Magic Bullet infomercial was iconic

@shoppertattoo 5 ай бұрын

Dude I used to sit there and watch the entire 2 hour ad for this. And I did it more than once 😂. Something about it was soothing to me idk why. It didn’t really make me want the blender I just loved that commercial

@zuglymonster Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I LOVED watching infomercials, I used to stay awake until my dad went to bed to get up and watch infomercials, I loved the cooking supplies and cleaning infomercials the best. Pump and Seal was my favorite but I hated the workout ones

@cloudbrooks Жыл бұрын

i relate to this :)

@melissacooper8724 Жыл бұрын

The problem with the workout ones are that people buy them and never use them!

@chrisbuek 5 ай бұрын

I would love to see you do a video on the insane proliferation of commercials for collect call services in the late 90s. We were absolutely inundated with ads for 1-800-COLLECT and 1-800-CALL-ATT, and then, all at once, they just stopped.

@8DethTroll8 3 ай бұрын

When i was 6-7 years old and was at my grandpas during holidays i used to wake up around 6am and watching these comercials like a mad man till 8 am almost every day

@tui4099 Жыл бұрын

Zoobooks were one of my favorite things when I was a kid. My mom got me a subscription for as a birthday present, I'm so sad I didn't keep any of them around.

@hankwicklund2182 Жыл бұрын

...and the tiger poster!

@shepbook Жыл бұрын

RIP Billy Mays. I distinctly remember a time where me and my sleep deprived friend, during a sleepover/lan party thing, and then the magic bullet infomercial came on. In our loopy and tired state, it was the funniest thing we had ever seen. We still refer back to that night as "magic bullet time". 🤣

@tweatification Жыл бұрын

His son actually makes music under the name Infinite Third. I highly suggest checking it out.

@Ama-vh1iu 11 ай бұрын

Cord cutters are not subscribing to cable TV-- that's still a cord. We are on KZfaq and streaming services, but also using over the air antenna reception. Over the air has both dedicated infomercial channels and infomercial products advertised during regular commercial breaks. There are dozens of free streaming apps that broadcast live programming with commercial breaks. Those advertise cars, prescription meds, personal services, etc, and a variety of infomercial products.

@BornNoU Жыл бұрын

I, too, was obsessed with the Betty Crocker Bake & Fill as a child. I’d watch the commercial every time bc it just looked so fun and easy, even though I was like 7 and wasn’t allowed to just bake when the mood struck I was convinced I’d be blowing my family away with an ice cream cake (decorated like a watermelon with the 100pc decorating kit, which I was also taken with and convinced I could use like a pro)

@mikel3510 Жыл бұрын

The magic bullet was the one that I remember most. A whole extended family of only adults sitting around a kitchen talking about the product, and the drunk uncle type guy with the hangover 😂

@whfidjshdhfjfj5555 Жыл бұрын

One cannot forget the aunt with a [fake] cigarette hanging out of her mouth the entire time 😍😍

@gumshake689 Жыл бұрын

@@whfidjshdhfjfj5555fake cigarette? is that a thing?

@TheBoyjah 8 ай бұрын

I endure ads/in video blab blab ONLY when the videos are worth watching. And your videos are certainly worth enduring time wasting/I will never ever buy ad junk segments. These videos: Clever, intelligent, humorous, interesting, AND it is super cool when you sing...I am hooked!

@Nikibby 11 ай бұрын

I’m so happy I came across your channel. You’re now one of my faves 🥰

@QuestionsIAskMyself Жыл бұрын

I remember sneakily staying up late and waiting for the infomercial to end to watch cartoons but I would get increasingly more frustrated because I didnt know why the infomercial kept going.

@graphosxp Жыл бұрын

Cher deeply regretted doing infomercials and said something to the effect "I was considered cool and I lost that because of an infomercial.". It took a lot for her to regain her "cool" status!

@Strange-Songs 11 ай бұрын

Does Cher believe in life after infomercials?

@jacob26839 10 ай бұрын

when i had cable they ran infomercials all the time about cds with her live performances on them lol i’m guessing that she use to actually be a actress in them back in the day though huh

@Vox96 10 ай бұрын

I legit used to watch QVC for fun, there's something so satisfying about infomercials

@mirih5368 4 ай бұрын

My parents watched channels that showed a lot of compilation album infomercials. Like a lot. There was one that would play every February that was for a compilation album of romantic songs for Valentine's Day, and I'm pretty sure I can still recite it from memory.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Жыл бұрын

I remember sitting through this rotisserie cooker informercial that lasted one to two hours with the tagline "Set it and forget it!", waiting for Kids WB to begin so I could watch Yu-Gi-Oh! 😂 Also, while not an informercial, the Biggest Earworm Commercial Award goes to... "HEAD-ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!" "HEAD-ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!" "HEAD-ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!" And for those who blissfully never saw that commercial, it was a product that worked like a deodorant stick that you rubbed on your forehead...and it claimed it could get rid of headaches. They ended up releasing several other products that worked similarly for other parts of the body (I have no idea of their actual effectiveness) but none were as infamous as the one for Head-On (apply directly to the--aw, fuck, that shit gets stuck in your head quickly if you're not careful 😂)

@teubks Жыл бұрын

Part of this was the volume on that commercial was like 3x louder than the programming and all other commercials so you couldn’t miss it

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Жыл бұрын

@@teubks I went and rewatched the commercial where someone had uploaded it here and read comments mentioning the same thing. Also read that the product was pretty much psudoscience garbage and was pulled from stores, lol.

@catienoble3191 Жыл бұрын

a staple of my childhood was "it's a pillow. it's a pet! IT'S A PILLOW PET!!!!"

@moonlightlunacy 3 ай бұрын

The way I cheered when we both said the betty crocker bake and fill, I wanted one of those so bad as a kid!!!

@jessicahawks3223 8 ай бұрын

My friends grandpa made the paint with sponge thing and and a few other things .I was fascinated when i found out...he was a home inventor and his house was a mess with all kinds of things

@SlapsOnMute Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you mentioned that KZfaqrs are often informercial hosts now. I would really love for someone who was once sponsored to be able to talk about why HelloFresh and ScentBird insist on making the creators make the loooongest ads in their videos, ScentBird seemingly insists on it being at the beginning too, from what I can tell. Ultimately, I just wish that KZfaq treated creators better and paid more so that I didn’t have to see ads in every single video despite already paying for a premium subscription.

@yurisei6732 3 ай бұрын

Best solution is honestly just to get one of the plugins that auto-skips through sponsored segments, and then flip a quid to the youtuber's patreon if you feel guilty about it, since £1 a year is far more than your viewing of their sponsored segments during that year would have been worth.

@Yoshifan22 Жыл бұрын

That Shirley Temple dvd box set thing. “Had the most crackers in my soup” or whatever she’s singing has lived in my head for the past 24 years. Also Lots and lots of trains

@rosegoldhiips Жыл бұрын

It was "animal crackers in my soup" but that's always sounded so gross to me so your version is definitely better 🤣🤣🤣

@majortom331 Жыл бұрын

I remember that one too. They made a big deal of the whole set being in color. Looking back, it was a pretty good deal 😀

@Yoshifan22 Жыл бұрын

@@rosegoldhiips that makes more and less sense at the same time. Who would put animal crackers in soup? Psycho behavior.

@shelby5346 Жыл бұрын

@@rosegoldhiipsaybe it was a thing back in the day. They put cheese on top of apple pie back then gross.

@melissacooper8724 Жыл бұрын

My mom puts a lot of crackers in her soup! So that makes more sense than putting animal crackers in it! 🤮

@kay0tica 2 ай бұрын

This video hit my nostalgia in a weird way, also, amazing singing voice at the end!

@calilott275 10 ай бұрын

I remember staying up and watching infomercials. I was a treasure trove of random facts about oddly specific products. I still remember my favorite one was for an air mattress.

@WendlaBergmann Жыл бұрын

rainbow art had me and my sister in a chokehold. the part of the commercial where they would say "it DRIIIIES instantly" with their fingers barely grazing the paper still makes me laugh 😂

@georgelost2117 Жыл бұрын

Figuring out the time span of the buy 1 get 1 free was my biggest dilemma as a kid

@chinita2463 27 күн бұрын

I know this came out a year ago but when I saw this my brain started singing "call 1866 wild deal and get away for less" as well "2001 alarm force" which were popular jingle commercials when I was growing up in Canada in the early 2000s

@PineNeedle-Supreme Ай бұрын

I remember as a kid Id watch infomercials thinking they where normal ads, and would just be waiting patiently for the actual show to start. Id always get so confused when it just, never showed and the "ad" kept going. Sometimes Id get really into it, but still be happy when I thought it was ending because that meant show time, only for the infomercial to keep going But I was too shy to ask my parents to change the channel so after a while Id just leave and go do something else

@bubble1soap Жыл бұрын

i remember when i was about 6, my grandma didn’t have cable tv, so i had to watch local channels. one time, i stumbled upon a random channel with cartoons, so i ran along with that since i had nothing else to do. during the commercial break, there was this one infomercial about this one cup that came with a lid which you could store snacks in. i immediately fell in love with it. i started begging my mom to get me one, until she did! i used it every single day and still use it to this day :)

@absolutelyridiculous6743 Жыл бұрын

You still have it?! Wow!! I'm jealous. That cup thingy would have been a life changer for me as a child lol

@princesskristan 10 ай бұрын

Lucky! I wanted that cup so badly

@icu3869 9 ай бұрын

Same thing here- exept it was “Fun Slides” the amazing way to Glide and Slide over Carpet! They’ve made everything in life more special: celebrating my driver’s license,, sliding out to greet my prom date( he was amazed!) When I wanted to storm out with some extra drama as I wailed drama.I’ll never grow out of them! They are perfect for all occasions ( mom thought I shouldn’t wear them at Grandpa’s funeral- but I showed her! Me and my fun slides stole the show(it would’ve been So BORING. My family were so upset they couldn’t even hide their jealousy . Heh heh!!! (Sliding way!)😎👍

@wormywormyworm 8 ай бұрын

@@icu3869im convinced that you also used to write their commercials (or could if you wanted to in the future 😂) but no jokes aside that's so cute