Gonna be honest, as someone who worked in a kidergarten, this would actually help convincing some of the kids to eat some fruit. Yeah it tastes the same but because it's funny shapes it'd be more imaginative for them. Kids are sometimes just that dumb.
Its not that kids are dumb its that they've already learned to associate fruits and veggies with being dull good for you food. Doing something fun to Jazz it up and make it look fun makes them more interested.
The sad part is that you just *know* that, out there, someone is using this EVERY SINGLE DAY; not because they actually like it, but because they don't want to waste the money they spent on it.
as someone who grew up cutting watermelons into baskets and filling it with fruit of various shapes every 4th of July this is really useful. Also it looks fun. Doing this the old fasion way is mostly tedious. Stop trying so hard to make this not seem cool you know its cool Mike, YOU KNOW IT. FYI to the brits "Edible arrangements" is a fairly popular company that delivers fruit (and chocolate covered fruit) arrangements similar to the ones in the video to people's loved ones for special occasions. They make the most money around valentines day and mothers days. This product just lets you make your own.
undetestable1 It's also good to mention how expensive Edible Arrangement's bouquets are too. The smaller ones are about $40 and the big ones are over $100. That said, the product seems like an over-elaborate cookie cutter.
undetestable1 Probably $9.99 since it's an American infomercial product, but if you wait long enough the less useful products tend to end up in the dollar stores. Also, re: Edible Arrangements, some of those things are huge. Fruit is delicious and good for you yeah, but you've got about two days to eat 1-3 pounds of fruit, assuming you can't just share it with co-workers or classmates.
Oh my god, i need this thing. * w * I love having bits of fruit ready for snacking but cutting them into bite size bits is such a bother. This would be perfect for me. IT EVEN MAKES THE POPPING NOISE FOR REALS
Well it might not make your kids eat healthier, but they'll more then likely enjoy shooting each other's eyes out. 10/10, great bio-weapon. However now I am rather interested in you actually cutting some other things with it, like the cheeseburger you mentioned.
im 20 and as such trying to escape from the crippling depression of young adult life in the year 2015 and really fruit cut into hearts and stars is some happiness i think we all need in our lives also i just like pointless cute shit
Ehhhh, I'd say that for what it does, it does well. I can see the appeal of making fun shapes; presentation is important in some cases when serving food. And some people *do* serve celery and stuff at parties, with some dip.
I actually love this product. I take my lunches to work in a bento box (tiny Japanese lunch). I usually use cookie cutters to make small sandwiches, cut fruit, etc. It can be tedious and time-consuming. This, however, is so perfect. It has lots of cute shapes and is super fun! It's perfect for me.
In the states we have this company called Edible Arrangements. It's like little things of fruit that cost a lot of money. Like that watermelon fruit thing in the ad would be a $200 thing of fruit- and people fucking pay for it. It's just a tool to make things like that for cheaper if you like those stupid things. Also at some point you look forward to veggies at a party. Also if you are a kid who grew up knowing veggies taste good you're happy to snack on it as well as other foods @ a party.
Honestly, it looks fun. You know... Fun ? Kids ? Not ''world changing'' ? It's not used for mass-producing bloody 5-Stars Ultra-efficient meal, for Pete's sake !
Two things, first off I'm glad to see you back to your old format of infomercialisms. Second, I backed your game on kickstarter so God's speed on that! Cheers
Cordan Hudyma I used to love those as a kid. The veggie tray was always the offering nobody ate off of, so I could eat all the broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes my little kiddie heart desired.
Cordan Hudyma Yea my mom is always that jerk that brings vegetable tray to potlucks (mostly so she doesn't have to cook anything). But there is always someone on a diet who appreciates it.
***** Don't get me wrong. I love me some ranch dip, but I was that kid that ate them sans dressing. I was convinced that I would get super powers from them, because of Popeye. To this day, I STILL eat raw spinach, tomatoes, and broccoli like popcorn. I love some honey mustard for dippings, though.
Cordan Hudyma I think the logic behind this is that since all the food at a party is usually junk/snacks, you balance it out with some healthy vegetables.
SweetestSweden We always have one at anything we host because my kids LOVE their veggies. Ours include spinach as a favorite. I also love veggies, dip or no. The idea that fruits and veggies are UNIVERSALLY disliked really irritates me.
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Matt Lee Kevin MacLeod recreated the instrumental, I presume using original hardware, and it's available on his website. This is where Mike got it from.
My friend has one of these and she uses it to decorate cakes with fruit shapes or make party sandwiches. It's really cute at a party, but aside from that, she never sues it. She pops them into a juice pitcher so they don't go flying.
I mean it could be fun for pre-kindergarten children to play around with as a toy but that could get awfully messy. Kind of like a forgotten 90's kid's toy but without the "extreme" 90's commercial to accompany it.
Does anyone else get the distinct feeling that his parents always told him not to play with this food... and now that he lives without them it's his wife
ramirezthesilvite we also measure distance in miles. Britain does use metric measurements, but not for everything, our cars state their speed in MPH, Land is measured in Acres, Beer is measured in pints as is milk and we measure our weight in Stones.
Honestly, sometimes cute presentation totally does sway kids. I baby-sat a kid who liked when I cut apples into rings instead of slices because it was different.
I'd use this for self-defence. I can just imagine firing perfect shuriken-shaped bits of kiwi at a burglar. ...Then, when the burglar was doubled up in helpless laughter, I'd lamp 'im one to the bollards, then hightail it outta there before he could get his arse up!
It might work actually. When I was a toddler my mother would cut fruits like that so me and my sister would eat it. In some phases children pass they prefer to play with the food than to eat, so anything that might make it more interesthing helps. About the taste is actually recomended that you accustom children to the taste of fruit, doing things like putting drops of juice in their mouth since they are still babies.
Me and my siblings will stick to veggie platters with cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Now we just have to look out for insurgents armed with fruit guns.
Actually I like to use mini cookie cutters to cut fruit for fruit salads or for my lunch. I save the fruit I don't use and eat it for breakfast or for a snack.
This is actually the sort of pointless overcomplication that my mother might have bought and used only when guests were over. Just to show them that she 'took the time', you know?
It's like that potato gun I had in the 1970s. Only without the weapon potential. Imagine what you could do if you combined this with a Nerf gun. Major conflicts fought with watermelon and mango pieces cut into a variety of fun shapes.
So this device makes it so you can do those edible arrangements. Depending on the time and complexity, you could possibly be better off just calling then up-unless it summer time and you can buy fresh produce.
I've seen all your informercials... This is the first one where I sit back and for some reason... Really really want to own the product. I want one of these! I want to be able to walk around on the street shooting star shape pieces of water mellon at people for no reason....... I might need a hobby one of these days
All I can think of with pointless products like this one is that, hey, at least it does what they claim it does! That alone puts it miles ahead of most infomercial products, honestly. And I guess little kids (like my five year old cousin who enjoys using cookie cutters on her sandwiches) might get a kick out of this. (It's probably obscenely expensive for what it is, though.)
It deeply hurt my feelings that he didn't try it with cheese.
Gonna be honest, as someone who worked in a kidergarten, this would actually help convincing some of the kids to eat some fruit. Yeah it tastes the same but because it's funny shapes it'd be more imaginative for them. Kids are sometimes just that dumb.
Its not that kids are dumb its that they've already learned to associate fruits and veggies with being dull good for you food. Doing something fun to Jazz it up and make it look fun makes them more interested.
Yog Sothoth yes I agree. It works for me to to get the kids eating some healthy foods
I DEMAND YOU TRY IT WITH A WHOLE CHEESEBURGER
Crazy Hans YES MIKE PLEASE.
TRY IT WITH A BUNCH OF CRAZY SHIT
and then read all the comments about how you did it wrong.
Crazy Hans Just imagine how far a Big Mac could be launched. All those layers would go everywhere!
Crazy Hans He needs to try it with a stuffed burger from his other video!
Food Shotgun.
This is a really cheap alternative to buying edible arrangements.. I can easily see why people would buy this.
The sad part is that you just *know* that, out there, someone is using this EVERY SINGLE DAY; not because they actually like it, but because they don't want to waste the money they spent on it.
You should hook an air compressor up to that thing and see how far the fruit flies.
Bright Spark Tour tuhmbnail fits perfectly ,BECAUSE YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!
MINI POTATOE CANOOOOOOONON!
At least he's having fun with it. Some of these things are physically painful or depressing instead of just unnecessary.
Tom Krystinik thats what she said
as someone who grew up cutting watermelons into baskets and filling it with fruit of various shapes every 4th of July this is really useful. Also it looks fun. Doing this the old fasion way is mostly tedious. Stop trying so hard to make this not seem cool you know its cool Mike, YOU KNOW IT.
FYI to the brits "Edible arrangements" is a fairly popular company that delivers fruit (and chocolate covered fruit) arrangements similar to the ones in the video to people's loved ones for special occasions. They make the most money around valentines day and mothers days. This product just lets you make your own.
undetestable1 Yeah, a lot of those ideas looked super pretty.
YOU UNDERSTAND! YES!
undetestable1 It's also good to mention how expensive Edible Arrangement's bouquets are too. The smaller ones are about $40 and the big ones are over $100. That said, the product seems like an over-elaborate cookie cutter.
Jayrah7
This is all true. Elaborate cookie cutter is fine assuming its not expensive. Did he say how much the thing cost?
undetestable1 Probably $9.99 since it's an American infomercial product, but if you wait long enough the less useful products tend to end up in the dollar stores. Also, re: Edible Arrangements, some of those things are huge. Fruit is delicious and good for you yeah, but you've got about two days to eat 1-3 pounds of fruit, assuming you can't just share it with co-workers or classmates.
Here's an idea, make a three course dinner for you and your lovely wife using every single dubious kitchen item you've reviewed.
"honey the neighbor is out in the yard for once"
"He's settings up a camera, now he popped a peice of fruit 10 feet and did a jig."
Holy bacon, that thing got air!! ....Hey Mike, LONG-DISTANCE FRUIT EATING CONTEST, GO!!!
Haha someone stand 30 feet away and catch the pieces of fruit in their mouth.
In their defense, this WOULD be really good for making stupid decorative fruit displays for parties.
Oh my god, i need this thing. * w * I love having bits of fruit ready for snacking but cutting them into bite size bits is such a bother. This would be perfect for me. IT EVEN MAKES THE POPPING NOISE FOR REALS
Well it might not make your kids eat healthier, but they'll more then likely enjoy shooting each other's eyes out. 10/10, great bio-weapon. However now I am rather interested in you actually cutting some other things with it, like the cheeseburger you mentioned.
I miss videos like this why don't we get these any more
The fruit's not tasting better because you're doing it wrong.
opaattack profile pic please?
I would love one of these. I love chocolate fondue, and making the food shaped like stuff makes it much more festive.
im 20 and as such trying to escape from the crippling depression of young adult life in the year 2015 and really fruit cut into hearts and stars is some happiness i think we all need in our lives
also i just like pointless cute shit
Ehhhh, I'd say that for what it does, it does well. I can see the appeal of making fun shapes; presentation is important in some cases when serving food. And some people *do* serve celery and stuff at parties, with some dip.
It's a Templar sandwich
Your video is a better advert than a 'fruit bouquet' and now I want a healthy food fight that the birds will probably love.
1:25 - "Sandwhichs"
QUALITY POSTPRODUCTION
I actually love this product. I take my lunches to work in a bento box (tiny Japanese lunch). I usually use cookie cutters to make small sandwiches, cut fruit, etc. It can be tedious and time-consuming. This, however, is so perfect. It has lots of cute shapes and is super fun! It's perfect for me.
In the states we have this company called Edible Arrangements. It's like little things of fruit that cost a lot of money. Like that watermelon fruit thing in the ad would be a $200 thing of fruit- and people fucking pay for it. It's just a tool to make things like that for cheaper if you like those stupid things.
Also at some point you look forward to veggies at a party. Also if you are a kid who grew up knowing veggies taste good you're happy to snack on it as well as other foods @ a party.
Honestly, it looks fun.
You know... Fun ? Kids ? Not ''world changing'' ?
It's not used for mass-producing bloody 5-Stars Ultra-efficient meal, for Pete's sake !
That victory dance at the end made my day.
Two things, first off I'm glad to see you back to your old format of infomercialisms. Second, I backed your game on kickstarter so God's speed on that! Cheers
For some Americans we have a Vegetable Party Tray with Vegetable Dip at a parties.
Cordan Hudyma I used to love those as a kid. The veggie tray was always the offering nobody ate off of, so I could eat all the broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes my little kiddie heart desired.
Cordan Hudyma Yea my mom is always that jerk that brings vegetable tray to potlucks (mostly so she doesn't have to cook anything). But there is always someone on a diet who appreciates it.
*****
Don't get me wrong. I love me some ranch dip, but I was that kid that ate them sans dressing. I was convinced that I would get super powers from them, because of Popeye. To this day, I STILL eat raw spinach, tomatoes, and broccoli like popcorn. I love some honey mustard for dippings, though.
Cordan Hudyma
I think the logic behind this is that since all the food at a party is usually junk/snacks, you balance it out with some healthy vegetables.
SweetestSweden We always have one at anything we host because my kids LOVE their veggies. Ours include spinach as a favorite. I also love veggies, dip or no. The idea that fruits and veggies are UNIVERSALLY disliked really irritates me.
The new ending credits song keeps giving me the urge to send money to the Fantastic Storytelling Kickstarter.
I can see chefs using it. As the saying goes "Its all in the presentation".
Mike Jeavons knows infomercial products.
He reviews them each week.
Sometimes they turn out to be useful.
Sometimes the products are just plain stupid.
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
Mike uses all the products wrong.
He tries to use them all as cheese graters.
His fans think it's funny.
I also think it's pretty funny.
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
[instrumental break]
Mike reviewed the Hutzler Banana Slicer.
It is the most pointless tool ever.
Mike reviewed the Pop Chef too.
It might also be the most pointless tool ever.
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
MIKE JEAVONS
Rock over London,
Rock on, Chicago.
Kellogg's Corn Pops. Gotta have my Pops.
Rogueofmv What melody are you using?
WESLEY WILLIS
WESLEY WILLIS
WESLEY WILLIS
WESLEY WILLIS
+x98crossfire i wanna know where mike got the instrumental
does he actually have a wesley willis-style keyboard or
Matt Lee
Kevin MacLeod recreated the instrumental, I presume using original hardware, and it's available on his website. This is where Mike got it from.
lol
That's perfect with the El Diablo. Just cut the edges and then make a hole in the middle. Lots of wasted bread.
Your ending credits music is every Wesley Willis song ever made. If you don't know who he is, it's almost worth looking up.
On the section with the sandwiches, the creators of the informercial misspelled "sandwiches" as "sandwichs". Astounding.
Oh my god that ending almost made me cry laughing.
Of all the stupid infomercial gadgets you've reviewed this one isn't too bad. It makes the presentation of food a bit more fun.
My friend has one of these and she uses it to decorate cakes with fruit shapes or make party sandwiches. It's really cute at a party, but aside from that, she never sues it. She pops them into a juice pitcher so they don't go flying.
Shortly after this, Mike was arrested for possession of a deadly weapon
Today we're going to learn how to defend ourselves against an assailant armed with fresh fruit!
Out of all the weird things you reviewed, this one looks like one of the better ones.
*credits music plays*
Rock over London.
Rock out in Chicago.
Pop Chef, for your project fruit needs.
Wow, that is THE ultimate food fight canon... if only I had this in high school! :D
Why did I not have one of these at my lunch table in high school.. SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES LOST.
This looks good for cutting shapes from icing en masse for cake decoration, but that's about it.
What makes the circles "super" or the stars "sweet", if I make a star out of a piece of ham or something is it gonna taste sweeter?
I mean it could be fun for pre-kindergarten children to play around with as a toy but that could get awfully messy. Kind of like a forgotten 90's kid's toy but without the "extreme" 90's commercial to accompany it.
That was an adorable world champion dance.
Does anyone else get the distinct feeling that his parents always told him not to play with this food... and now that he lives without them it's his wife
But does it fire cheese?
I have one of these. I got it before Christmas last year and I have still yet to use it.
A hand powered Potato gun, seems like an awesome invention.
Whoa whoa "thirty feet?" Feet? FEET???? You're British!
ramirezthesilvite They still use bits of the imperial system. They DID invent it you know ;)
ramirezthesilvite we also measure distance in miles. Britain does use metric measurements, but not for everything, our cars state their speed in MPH, Land is measured in Acres, Beer is measured in pints as is milk and we measure our weight in Stones.
David McCooey I was only joking, but I will admit I did not really know that. Measuring weight in stones is kind of odd to me though.
Poop poop i mean pop...The coolest vegetable party display lol .
Mike pulls the wrong face when he pops out the food.
Honestly, sometimes cute presentation totally does sway kids. I baby-sat a kid who liked when I cut apples into rings instead of slices because it was different.
And dontcha now? Kids get the fun shapes, grown-ups get the scraps :P
But will it cut cheese?
Mike, you can't complain the whole time but look like you're having such a great time with it at the same time. Too funny!
MIKE...Mike...mike...
you forget the bloody CHEESE dog gammit!!
lol, he's too adorable at the end!
thanks mike video quality is great at the moment. keep up the good work
Does it really come with an Iron Cross shape? for when the Kaiser comes over for afternoon tea I guess.
I think the reason food cut into fancy shapes tastes better is the same mysterious reason drinks taste better out of a straw.
I wonder how good this would be as just a regular cookie cutter.
I'd use this for self-defence. I can just imagine firing perfect shuriken-shaped bits of kiwi at a burglar.
...Then, when the burglar was doubled up in helpless laughter, I'd lamp 'im one to the bollards, then hightail it outta there before he could get his arse up!
Does this mean that Monty Python's Self Defense Against Fruit is going to be a thing now?
Maybe they should rebrand it the "Fruit Shooter" and sell it in the toy department. XD
It might work actually. When I was a toddler my mother would cut fruits like that so me and my sister would eat it. In some phases children pass they prefer to play with the food than to eat, so anything that might make it more interesthing helps. About the taste is actually recomended that you accustom children to the taste of fruit, doing things like putting drops of juice in their mouth since they are still babies.
Me and my siblings will stick to veggie platters with cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Now we just have to look out for insurgents armed with fruit guns.
cutting fruit and vegetables into shapes adds +100 to likelihood of child eating it
Poop .Stink Once. Then they'll realise it still all tastes the same, and go back to wanting sweets.
I actually really like this one, I admit. I love cooking, and this thing would be a neat way to make sure that food is plated nicely.
Mike, we now demand a Pop Chef Cheeseburger :)
Actually I like to use mini cookie cutters to cut fruit for fruit salads or for my lunch. I save the fruit I don't use and eat it for breakfast or for a snack.
To be honest, I would love to have it as a kid. Seriously.
Okay, I laughed a LOT at this one, Mike. xD
I wanna see you try to make one of those giant fruit bouquet thingies. I highly doubt it would be easy for a first timer.
This is actually the sort of pointless overcomplication that my mother might have bought and used only when guests were over. Just to show them that she 'took the time', you know?
mike is prepared for the zombie apocalypse
Anyone else want to see him cut a cheeseburger into a shape? Once he said it, I needed to see it.
It's like that potato gun I had in the 1970s. Only without the weapon potential. Imagine what you could do if you combined this with a Nerf gun. Major conflicts fought with watermelon and mango pieces cut into a variety of fun shapes.
So this device makes it so you can do those edible arrangements. Depending on the time and complexity, you could possibly be better off just calling then up-unless it summer time and you can buy fresh produce.
I'm curious how far this can fire now. I want one. Isn't that against the point?
Do you like ants, lana? Cause that's how you get ants!
I've seen all your informercials... This is the first one where I sit back and for some reason... Really really want to own the product.
I want one of these! I want to be able to walk around on the street shooting star shape pieces of water mellon at people for no reason....... I might need a hobby one of these days
But! Does it work with cheese?
Do they have edible arrangements in England
All I can think of with pointless products like this one is that, hey, at least it does what they claim it does! That alone puts it miles ahead of most infomercial products, honestly. And I guess little kids (like my five year old cousin who enjoys using cookie cutters on her sandwiches) might get a kick out of this.
(It's probably obscenely expensive for what it is, though.)
We actually should start doing Olympic Star shaped fruit shooting!
i really want this thing now...
Everything you say sounds so sarcastic and i love it
That thing is as ridiculous as it is useless.
You must buy another one! That way we can have a Boys Vs Girls Pop Chef battle! First one to get hit by the flying fruit loses!
Honestly, he makes this thing look really appealing to buy. Who wouldn't want a pocket fruit-launcher?
This looks fun!
You're hysterical! Love your videos
But... Does it work with cheese?
If it was smaller I can use it to pop some cherries.
Get it?...
Pop Chef Olympic event when?
is it bad that I would actually use this on a daily basis? Unfortunately I can't get this in my country :/
yay! back to the old hilarious format!
Nice distance on that fruit!