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My New Favorite Informercial Charlatan

Peter Popoff I honestly never thought I’d find an infomercial that tickled my fancy as much as the guys from Air Supply pitching Soft Rock Classics, but this guy is a genius. He cuts right to the chase. If you follow him, he will send you “Miracle Water” and God will repay you in cold …

Marketing to Drug Addicts

   Scene opens with a guy lying down smoking weed) GUY: Can’t you just walk yourself. DOG: You disappoint me. (Dog walks away and then raises his flag of independence) (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) I just saw this Butterfinger Crisp commercial. It takes place in a college Calculus class taught by some guy about 30 minutes …