Have you ever watched a TV infomercial and thought: "Why didn't i think of that?"
Now, there might be a way to capitalize on your next great idea, and you can thank the ultimate TV pitchman himself.
The Marketing magnate Billy Mays is unmistakable with his black beard, khaki pants and blue shirt (wrinkle-free thanks to steam buddy) and of coursethat voice.
The infomercial icon has a new show called Pitchmen where he and Anthony Sullivan take people's inventions from concept to completion.
"With every great recession and we are in a recessionwe could go into a depression. and with every depression comes greater intervention," said Mays.
A Californian created the tool bandit, and Billy Mays helped get it to market.
For every product he agrees to pitch, there are countless others deemed unworthy.
"I turn down more products than you can imagine," said Mays.
So, what makes a good invention?
Something that solves a problem, makes life easier and can be used by a large number of people said Mays
If you thought some of those infomercials seemed too good to be true, Billy Mays says you don't stay on TV as long as he has. Mays has been patrolling the infomercial market for 12 years.
"I test everything myself. I put them through the Billy test, then I Billy-ize it!"
Q: Do you trust products advertised on TV (Shamwow, Oxyclean, Mightyputty) to perform just as they are presented to?
I am generally a skeptic about this sort of thing (I mean, come on, the Snuggie is a BACKWARDS BATHROBE with no tie!), but I will say that we have the Magic Bullet and it is indeed magical . So perhaps I need to give the infomercial products more of a chance!! (though I will say that the Rotato didn't rise to anywhere near the level of fabulous of the MB...perhaps that's just on me for getting the entry-level variety instead of the Rotato Express)
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Lego, Cav (the Lego brand name was derived from the Danish expression "leg godt" - play well - and lego also translates in Latin as "I study" or "I put together"...really, one of the world's most perfect words!)
well its not that i dont trust products that are advertised on t.v. its just i dont see the reason why you would need most of the things they advertise
I am generally a skeptic about this sort of thing (I mean, come on, the Snuggie is a BACKWARDS BATHROBE with no tie!), but I will say that we have the Magic Bullet and it is indeed magical . So perhaps I need to give the infomercial products more of a chance!! (though I will say that the Rotato didn't rise to anywhere near the level of fabulous of the MB...perhaps that's just on me for getting the entry-level variety instead of the Rotato Express)
