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  • 90s Infomercials Were Actually Chaos

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jun 17 02:34:45 2025
    Cathy Mitchell sold us the Turbo Cooker, the Eat This book, and dump cakes -- and I have... thoughts.

    These infomercials from the 90s were somehow unhinged and iconic at the same time. Let’s discuss.

    https://youtu.be/AVaL31Km1lo?si=k5EtyVZvRjkxC8R8



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  • From dsi1@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jun 17 09:51:11 2025
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:34:45 +0000, Ubiquitous wrote:

    Cathy Mitchell sold us the Turbo Cooker, the Eat This book, and dump
    cakes --
    and I have... thoughts.

    These infomercials from the 90s were somehow unhinged and iconic at the
    same
    time. Let�s discuss.

    https://youtu.be/AVaL31Km1lo?si=k5EtyVZvRjkxC8R8

    The godfather of productions of this genre is Santo Gold. Is it an
    infomercial? Is it a trailer for an alien/wrestling/horror/gore/comedy
    movie that's never coming to a theater near you? Is it an ad for
    cheap/cheesy shiny "gold" jewelry? Is it offering a scam business
    opportunity of selling cheesy "gold" jewelry? Does it feature cheesy
    "singer" Santo Gold singing the Santo Gold theme song? The answer is
    most definitely yes!

    Thanks to YouTube, we can be assured that this production actually
    existed and is not the hazy memory of a drunken fever dream or the
    result of a traumatic head injury.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMu2qsFykI

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