Infomercialism: Perfect Polly Pet

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  • @phonewithoutquestion80
    @phonewithoutquestion80 9 років тому +48

    That part where it collapsed off the perch ended me. Brilliant.

    • @PeninsulaPaintings
      @PeninsulaPaintings 5 років тому +2

      Mike didn't even miss a beat when it did, a true reviewing professional!

  • @dmd8552
    @dmd8552 7 років тому +73

    I own seventy three of these. They keep commanding me to buy more. Please help.

    • @valgo8128
      @valgo8128 4 роки тому +1

      Do IT JUST DO IT

  • @sampiazza7483
    @sampiazza7483 9 років тому +79

    "I think it's wondering whether Skynet has finally taken over." - killed me X'D

  • @anarcho-pingu
    @anarcho-pingu 10 років тому +52

    "This is an ex-parrot!"
    ~John Cleese

  • @generalcoon47
    @generalcoon47 10 років тому +89

    So a green piece of plastic with screw holes and a shrill MIDI file for a voice is supposed to be the alternative to a real bird?

    • @CrazyRiverOtter
      @CrazyRiverOtter 9 років тому +24

      generalcoon47 As someone who owns a bird, yes.

    • @The_Barroth
      @The_Barroth 6 років тому +4

      At least you don’t have to feed it

    • @saraumar3295
      @saraumar3295 4 роки тому

      Ahahahahahahahahahah I can't think of anything else so stupid

  • @DonPeyote420
    @DonPeyote420 10 років тому +87

    'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

    • @VicvicW
      @VicvicW 10 років тому +1

      All the yeses go to you.

    • @ChibySmiley
      @ChibySmiley 9 років тому +2

      I was hoping someone was going to make a Monty Python reference! XD

    • @thetwistedsamurai
      @thetwistedsamurai 9 років тому +4

      I fucking love that you took the time to actually type out accents. I can hear it in my head.

    • @4ll3sb4n4n3
      @4ll3sb4n4n3 9 років тому +2

      +PufferBluntman Better replace it then

  • @TR1PLE_6
    @TR1PLE_6 11 років тому +43

    Because screw holes in the bird is SOOOOOO realistic

    • @alexliu5806
      @alexliu5806 11 років тому +8

      not to mention that hole in the chest where the motion sensor is.

    • @TR1PLE_6
      @TR1PLE_6 11 років тому +8

      Alex Liu Also the gap between its head and its body.

  • @gagaplex
    @gagaplex 6 років тому +4

    I love how it keeps clicking. So life-like!

  • @TheBlueBullets
    @TheBlueBullets 9 років тому +50

    with real Fjord pining action!

  • @littlerollingbean
    @littlerollingbean 9 років тому +15

    I never understood why toy companies advertised their toy pets with the selling point "IT NEVER NEEDS TO BE WALKED, FED OR CLEANED UP!!!!".
    First of all, isn't the point of having a pet learning responsibility and how to look after a living creature? If one is planning in being a parent when they are older, having a pet builds up the skills. Knowing that most humans want kids, why do people think that advertising that your product does NOT give you responsibility or nurturing skills a good idea?!
    Second, what heartless person would rather have an object as a pet than a real creature that would love them simply because they do not want to TAKE CARE OF THEM? Now that I think about it... Seeing how so many humans buy a real dog or even have a baby and are NOT good at taking care of them because they are lazy fucks, a fake baby or animal is a good idea. There should be a robotic baby for people who see babies as trends so real human babies do not have to suffer with shit parents.
    But still, even as a kid I never understood why anyone would want a pet yet not be willing to take responsibility for them.

  • @young321bookie
    @young321bookie 6 років тому +2

    LMAO @ 02:35! That face he pulled was amazing!
    It was him being surprised that he caught it mixed with him being so chuffed he was like 'yeah, did you see that sh*t'. :)

  • @uTubeNoITube
    @uTubeNoITube 9 років тому +42

    But does it grate cheese???

    • @thejudge305
      @thejudge305 8 років тому

      +uTubeNoITube YES!!!!!!!!!!

  • @zh84
    @zh84 10 років тому +10

    0:40 Had hysterics at this point.

  • @buzzingsigndiner397
    @buzzingsigndiner397 10 років тому +5

    0:42 Now that's what I call a dead parakeet.

  • @mechalinkergaming7169
    @mechalinkergaming7169 8 років тому +13

    Why is it perpetually having a seizure?

  • @ManOutofTime913
    @ManOutofTime913 9 років тому +15

    For the loneliest person on the planet.

  • @Dark_Pulse
    @Dark_Pulse 8 років тому +3

    I got one of these as I white elephant gift on Christmas, it was broken out of the box

  • @haileemarie368
    @haileemarie368 8 років тому

    So my dad had one of these, and we had it chillin on like this bar thing in our living room, and out of know where as me and my dad are just chillin watching tv, this bird will start going off. I've never seen a ghost in this house or anything, but my dad said he has, the only paranormal activity I ever encountered was this freakin bird.

  • @PHARFLY
    @PHARFLY 9 років тому +6

    my sister got one of these at a pet store its head fell of a few days later

  • @ohmygodbecky6829
    @ohmygodbecky6829 3 роки тому +1

    I wish someone would feel about me the way infomercials talk about products

  • @shannonbriggs100
    @shannonbriggs100 8 років тому +3

    The only reason I'd get one is to stick it at the end of the garden behind the bushes to piss my mum off. Apart from that, it's fucking useless.

  • @Diego-zz1df
    @Diego-zz1df 8 років тому +6

    It'll certainly cure you of your desire to have live birds at your house.

  • @AmaranthOriginal
    @AmaranthOriginal 9 років тому +27

    I'm calling PETPA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Plastic Animals) on you!

  • @Graylord88
    @Graylord88 10 років тому +17

    But... It's a budgie, not a parakeet.

    • @kurvos
      @kurvos 9 років тому +13

      Graylord "The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) /ˈbʌdʒərɨɡɑr/, also known as common pet parakeet or shell parakeet and informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. "

  • @Tazzie1312
    @Tazzie1312 8 років тому +13

    Oh my god I almost died when the bird fell over.

    • @babymoondancer
      @babymoondancer 8 років тому +1

      +Tazzie1312 "And it wouldn't do THAT if it were a real bird!" *LMAO*

    • @HaydenX
      @HaydenX 8 років тому +1

      "It's not pinin', it's passed on!"

    • @sillygrl23
      @sillygrl23 7 років тому

      I know, granted I am sure a bird would leap from its stand, but I would assume it would be graceful enough to land on its feet and not fall over on its side, unless yeah, it was dead as a doornail.

  • @telephony
    @telephony 7 років тому +4

    Hey Mike, I got one of these bloody asinine things a few years ago to review on the Commercials I Hate BBS... it kept falling into the waste bin and one of my cats tried to rip the phone-bologna fake plastic dead bird's head off because the cat got pissed off with the damn incessant chirping. And you did miss one crucial point: the on/off switch is placed where the vent (bunghole) of a real bird would be. :-/

  • @The_Barroth
    @The_Barroth 7 років тому +3

    At least they got the incessant chirping accurate to a real parakeet

  • @8bitPikachu
    @8bitPikachu 11 років тому +17

    Jacques: John WTF is that thing?
    jontron: i dont fuuucken know EAAGHHHH!

    • @Darkmage1293
      @Darkmage1293 10 років тому +9

      It's Jacques during his awkward phase.

    • @thunderstudent
      @thunderstudent 10 років тому +1

      I'm guessing it's not an excellent product to you.

  • @chrisc7707
    @chrisc7707 8 років тому +1

    Is no one else going to question the position they chose to place the power switch?

  • @SporkmanBW
    @SporkmanBW 11 років тому

    And the seam around its neck makes it look like some sort of frankenburd!

  • @clarabellem4097
    @clarabellem4097 10 років тому +1

    I remember when I was 8 I saw a singing bird christmas tree ornament and I begged my mom to get it, and after a day, I was like "TURN IT OFF!" Now we either take the batteries out, turn it off, or put it at the back of the tree (It's motion activated, and no one walks behind the tree.)

    • @tgsachris
      @tgsachris 10 років тому +3

      That's kind like something I did lol, they have these motion sensitive dancing skeletons for halloween that sing while they dance in Walmart, I walked past and they all started dancing and setting each other off so I was like "Awesome, I want 4! It'll be like my house is alive!" they never stopped.... ever... it was funny for like 5 minutes then I punted one of the damn things accross the yard and threw all but one of out.
      In hinsight that was incredible stupid of me, but it is funny to look back on and laugh at now.

    • @clarabellem4097
      @clarabellem4097 10 років тому +1

      tgsachris Lol. Wow. That's funny.

  • @-DeScruff
    @-DeScruff 10 років тому +4

    I have a Parakeet, and it sounds nothing like this thing.
    The infomercial saying the Parakeet can't tell the difference doesn't say much. Parakeets are not intelligent enough to understand they are looking at their own reflection in a mirror.

  • @flinders5328
    @flinders5328 10 років тому +12

    Why does it give me a instantaneous feeling to go find a hammer and smash it?

  • @mastermarkus5307
    @mastermarkus5307 8 років тому +4

    Why would you ever have this as a replacement for a pet? People don't tend to get pets just so they can hear them and look at them (though this thing doesn't give much of a show regardless), they also want to interact with them, maybe form an affectionate bond if they can!

  • @fackingpos
    @fackingpos 9 років тому +62

    I suppose you could sell it to a blind kid,,,

  • @TheBowserPrime
    @TheBowserPrime 10 років тому

    My grandma has one of those things. And every time my family and I go over and hear that thing go off all the time, we always know who to blame, my cousin.

  • @PkmnLegendMaster
    @PkmnLegendMaster 9 років тому +2

    I was given one of these as a gift a while back. Not really sure how to feel about that...

  • @LauraSusanJohnson
    @LauraSusanJohnson 6 років тому +1

    The Budginator....it absolutely will not stop making that insufferable noise! EVER! Until you smash it into little splinters with your shovel!

  • @orincat10
    @orincat10 10 років тому +1

    "I know a dead bird when I see one!"

  • @chronicgaming3280
    @chronicgaming3280 6 років тому

    It sounds like a Budgie dancing on a typewriter....

  • @christinawilkephillips7684
    @christinawilkephillips7684 9 років тому +2

    it's "lifelike" head movements just make it look like it's spazzing out!

    • @princenadroj9766
      @princenadroj9766 5 років тому

      Christina Phillips it looks like it’s constantly having a seizure.

  • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
    @TheAllSeeingEye2468 6 років тому +3

    they sold this on tv? why? it looks and sounds like something you would buy at the dollar store or get in a happy meal

  • @Yvtyyvggvyfy
    @Yvtyyvggvyfy 10 років тому

    my real parakeets started chirping like crazy when they heard the perfect polly.

  • @rendanfuls
    @rendanfuls 8 років тому +2

    Made me watch Monty Python: Dead Parrot for god knows how manyth time (sorry...english doesn't have enough words for me).

  • @Pluies
    @Pluies 10 років тому +6

    Ashens sent me here, I'm glad he did.

    • @r4microds
      @r4microds 10 років тому +2

      i found mike while searching for more 1pound food reviews right after watching Ashens.. Im glad i found this channel... it's awesome. xD

  • @lincolnnoronha4128
    @lincolnnoronha4128 8 років тому

    "Look mom! Its trying to kill itself!"

  • @AndreSthegeekydude
    @AndreSthegeekydude 8 років тому

    imagine a parent taking the batteries out of perfect polly and a kid going "MOMMY MOMMY POLLY DIED!"

  • @Zaeryn22
    @Zaeryn22 10 років тому +3

    Perhaps you should nail it to its perch.

  • @GeoNeilUK
    @GeoNeilUK 11 років тому

    The readers of which paper would have wanted to see that toy chirpy thing set on fire?

  • @redwerd2429
    @redwerd2429 9 років тому +15

    I have one and I also have 2 parakeets and they are fuhcing scared to shit of it

  • @CaptainSnowfall
    @CaptainSnowfall 10 років тому

    oh my lanta i haven't laugh so hard in quite a while. SUBBED!~:D

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 9 років тому

    I-m sure I'm not the first... but it's pinin' for the fjords!

  • @nuclearcosmos23
    @nuclearcosmos23 5 років тому

    i collect animatronics or just robots and i love these things machines are cool what can i say, i just found one at a thriftstore that still works they are very rare in working condition because of cheap geers he now sits with my pete the repeat parrot

  • @QuertyQw33n
    @QuertyQw33n Рік тому

    The problem I have with this product is the fact that it is advertised as a pet alternative, despite it being more like a toy.

  • @TnT_F0X
    @TnT_F0X 8 років тому

    Book Plug at 1:50

  • @RiasoXilond
    @RiasoXilond 9 років тому +2

    Well that one thing you could do to get rid of it Mike...
    Maybe you should send it to Doug :P

  • @nujevad28
    @nujevad28 11 років тому

    So many Monty Python Jokes to choose from.

  • @GoodBadNerdy
    @GoodBadNerdy 10 років тому

    So much movement in those tail feathers 1:17 pmsl.

  • @Cade_Squirrel
    @Cade_Squirrel 10 років тому

    anyone remember that one episode of Tom and Jerry? ...

  • @BloodylocksBathory
    @BloodylocksBathory 8 років тому +1

    I can't stop laughing.

  • @garyh9740
    @garyh9740 9 років тому

    Then they can make Mr.Cricket and annoy the hell out of people with that!Why did I just give them that idea?!Big mistake!

  • @noahnorman6877
    @noahnorman6877 2 роки тому

    0:42 The real reason why you should get a real bird at not an inanimate soulless hunk of plastic.

  • @LunaMoon84
    @LunaMoon84 9 років тому

    Laughing so hard, I've watched a lot of your videos and I love all of them but I was literally laughing the whole time!!!!!!

  • @Rebelnightwolfe
    @Rebelnightwolfe 10 років тому

    The likes are for the ones who like how funny the video is. The dislikes are for those who own one against their will.

  • @TheTwistedbeaver
    @TheTwistedbeaver 11 років тому +19

    +1 sub from ashens channel :D
    ur funny

  • @moviemakerwannabe
    @moviemakerwannabe 8 місяців тому

    They should make one like a furby that can learn.

  • @Dcook85
    @Dcook85 3 роки тому +1

    Have you been lonely ever since you got it?

  • @randywatson8347
    @randywatson8347 10 років тому

    Perfect Poly the telegraph bird...

  • @fdk7014
    @fdk7014 8 років тому

    It's impressive that someone actually tries to sell that shit

  • @JasonZakrajsek
    @JasonZakrajsek 11 років тому

    I swear I've seen this one before. Like a week or two ago.

  • @teej1991
    @teej1991 Рік тому

    I think perfect Polly is definitely a knock off, because Takara; a company in Japan made animated birds known as breezy singers that move their heads, beaks, and tails. At least they sound like the actual bird. Not to mention they have a photo sensor, which shuts them off at night when there’s not enough light in the room. This company even introduced three different colored parakeets to their line, at least they actually sound like real budgies. perfect poly just sounds like random bird noises, not even close to a parakeet. at least Takara didn’t make an infomercial about these birds, because honestly they’re more of a decoration, but I wouldn’t treat it as if it were an actual pet bird.

  • @adamcarr2898
    @adamcarr2898 9 років тому

    sounds like its sending a telegraph

  • @davidoneill2254
    @davidoneill2254 11 років тому +3

    Mike mate, get yourself a hd camera 360p is rubbish but good video

  • @NortelGeek
    @NortelGeek 10 років тому

    Quick! give it some Dylantin!!!

  • @SkeletonsfromHell
    @SkeletonsfromHell 10 років тому

    My great uncle Don has on for the reason they sell it.

  • @ShintogaDeathAngel
    @ShintogaDeathAngel 9 років тому

    Can't they tell the difference between parakeets and budgies?

    • @nolakali
      @nolakali 9 років тому

      +ShintogaDeathAngel
      Budgies are parakeets though? The term parakeet just means a small member of the parrot family, and a lot of people just call budgies common parakeets.

  • @haveitboi999
    @haveitboi999 10 років тому

    looks ok for kids about 5 years old who want a pet, but not grown people who want to hear chirping while reading, what a weird advert

  • @gustgost3937
    @gustgost3937 11 років тому +2

    why is everybody here from ashens

  • @dyansis
    @dyansis 9 років тому

    is it just me or is that a budgie not a parakeet? Or are they the same thing

    • @LordMabalon
      @LordMabalon 9 років тому +1

      A parakeet is a generic term for any small to medium sized parrot that has long tail feathers, which makes it overly broad. If you wanted to actually be useful and specific, then yes, you would refer to that kind of bird specifically as a budgerigar (budgie).

    • @kurvos
      @kurvos 9 років тому

      dyansis Well, both: "The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) /ˈbʌdʒərɨɡɑr/, also known as common pet parakeet or shell parakeet and informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. "

  • @Diego-zz1df
    @Diego-zz1df 8 років тому

    The perfect pet for people who don't want pets in the first place!

  • @dedpxl
    @dedpxl 8 років тому

    lol why does it keep looping? it's so bad.
    sounds almost like it's doing the morse code for S.O.S over and over again.

  • @noahahnen4851
    @noahahnen4851 8 років тому

    omg I got that for Christmas i understand why now

  • @thesnesgeek
    @thesnesgeek 8 років тому +2

    Polly is just depressing.

  • @nfffg
    @nfffg 4 роки тому +1

    Who would want this? Seriously what was the product made for? This infomercial has to be a joke.

  • @MF-dz7cp
    @MF-dz7cp 4 роки тому

    2:53 🤣

  • @silvafox07
    @silvafox07 10 років тому

    This guy had me cracking up

  • @stevebarley8413
    @stevebarley8413 4 роки тому

    Parakeet was a budgie

  • @AgentTasmania
    @AgentTasmania 9 років тому

    It's a goddamn Budgie, not a parakeet.

  • @Florithia
    @Florithia 10 років тому +1

    This made me laugh so hard.

  • @Timmyval123
    @Timmyval123 11 років тому

    Ashens sent me

  • @Timmyval123
    @Timmyval123 11 років тому

    Ashens sent me here

  • @stproducciones9140
    @stproducciones9140 7 років тому +1

    that infomercial was so damn cringy

  • @kujoforever
    @kujoforever 11 років тому

    Soooo many toys!!!!!

  • @Aussiegirl265
    @Aussiegirl265 9 років тому

    You remind me of the guy from Peep Show!!!!!!!

  • @KakarotOwns
    @KakarotOwns 6 років тому

    It nearly damaged the camera, get it out of here!

  • @mickelloh257
    @mickelloh257 9 років тому

    Omfg my girlfriend grandparents has this

  • @watam8
    @watam8 8 років тому

    parakeets taste delicious

    • @watam8
      @watam8 8 років тому

      Nope.avi

  • @Femininestep
    @Femininestep 6 років тому

    I have a real budgie and it’s equally as annoying as the fake one

  • @KandD2031
    @KandD2031 2 роки тому

    You’re so mean to polly the bird

  • @stevebarley8413
    @stevebarley8413 2 роки тому

    Not a parakeet it is a budgie