As Seen on TV

The bright-red label screams at you from the store shelf, yet what it screams depends on the listener. To me the "AS SEEN ON TV" label indicates a basis for immediate rejection without further examination of content. To others, like Mrs. Schmootzie, it is time to invest.

Case in point, we were in Bed Bath and Beyond (insert gay clown joke here) and she suggested I but the Titanium Turbo razor. She knows my anguish. A good pancake makeup, base even of the best Ben Nye stuff, requires a cleanshaven base for optimal application. She's seen me agonize over dull blades and sloppy application.

I saw the red "As Seen on TV" sticker and suggested it to be crap. She bought it anyway. Time would show that is was crap. You can mow a lawn of thick angry bristles with a cheap Barbie motor powered by enough batteries to power a keychain flashlight? It just don't work.

What do people think? "Well, I saw it on television so it must be good, because everything on TV is of such exceptional quality..."

My feeling, if you have to use the critically bankrupt medium of television to promote a product, chances are it is a piece of shit. In fact, I tend to buy things that are not advertized. If it takes a 30 minute infomercial or hard-sell to tell you how good it is, it likely is junk.