Tomato Juice Slushie

The Original Slush Mug.  Not that you would, but you could enjoy a tomato juice slushie if you wanted to.  The proposition is simple: 1. freeze mug liner, 2. pour in your favorite beverage, 3. wait....wait....wait...and voila!  a delicious slushie from any drink in your cupboard.  FUN!

Just think of the slushies you could make....

• Mylanta...not sure what this does, but anyone for chalky frozen goodness?
• Slim Fast...but head freeze even faster!
• Metamucil...might as well enjoy it both ways...there's a funny line from a movie here....any help?
• Root beer...sounds boring now, doesn't it!
• Water...that would be cool!
• Acai...may then I could swallow that garbage.
• Hot Chocolate...how would that work?

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Best Super Bowl Ad...Ever!

Super Bowl Ads.  Sadly, there were no direct-response spots during the Super Bowl this year (we'll always be grateful for the 2009 CashForGold.com spot, link here), but it was still a fun night, no matter who won the game.  Here's my non-scientific breakdown of the 2010 Super Bowl commercials: 83% are male-centric.  26% are selling cars.  31% are selling beer.  22% are selling snack food.  91% are funny.  93% of the funny ads do nothing to truly drive the brands they are trying to sell.  This year, Google shook things up.  They launched an ad that cost less than $500 to edit (you could do your own on an iMac) and $2,600,000 to air.

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It was captivating.  Interesting.  Probably not funny, but it still managed to grab your attention.  Google understands that everyone recognizes their brand.  If someone is using Yahoo! or one of the other "has been" brands to search the Internet, there is likely a specific reason for the shunning of Google, and at this point, Google is not going to overcome the objections of this 1% of the Internet audience.  Google's path to growth is not to be gained through gaining market share, but rather by growing the market.  To grow, people need to search more.  This ad, "How to Impress a French Woman," gets you thinking..."I can solve any problem on the Internet."  "I can DO ANYTHING!!!!...with the help of the Internet....and Google."  Brilliant!  This is a far cry from the year 2000 dot com commercials that were hilarious but did nothing to drive sales. 

Snickers somehow figured out how to be funny and stay on message with their advertising with the "Betty White" commercial.  You have to love the line, "...that's not what your girlfriend says..." coming from Betty White!  Yet the message is clear, "Snickers satisfies your hunger and restores your energy to keep you going."  I got it.  We all got it.  Genius!

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Now I'm not a total bore.  Like many of you, I laughed out loud at a few of the ads.  Here are a couple of my favorites...

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I just don't see you buying more Doritos or finding a job on careerbuilder.com because of these ads.

What were your favorite spots?

EZ Smoker. It can't really work....can it?

EZ Smoker.  The electronic cigarette.  The problem is that smoking kills you and most public places won't let you smoke so you're forced to go outside and kill yourself with all the other smokers in the freezing cold.  Some claim that the lung cancer is more likely caused by overexposure to freakishly cold air.  I'm not so sure I follow that logic.  However, here is a solution that lets you smoke indoors.  Smoke in your office.  Smoke in a restaurant.  Smoke at your kids' school.  Heck, you can even smoke in church.  This computerized wonder looks and feels just like a real cigarette.  It has no nicotine, but it looks like a real cigarette.  It doesn't make your clothes stink, but it looks like a real cigarette.  Is it too good to be true?  Well, I dare you to take a fake cigarette that looks and acts exactly like a real cigarette into a non-smoking restaurant and tell me what happens.  You could pen a year's worth of blog entries just on your funny encounters.  I dare you.

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TEASEase - Get Big Hair the Health Way!

TEASEase.  TEASE has been sold on HSN for years and has a huge following.  I've heard from several readers that the "wave" demo is incredible.  Watch when Chelsea Scott creates a HUGE wave in the client's hair and slides the comb through to reveal the amazing lift you get from the TEASEase.  I first purchased TEASEase from HSN, and love it!  It gives me tremendous volume when I want to show off my hair, and the Trulift products work well in conjunction to make sure the volume lasts all day....now look at me...I sound like the infomercial.

Check out one of the recent HSN airings:


..And the brand new Infomercial:

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BreastMaster.

I thought that might get your attention.  The Bosom Buddy is a great tribute to one of the best infomercials of all time, nominated in at least two categories: most units sold and most hilariousest...as well as an honorable mention for the "I can't believe people actually bought that" category - Suzanne Somers' ThighMaster.  In case it's been a while, here's a peak at one of the original Thighmaster ads:


Unlike the ThighMaster, the Bosom Buddy is just not believable.  Will squeezing an awkward piece of plastic actually make my breasts appear firmer and younger?  Couldn't I just take a pill?  If that doesn't work, rather than exercising for 20 minutes a day, I could get on a payment plan for some serious breast enhancement surgery...that's sure to work.  Maybe if the Spin Gym had added this particular benefit, it could have been a hit.  I think I'll take a pass this time...but I still recommend that you watch the video, purely for entertainment purposes.

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