An infomercial is a form of television commercial that resembles regular TV programming yet is intended to promote or sell a product, service or idea...
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Infomercials is an umbrella title for independent, quarter-hour television comedy specials airing on Adult Swim. Unlike actual paid programming, all of...
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Tom Vu (section Infomercial career)
and speaker best remembered as an infomercial personality in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His late-night infomercial featured Vu surrounded by luxury...
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Vitamix (section Early Vita-Mix TV Infomercials)
infomercial for a specific manufactured product. Barnard hired Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland sponsored film studio, to produce the infomercial....
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catchphrase "Stop the Insanity!", the centerpiece of her weight-loss infomercial. She hosted her own talk show The Susan Powter Show in the 1990s. Born...
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Vince Offer (category Infomercial pitchmen)
better known as Vince Offer or Vince Shlomi, is an Israeli-American infomercial pitchman, screenwriter, actor and director. Offer's first major work...
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Kevin Trudeau (category Infomercial pitchmen)
legal cases involving the US Federal Trade Commission. His late-night infomercials, which promoted unsubstantiated health, diet, and financial advice, earned...
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Cathy Mitchell (television personality) (category Infomercial pitchmen)
author and television infomercial host for numerous "As seen on TV" products. Mitchell is best known for hosting television infomercials for a wide range of...
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Ron Popeil (category Infomercial pitchmen)
the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget...
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Known as the "Infomercial King," Khubani is the founder and CEO of the infomercial firm Telebrands and a pioneer of the infomercial industry. He is...
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appearances on the television series Shark Tank. In 1985, he created his first infomercial after identifying an opportunity to utilize the late-night and early-morning...
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Billy Mays (category Infomercial pitchmen)
Inc., although they have aired on other syndicated networks. Mays's infomercials were known for his catch phrase "Hi, Billy Mays here", and his shouted...
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Ray Lindstrom (section Infomercials and watches)
American entrepreneur known as the father of the infomercial industry. He has been referred to as "Mr. Infomercial," creating more than 100 businesses and selling...
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psychic service operating in the United States in the 1990s. The company's infomercials were aired frequently on late night television at that time. In 2012...
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Total Gym (section Infomercial)
infomercial, which featured Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley as spokespersons. Total Gym has become one of the longest-running fitness infomercials...
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fitness personality and businessman, who is best known for his fitness infomercial products. Little is a certified personal trainer and identifies himself...
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describing dramatic or literary work that contains both elements of an infomercial and propaganda. The term has been sporadically used in both the popular...
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Magic Bullet (appliance) (category Infomercials)
countries. It is widely marketed through television advertisements and infomercials and sold in retail stores under the "As seen on TV" banner. A feature-limited...
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record label. In 2018, she made her television debut in an Adult Swim infomercial titled "Flayaway." In 2019, Sherman opened for fellow comedian Eric André...
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Mike Levey (category Infomercial pitchmen)
August 2, 2003) was an American infomercial host. He was best known for hosting Amazing Discoveries, a series of infomercials that aired on late night television...
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Joe Fowler (television personality) (category Infomercial pitchmen)
Joe Fowler is an American sportscaster, actor, and infomercial pitchman who has worked for KSAT-TV, WTTG, WCAU, KCAL-TV, and the World Wrestling Federation...
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being an infomercial presenter and reality television contestant and presenter. She has been described as "New Zealand's undisputed infomercial queen"....
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hosting an infomercial for the Living Well Healthmaster, a blender product. It is presented under the title Living Well with Montel; the infomercial is structured...
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At the event, the Big Money Rustlas trailer was screened twice. An infomercial for the event was released online by Psychopathic Records. After the...
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available on DirecTV (under a brokered programming arrangement using a 24/7 infomercial channel slot), along with apps for Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV...
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Weekend Marketplace (redirect from Weekend Marketplace (infomercial block))
The block, which airs on Saturday mornings, is programmed solely with infomercials, which usually air on networks and broadcast television stations during...
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Anymore" videotape with an infomercial. Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch registered a complaint about the content of the infomercial, and subsequently reported...
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use of direct-response marketing techniques, including its late-night infomercials that began airing in 1997. The videos typically involve camera crews...
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and lasted for about two seasons. In 1993, Waggoner was the host of an infomercial, "Let's Talk With Lyle Waggoner", which advertised "Y-Bron", supposedly...
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negative ads. On October 29 at 8:00 pm EDT, the Obama campaign's 30-minute infomercial "American Stories, American Solutions" was simulcast on NBC, CBS, Fox...
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