The Rise and Fall of Infomercials

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  • @2.06am
    @2.06am Рік тому +695

    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
      @jobe-iden Рік тому +17

      Lmao!

    • @titaniastinkerings
      @titaniastinkerings Рік тому +40

      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
      @Samzillah Рік тому +7

      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
      @mr.pavone9719 10 місяців тому +4

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

    • @Reign.dropzz
      @Reign.dropzz 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@mr.pavone9719what was the item?

  • @Michaela_c
    @Michaela_c Рік тому +366

    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
      @dominicspier6917 Рік тому +33

      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
      @Silverfirefly1 9 місяців тому +6

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

    • @ArcticNemo
      @ArcticNemo 9 місяців тому +3

      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.

    • @RadeonVega64
      @RadeonVega64 2 місяці тому +3

      guys help i accidentally baked my alaska what do i do

  • @XanderNotZander
    @XanderNotZander 9 місяців тому +162

    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
      @KalafinaBTS 8 місяців тому +10

      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
      @singingsamanthamonique5859 8 місяців тому

      I completely agree

    • @BlueLizardKing
      @BlueLizardKing Місяць тому

      They are the father and mother of ASMR sleep-aid videos.
      WAIT. I just got a great idea for a channel.

    • @Dionysian.Cryptid
      @Dionysian.Cryptid 13 днів тому

      ​@@BlueLizardKingHe's not dedicated to it but Ephemeral Rift has a few ASMR videos with really similar vibes! But like, in an comfortable Eldritch horror way. The nothing store is the one that comes to mind.

  • @notabear287
    @notabear287 Рік тому +4613

    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
      @jsas2047 Рік тому +461

      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
      @MicahRion Рік тому +5

      +

    • @GlitchedVision
      @GlitchedVision Рік тому +237

      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
      @Aster_Risk Рік тому +105

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

    • @Tyguy719
      @Tyguy719 Рік тому +11

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

  • @briannamcfarland5974
    @briannamcfarland5974 Рік тому +1245

    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
      @daydream5120 Рік тому +86

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

    • @rhythmandblues_alibi
      @rhythmandblues_alibi Рік тому +43

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

    • @fadeuhhway
      @fadeuhhway Рік тому +16

      This makes me beyond happy

    • @ChristopherSadlowski
      @ChristopherSadlowski Рік тому +51

      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
      @666_cthulhu Рік тому +29

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

  • @cherry_limead
    @cherry_limead Рік тому +551

    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.

    • @CureFinale_AnaneKasai
      @CureFinale_AnaneKasai 8 місяців тому +9

      Goddamn!

    • @darpanabai3967
      @darpanabai3967 7 місяців тому +11

      We've all been there 😅

    • @RadeonVega64
      @RadeonVega64 2 місяці тому

      ​@@darpanabai3967yep

    • @NdompizodwaGreya300
      @NdompizodwaGreya300 Місяць тому +2

      Air fryers, vacuum cleaners, face & body wash, cleaning agent. I always watched ads and thought I wanted to be a part of them.

    • @ximenamaldonadomayans655
      @ximenamaldonadomayans655 27 днів тому

      Yo, the same happened to me at my cousin’s house, i didn’t know 😭

  • @Badusername2000
    @Badusername2000 Рік тому +2548

    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
      @sadmermaid Рік тому +357

      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
      @BDChupacabra Рік тому +205

      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
      @rat3015 Рік тому +122

      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
      @emmagammage8070 Рік тому +213

      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
      @patrickblakethesaint Рік тому +47

      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...

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Рік тому +4479

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

    • @Solid-Matrix
      @Solid-Matrix Рік тому +23

      They can never outsmart boolit

    • @moth.monster
      @moth.monster Рік тому +85

      I used to be the youngest person on the planet!

    • @allanpeter7700
      @allanpeter7700 Рік тому +16

      I mean they have pretty strong grip

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes Рік тому

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

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes Рік тому +15

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

  • @nameramthgin6077
    @nameramthgin6077 9 місяців тому +173

    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
      @Polly-Esterismyname 9 місяців тому +12

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

    • @CatwHolyWater
      @CatwHolyWater 5 місяців тому +3

      OH MY GODS I REMEMBER THAT

  • @kaitealbean142
    @kaitealbean142 Рік тому +475

    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
      @deathsyth8888 Рік тому +38

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

    • @dontgivetwothwips3615
      @dontgivetwothwips3615 Рік тому +13

      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
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Рік тому +19

      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
      @FuzzySixx Рік тому +16

      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
      @MiqelDotCom Рік тому +16

      @@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.

  • @isaacjosephh
    @isaacjosephh Рік тому +148

    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
      @anikajoy5739 Рік тому +15

      I thought it was Billy lol

    • @emilyb.8219
      @emilyb.8219 Рік тому +15

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

    • @thestrangeone1993
      @thestrangeone1993 Рік тому +2

      It's Billy lol

    • @rhythmandblues_alibi
      @rhythmandblues_alibi Рік тому +3

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

    • @Capstone2266
      @Capstone2266 Рік тому +7

      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

  • @lackoliver55
    @lackoliver55 9 місяців тому +58

    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.

  • @KarazolaX
    @KarazolaX Рік тому +361

    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
      @langleymneely Рік тому +20

      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
      @astrowolvez Рік тому +3

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

    • @willschryver
      @willschryver Рік тому +6

      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
      @Samzillah Рік тому +1

      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.

    • @baggergurl16
      @baggergurl16 3 місяці тому

      Do you remember the Proactiv infomercials? I remember years ago being in my local mall and I nearly lost my shit when I walked by a kiosk selling Proactiv. It was exciting for me because being in my late teens I had no credit or debit cards to my name so the fact that it was right there and I didn’t have to order it off the tv was sweet.

  • @djpillarbox
    @djpillarbox Рік тому +1987

    Dang Gabi balls makes good commercials

  • @gh0stpuppi333
    @gh0stpuppi333 Рік тому +464

    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
      @SolaceMcfly 9 місяців тому +14

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

    • @adrianbyrdie
      @adrianbyrdie 9 місяців тому +8

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

    • @crotchwolf1929
      @crotchwolf1929 9 місяців тому +7

      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.

    • @gh0stpuppi333
      @gh0stpuppi333 3 місяці тому +4

      @@adrianbyrdie LOL. I distinctly remember asking my friend to open the string cheese for me because I couldn’t. She took off the wrapper and gave it to me. I looked at it for a minute before handing it back to her and asking her to open it (again)

    • @kaldogorath
      @kaldogorath 3 місяці тому +2

      You failed to eat string cheese?

  • @Toxykiri
    @Toxykiri Рік тому +732

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

    • @salt-emoji
      @salt-emoji Рік тому +12

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

    • @davidmhh9977
      @davidmhh9977 Рік тому +13

      Much like an infomercial itself

    • @themug406
      @themug406 11 місяців тому +1

      Exactly no one "really needed" this

  • @thelittlecaravanner7748
    @thelittlecaravanner7748 Рік тому +652

    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
      @ChristopherSadlowski Рік тому +49

      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
      @Grape-pg9iu Рік тому +11

      I still remember the phone number

    • @MegaManXPoweredUp
      @MegaManXPoweredUp Рік тому +35

      Did you get The Tiger Poster™?

    • @Slowplaymae
      @Slowplaymae Рік тому +7

      This is the dream. Well done.

    • @solitair601
      @solitair601 Рік тому +6

      Did you get the poster?

  • @Handington
    @Handington Рік тому +55

    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
      @choipichiim 7 місяців тому +2

      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

  • @ironcomics99
    @ironcomics99 Рік тому +495

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

    • @mocapcow2933
      @mocapcow2933 Рік тому +8

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

    • @emofurryboyfriendasmr
      @emofurryboyfriendasmr Рік тому +15

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

    • @matthew-h
      @matthew-h Рік тому +2

      I like french fries.

  • @noraeable
    @noraeable Рік тому +350

    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
      @DrumlineArchives Рік тому +56

      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
      @adamprice3466 Рік тому +7

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

    • @KrapTacu1ar
      @KrapTacu1ar Рік тому +1

      ​@@DrumlineArchives Late Stage Capitalism...

    • @MustertheBrohirrim
      @MustertheBrohirrim 9 місяців тому +1

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

    • @noraeable
      @noraeable 9 місяців тому +2

      @@MustertheBrohirrim 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.

  • @sonicstar505
    @sonicstar505 Рік тому +39

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

    • @GodHimself__
      @GodHimself__ 11 місяців тому +2

      How's the weather up there?

    • @sonicstar505
      @sonicstar505 11 місяців тому +3

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

    • @MustertheBrohirrim
      @MustertheBrohirrim 9 місяців тому +1

      Hey, there you are.

    • @JennA-uf6lo
      @JennA-uf6lo 5 місяців тому +1

      Ha! I lived in Fairbanks twice (5 and 4 years), and left in 1985 when I was 15. I used to get irrationally offended that all of the infomercial products were only available in the lower 48. I would yell at the tv that “Alaska is part of the US!!!!!!!” but alas, I was shouting into the void. I really wanted that genuine faux pearl ring that came with the can-slicing Ginsu knives….

    • @marej0099
      @marej0099 2 місяці тому

      Do you ever wish you were apart of canada or are you like, chillin as is?

  • @AlanQSmithee
    @AlanQSmithee Рік тому +208

    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
      @NoSaysJo 8 місяців тому +1

      no one cares😊

    • @pemanilnoob
      @pemanilnoob 8 місяців тому +7

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

    • @angelamaryquitecontrary4609
      @angelamaryquitecontrary4609 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@NoSaysJoRude.

    • @yagirl177
      @yagirl177 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @CrepuscularQueen
    @CrepuscularQueen Рік тому +167

    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
      @josiahallenswife6899 Рік тому +20

      That's really sad.

    • @Samzillah
      @Samzillah Рік тому +10

      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
      @DallasCrane Рік тому +6

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

    • @shawnacaffey9049
      @shawnacaffey9049 Рік тому +4

      My grandmothers kitchen looks like multiple infomercials playing all at once

  • @Roxanne13579
    @Roxanne13579 9 місяців тому +23

    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!'

  • @londonh1800
    @londonh1800 Рік тому +164

    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.

    • @Insertia_Nameia
      @Insertia_Nameia Рік тому +24

      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
      @MoMo-rx4zr Рік тому +17

      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

  • @phill7487
    @phill7487 Рік тому +208

    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
      @GrandDawggy Рік тому +23

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

    • @mr.pavone9719
      @mr.pavone9719 10 місяців тому +7

      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
      @rachelblack3816 9 місяців тому +7

      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
      @CircusFoxxo 8 місяців тому

      ​@@rachelblack3816that's so cute omg

  • @Brookelwaskow
    @Brookelwaskow 9 місяців тому +11

    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

  • @LidzGaming
    @LidzGaming Рік тому +2340

    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
      @arianabrrrr Рік тому +81

      Relatable content

    • @oceanmango
      @oceanmango Рік тому +74

      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
      @animatedaboutlife Рік тому +28

      Same lol I loved watching infomercials

    • @GroundedSolidarity
      @GroundedSolidarity Рік тому +11

      We all did this 😂

    • @sunshine72699
      @sunshine72699 Рік тому +24

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

  • @cowgirl5155
    @cowgirl5155 Рік тому +100

    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
      @melodyxwoonax7384 Рік тому +2

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

    • @cutecupcakebunnies
      @cutecupcakebunnies 9 місяців тому

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

  • @MAjaLeahHB
    @MAjaLeahHB Рік тому +23

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

    • @gayvagina7353
      @gayvagina7353 Рік тому

      There’s now UA-cam compilations of them, how nifty!

  • @johnsnape1907
    @johnsnape1907 Рік тому +118

    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
      @h.r.9563 Рік тому +6

      Omg it's the door commercial in Rick and Morty

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 Рік тому

      Was this in the 70s?

    • @Beefy-Cheese
      @Beefy-Cheese Рік тому +5

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

    • @nirajanghimire9825
      @nirajanghimire9825 Рік тому

  • @specialkay1375
    @specialkay1375 Рік тому +48

    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"

  • @jeebs99
    @jeebs99 5 місяців тому +5

    oh my god i forgot about mighty putty. when i was a kid and had nightmares in the middle of the night, i would get scared. so i would go out to the living room and watch infomercials until i fell asleep again on the couch. it was kind of comforting to just have someone talking in the background and i didn’t feel alone. one of those times was for mighty putty and it was really long. i watched the whole thing at 4 am and was kind of sad when it was over, it was so intriguing to me as a kid.

  • @StarGazer.ExE21
    @StarGazer.ExE21 Рік тому +147

    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
      @daydream5120 Рік тому +3

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

    • @MysticRhythmsYoga
      @MysticRhythmsYoga Рік тому +3

      Raycon, Surfshark, Express vpn, Scentbird lmao

    • @ariesearthdragon
      @ariesearthdragon 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @premiersportingkc3443
    @premiersportingkc3443 Рік тому +65

    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

  • @davidgroves9578
    @davidgroves9578 8 місяців тому +8

    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! :)

  • @gabrielbutler9232
    @gabrielbutler9232 Рік тому +128

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

    • @cospaws8810
      @cospaws8810 Рік тому +3

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

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart Рік тому +3

      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
      @sqweeb6244 Рік тому +1

      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
      @14Mew 9 місяців тому

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

  • @stev6963
    @stev6963 Рік тому +76

    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
      @plntpls Рік тому +6

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

    • @coolliz21
      @coolliz21 Рік тому +1

      That one was one of my favorites too!

    • @dragons_of_magicgirl368
      @dragons_of_magicgirl368 8 місяців тому

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

  • @mrbubbies_
    @mrbubbies_ Рік тому +5

    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

  • @mordo1191
    @mordo1191 Рік тому +92

    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

    • @360sunset
      @360sunset Рік тому +10

      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
      @mordo1191 Рік тому +8

      @@360sunset 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
      @wrenmassey6876 Рік тому +15

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

    • @Forbidden_Snacc
      @Forbidden_Snacc Рік тому +3

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

    • @mordo1191
      @mordo1191 Рік тому +4

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

  • @majortom331
    @majortom331 Рік тому +60

    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.

  • @alexmart3931
    @alexmart3931 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @shepbook
    @shepbook Рік тому +22

    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
      @tweatification Рік тому +2

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

  • @JBabyLeather
    @JBabyLeather Рік тому +72

    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.

  • @certs743
    @certs743 11 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @WendlaBergmann
    @WendlaBergmann Рік тому +70

    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 😂

  • @BornNoU
    @BornNoU Рік тому +43

    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)

  • @Squirrelrides
    @Squirrelrides 8 місяців тому +4

    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.

  • @zuglymonster
    @zuglymonster Рік тому +40

    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
      @cloudbrooks Рік тому +3

      i relate to this :)

    • @melissacooper8724
      @melissacooper8724 Рік тому

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

  • @tui4099
    @tui4099 Рік тому +46

    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.

  • @tank___
    @tank___ Рік тому +9

    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.

  • @BistrosHouse
    @BistrosHouse Рік тому +217

    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
      @ollie2111 Рік тому +9

      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
      @LexiJay8446 Рік тому +9

      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
      @ProbablyBees 10 місяців тому +7

      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
      @Onigiriedits 9 місяців тому +2

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

    • @TopaT0pa
      @TopaT0pa 8 місяців тому +1

      this says a lot about the way infomercials are structured

  • @user-hz3lc8gc7n
    @user-hz3lc8gc7n Рік тому +79

    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
      @msjkramey Рік тому +23

      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
      @MASTEROFEVIL Рік тому

      I remember that stuff 😂

  • @chrisgee2610
    @chrisgee2610 Рік тому +12

    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 ❤

  • @IsaiahPicks
    @IsaiahPicks Рік тому +296

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

    • @cesarb3431
      @cesarb3431 Рік тому +2

      Gabi balls*

    • @ellermg
      @ellermg Рік тому +5

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

    • @lloydmccullough5316
      @lloydmccullough5316 Рік тому +1

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

  • @Yoshifan22
    @Yoshifan22 Рік тому +16

    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
      @rosegoldhiips Рік тому +12

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

    • @majortom331
      @majortom331 Рік тому +5

      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
      @Yoshifan22 Рік тому +2

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

    • @shelby5346
      @shelby5346 Рік тому

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

    • @melissacooper8724
      @melissacooper8724 Рік тому

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

  • @highkingthorgrimgrudgebear7468
    @highkingthorgrimgrudgebear7468 11 місяців тому +3

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

  • @cafe_rae
    @cafe_rae Рік тому +88

    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
      @catboy_official 9 місяців тому +1

      I miss those times 😔

    • @cutecupcakebunnies
      @cutecupcakebunnies 9 місяців тому

      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.

  • @mikel3510
    @mikel3510 Рік тому +41

    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
      @whfidjshdhfjfj5555 Рік тому +6

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

    • @gumshake689
      @gumshake689 Рік тому

      ​@@whfidjshdhfjfj5555fake cigarette? is that a thing?

  • @thiagotrujilho3058
    @thiagotrujilho3058 10 місяців тому +5

    fun fact about cable, i canceled my cable TV in 2019 due to Netflix, i watched all movies that i want, new "good stuff" comes to netflix all day, is amazing, and then, all companies starting removing their content from netflix, starting their own streaming service, they starting became more and more expensive, and then, one day, my internet company send me a message offering a cable package for very, VERY cheap, and i decided, i cancelled all my streaming services and go back to cable, and i very happy with it, in cable channels today i watch all thing that i want, and for exclusive streaming shows, i go back to good old torrent, so, congratulations streaming services, you guys ressurected Cable TV, and turn piracy strong again, and im not alone, a lot of friends of mine return to cable, and for the first time in 6 years, 2023 is the first year that cable TV numbers in Brazil rised...

  • @SlapsOnMute
    @SlapsOnMute Рік тому +43

    I’m glad you mentioned that UA-camrs 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 UA-cam 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
      @yurisei6732 9 місяців тому +5

      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.

  • @alexthetiger7806
    @alexthetiger7806 Рік тому +19

    Billy Mays commercials were my favorite. I was obsessed with Billy Mays when I was about 14, and went trick or treating as him in 2010. Honorable mention for Vince being my second favorite informercial host. And always being a night owl, I remember the FlavorWave and NuWave Oven coming on in the middle of the night while I'd be drawing or playing Pokemon Diamond. It sounds stupid and life in America is weird, but informercials, and a lot of commercials hold lots of nostalgia for people. I find myself looking up commercial compilations from the early 2000s on UA-cam to have on in the background as comfort, and I know I'm not the only one.

    • @lisamako9970
      @lisamako9970 Рік тому

      Dolly: You're Almost my Doppelganger & I (Mostly) Hate it.

    • @meaganshea6795
      @meaganshea6795 Рік тому

      Omg flavorwave!! 😂😂

  • @TheTuxmania
    @TheTuxmania 3 місяці тому +1

    Really love your format on this channel.

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Рік тому +30

    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
      @teubks Рік тому +7

      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
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Рік тому +2

      @@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.

  • @faint46
    @faint46 Рік тому +53

    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
      @kelseydudarchik9167 Рік тому +5

      Magic Bullet infomercial was iconic

    • @shoppertattoo
      @shoppertattoo 10 місяців тому +1

      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

  • @TheBoyjah
    @TheBoyjah Рік тому

    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!

  • @juicybuttercup5393
    @juicybuttercup5393 Рік тому +27

    an infomercial I think about all the time is the Gerber Baby Life Plan. there was at one point in high school where I had the whole thing, including the number, memorized.
    unrelated note, my dog really enjoyed your singing at the end ❤

  • @chocolateavian
    @chocolateavian Рік тому +219

    gabi is a national treasure

  • @cheesedipmckracker5111
    @cheesedipmckracker5111 Місяць тому

    Just discovered you a week ago. I subscribed after I watched the first video. You've got a friendly voice and demeanor. You're good in my book

  • @Emisslint
    @Emisslint Рік тому +224

    I always found Infomercials hilarious for no apperent reason

    • @mayysgy
      @mayysgy Рік тому +23

      Wdym no apparent reason the reason is very clearly there

    • @Skittenmeow
      @Skittenmeow Рік тому +23

      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
      @vogelvrouw Рік тому

      I really enjoyed watching them for some reason

    • @jsas2047
      @jsas2047 Рік тому +3

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

  • @graphosxp
    @graphosxp Рік тому +67

    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
      @Strange-Songs Рік тому +2

      Does Cher believe in life after infomercials?

    • @jacob26839
      @jacob26839 Рік тому

      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

  • @peppatheoof
    @peppatheoof 4 місяці тому +1

    i will admit. while i never purchased any informercial product, i've lowkey always enjoyed watching infomercial fails or just old infomercials at times

  • @QuestionsIAskMyself
    @QuestionsIAskMyself Рік тому +42

    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.

  • @bubble1soap
    @bubble1soap Рік тому +28

    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
      @absolutelyridiculous6743 Рік тому +3

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

    • @princesskristan
      @princesskristan Рік тому +4

      Lucky! I wanted that cup so badly

    • @icu3869
      @icu3869 Рік тому +4

      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
      @wormywormyworm Рік тому

      ​@@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

  • @AidzWithAZ
    @AidzWithAZ 10 місяців тому

    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

  • @yesssjake
    @yesssjake Рік тому +27

    Proactiv targeting my teen self with their tactical assault "acne care" is what turned me off of infomercials forever. THANKS JESSICA SIMPSON! Gave me that pizza face, extra marinara.

  • @WhatAboutZoidberg
    @WhatAboutZoidberg Рік тому +21

    The Showtime Oven and OxyClean were my childhood entry into the world of infomercials and will always live rent free in my head.

  • @edinthekitchen
    @edinthekitchen Рік тому +1

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

  • @catienoble3191
    @catienoble3191 Рік тому +12

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

  • @HaarmannE
    @HaarmannE Рік тому +13

    childhood memory unlocked at 10:55 that informercial was sooooo satisfying to watch. my favorite overall is the magic bullet one, honestly that should have won an oscar

    • @h.r.9563
      @h.r.9563 Рік тому +2

      My magic bullet lasted me YEARS. It was worth it

    • @dylanlevey9847
      @dylanlevey9847 Рік тому +1

      Dude, I sometimes get high as fuck and watch that commercial. It’s comedy gold

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Рік тому +2

      I feel I may have seen that ad, but likely not. I love her enthusiasm, though! That "Ohmigosh!" was kind of adorable 😅

    • @HaarmannE
      @HaarmannE Рік тому

      @@dylanlevey9847 the old lady with the cigarette is my fav

    • @HaarmannE
      @HaarmannE Рік тому

      ​@@h.r.9563 i use mine all the time for my protein shakes! its so easy to clean

  • @richborn6700
    @richborn6700 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @ragdollrose2687
    @ragdollrose2687 Рік тому +21

    So my grandma wanted to buy a product from an infomercial once. It was some clothes hangers with bendy parts and foam on it to protect the clothes. She wanted just like a pack of 4, but because she is an old lady with undiagnosed adhd who only speaks French and she isn't very tech savvy, she ended up with like 30 hangers. It was something about the automated call would ask for the credit card infos and was very vague on how to confirm the order, so she was adding more and more to her order everytime she just wanted to stop and pay.
    We all got infomercial clothe hangers for Christmas that year and she never order from infomercials again. 🙃

  • @stephtron
    @stephtron Рік тому +22

    there were two times in my childhood where i BEGGED my parents to buy my an infomercial product. One was the Pure Jazz CD (still a banger) and I remember waiting for the commercial to come on and then running to my mom with the landline so she could call right away. The other was an electric toothbrush that had this like circular brush that would go on either side of your teeth. I think it also would light up too, idk why I wanted it so badly but I did.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @georgelost2117
    @georgelost2117 Рік тому +31

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

  • @SieraLynJM
    @SieraLynJM Рік тому +47

    I would watch infomercials on weekend mornings (I woke up before the good cartoons came on 😅) I literally wrote my parents an "essay" about why we needed the Magic Bullet. They never bought us one but I used my adult money to get one and is one of the best purchases I've ever made lmao 😂😂

  • @SnailNick00
    @SnailNick00 9 місяців тому

    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!

  • @imnotbenjaminnutt
    @imnotbenjaminnutt Рік тому +61

    I used to be a copywriter. I was self-taught, and it took me a while to realize my style was clearly inspired by infomercials and late 90s/early 2000s advertising. I feel like this video was made for me and I love it.

    • @somedudefromTX
      @somedudefromTX Рік тому +2

      I never became a copywriter and instead just wrote hundreds of fake, satirical commercials as a way to work all that consumerist propaganda from my brain

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 Рік тому +4

      I make up songs all the time, First when I worked with little kids and secondly after I had my own kids. Kids will do anything if you put it into a song. My own kids make up songs and jingles and they are 100% inspired by me watching way too many infomercials in commercials, as well as theme songs, when I was a kid. Any time our house has a problem my kids make up a song or commercial about it. We had some water damage in our bathroom and they made up a whole ad campaign for what they called “water damage pro”. The funny thing is that we don’t have cable TV, we only watch Netflix and PBS Kids on the projector. So they’ve never seen commercials, unless we stay at a hotel or go to families house every few years that still have cable. To be fair we’ve watched 90’s commercial compilations…because they are very entertaining

  • @JEZ346
    @JEZ346 Рік тому +20

    The phrase "Just Set it and Forget it" will never leave my brain ever thanks Ron Popeil.

  • @chrisbuek
    @chrisbuek 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @ChrisJamesTV
    @ChrisJamesTV Рік тому +5

    wow seeing the betty crocker bake and fill brought my back to my childhood

  • @yoshidex64
    @yoshidex64 Рік тому +15

    I remember as kids whenever me and my brother would see an infomercial for some toy we'd want it so badly that we'd rush to our mom and tell her to write down the phone number to "buy it later" but looking back, I think my mom would write it down to get us to shut up about it.

  • @dexterbunco4212
    @dexterbunco4212 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @fryen_
    @fryen_ Рік тому +40

    30 More minutes of Gabi content!! Truly a gift to someone who was already binging the channel 🙏😊

  • @mandarinfruit
    @mandarinfruit Рік тому +29

    gabi belle's the only channel that i instantly watch whenever there's a new video. let's fucking go !!

  • @goatshield193
    @goatshield193 Місяць тому

    I actually like long form commercials; I like the information and explanation for what problem a product is fixing. I think it works well for smaller companies trying to sell a niche product

  • @jk-jl2lo
    @jk-jl2lo Рік тому +27

    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
      @BopperBippity 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @KC-lyn
      @KC-lyn 17 днів тому

      Oink Oink, Zoopals! Ribbet Ribbet, Zoopals! Zoopals make eating fun!

  • @Tokkemon
    @Tokkemon Рік тому +12

    I remember so many of these from the 90s. The Ronco commercials were always the most common, with the chicken rotisserie and knives. I also loved the juicer ones for some reason. Watching them destroy vegetables and the juice came out different colors. I was six, leave me alone.

  • @NatreWitch
    @NatreWitch 11 місяців тому

    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

  • @ramonmartinez7775
    @ramonmartinez7775 Рік тому +13

    Love this generation of youtubers who are my sibling's age making videos of things I remember growing up but too grown up to take the time to do these videos