RIP Billy Mays.

[Caliga]

I guess when God wants you gone, you'll be gone one way or another.  God must not have been very happy with his OxiClean purchase.

Given the fact that the shit doesn't work as advertised, I can't blame God for his vengeful wrath.

[Jaron]

:nelson at all the hillbillies who actually bought the shit.

[Caliga]

:nelson at all the hillbillies who actually bought the shit.

I've never bought it, but my mom's gullible QVC-addict friend bought it once.

[derspiess]

:nelson at all the hillbillies who actually bought the shit.

  I didn't just buy a small bottle of cleaner to test out-- I bought a whole set of crap at Bed Bath & Beyond (though we did use a coupon).

[DGuller]

Has there ever been an infomercial product that was worth a damn?  It seems like without fail those products are both far less practical than advertised, and very shoddily made.  I guess one exception would be 50 quarters for $29.95, you can't really go wrong with that.

[Caliga]

Well, everyone's declared since Billy Mays's death that he's the second coming of Christ (as is always the case when someone dies), so clearly it's not his fault for overpromising and underdelivering. 

[Jaron]

You remember those things that you strapped onto your abs and they were supposed to electrocute you to a six pack?

[DGuller]

You remember those things that you strapped onto your abs and they were supposed to electrocute you to a six pack?

I don't, amnesia was one of the side effects.

[Barrister]

Has there ever been an infomercial product that was worth a damn?  It seems like without fail those products are both far less practical than advertised, and very shoddily made.  I guess one exception would be 50 quarters for $29.95, you can't really go wrong with that.

I've known people who swore by that pimple cream they're always selling on infomercials.

[Jaron]

Yeah, motherfucker. "you've known people"

[derspiess]

Has there ever been an infomercial product that was worth a damn? 

I bet The Clapper was a solid product, and I'm holding out hope that the Snuggie is all it claims to be.

[Syt]

[Caliga]

FAIL.  "Billy Mays here!" should have been in that pic someplace.

[Scipio]

Actually, regular Oxi-Clean works pretty well, in my personal experience.  I never tried any of the related products, though.

[derspiess]

Actually, regular Oxi-Clean works pretty well, in my personal experience.  I never tried any of the related products, though.

Explain how it has worked for you.  I tried just about everything it advertised and it pretty much always fell short of how it was advertised.  It never seemed to clean any better than standard soap/detergent/stain remover, etc.