Jezebel: as seen on tv

Introducing The Necky: The Snuggie for Your Neck

Lindsay — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST

I was prepared to make fun of the Necky, a bib-like fleece garment that protects your neck from the cold in a way a scarf can't, but then they showed how it folds up in your pocket. Uh oh.

I love my Snuggie, and soon I'll probably love my necky. I'm just going to comfort myself with the fact that I'm getting it in a tasteful gray and not animal-print. Animal print is so tacky!

Also, why does almost every infomercial have to show how their item can be used "at the game"? Is there some kind of Venn diagram where the same kind of person who goes to a lot of sports games buys a lot of As Seen on TV products? At least this one makes more sense than the people wearing Snuggies at the big game.

The Necky's Official Website [Buynecky.com]

Tape Yourself Thin With "Instant Arm Lift"

Lindsay — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST

"Instant Arm (and Leg) Lift" is strips of adhesive tape intended to pull up saggy or flabby skin on a woman's arms and thighs. It's suspicious, physics-wise, but it was made by a woman, for women, so it must work!

A friend who is similarly infomercial-obsessed (let's just say we've both seen the inside of a PedEgg) told me about this at a party this weekend and I couldn't believe it. The obvious question: "Where does the fat and skin GO?" isn't answered by this commercial, which appears, like most infomercials, to be aimed at the baby boomers, but it did give us an idea for some sort of invisible Spanx-like invention that pulls all of the skin on your entire body up and into a neat and tidy huge lump on the top of your head, which you would then cover with a hat (hat not included.) By women, for women! In the infomercial realm, nothing is far-fetched.

Watch Women Get Arm Lift & Thigh Lift Instantly [YouTube]
Instant Arm Lift [Official Site]

Foot Fetish

Maria — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Have you seen those cheesetastic and nasty commercials for PedEgg on TV? Apparently an actor-couple (also featured on the Amazing Race) featured in the commercial are super-pissed (and suing PedEgg's manufacturer) at the "cheap, low quality" of the ads and the fact they are being played worldwide on television. (The actors would have never agreed to appear in a commercial with "horror make up" on their feet if they knew they would be grossing out people worldwide.) Listen: if you are an unrecognizable contestant from a reality TV show you are not too good to appear in an infomercial, no matter how cringe-worthy it ends up being. [The Smoking Gun]