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SlapChop "Doesn't Really Do That"?
Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 4/24/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: humor, infomercials, shamwow, slapchop, vince
Ever wonder whether Vince of ShamWow fame is giving us the true skinny on his new SlapChop product?
Well, a consumer test of SlapChop on our local TV station last evening says no...
And it inspired a little humor post here:
www.cabbagesnkings.net/2009/04/slapchop-breaks-hearts-and-well-itself.html
Have any of you ever bought any of those As Seen On TV products?
And did you feel they worked the way you expected?
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Too funny! I once bought an Abdominizer or Abpro or Ab something (that thing were you're on your knees and scoot back and forth). Doesn't work, and you can't even hang your laundry on it to dry.
My mother is the queen of the infomercial and also of the home shopping network. She bought sweater shavers, clothing steamer, George Foreman grill, endless amounts of Diamonte jewelry, OxyClean.
I have to admit, I have been watching those Bullet commercials for the food processor/blender that turns into the ultimate party machine!-
Well, I understand the Foreman grill actually works, so she's not batting an entire goose egg.
I once bought one of those TV tray things that are collapsible, because I wanted it for a portable laptop desk. It actually works all right.
And unlike the SlapChop, it won't put teeny bits of plastic in my food.
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The Foreman grill does work. Only, it's a little small for anything other than a grilled cheese sandwich. Of course, now they have the double and triple size George Foreman grills.
I have never gotten OxyClean to work. How did you get it to work? -
I love a good infomercial. I have the clamps and wrenches from Sears. They work. I have the sweater shaver...eh. The sweater folder...works. And my very own shamwows, which do an ok job. I used to have a pocket fisherman and it worked. I always wanted a rhinestone gun but my parents wouldn't let me then and my kids won't let me now.
I do want a grabit but it would be useful for work
I buy these doo-dads mainly used from garage sales but have this site bookmarked
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The oxyclean goes w/ the laundry detergent. If it is a tough stain like baby puke you need to make a paste with water and scrub a little. -
Aw, Floormodel, you never got your Bedazzler!!... (sigh)... I know someone who Bedazzled her sweatshirts and they were...
um...
they were...
they were... er... really swell. -
I'm still bedazzleless. Just think of the things I could make with a bedazzler...
probably a good thing I never got one.
I do have those glass bulbs for plant watering, they're okay. Pretty in sunlight but I never remember to fill them. I love my Foreman grills, I have3. Small, large, and grill sized. They were great for meals during wrestling season. -
Right now the cat on your shoulder is saying, "THANK GOD she never got the bedazzler... Do you have ANY idea what I would be wearing right now?"
I could use those glass bulbs for watering myself...
You can probably hear my houseplants coughing and choking from dehydration from where you are.
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The SlapChop commercial cracks me up. Of all the infomercials that is the only one that makes me hold my sides. Oxyclean works too. I don't buy any of these products unless they hit a store. It's easier to return that way.
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The SlapChop ads came out right about the time I'd just made up this whole saga about Vince and his sad love affair with Flo, the Professive Insurance girl...
So the line about "Life's hard, you don't want to cry anymore" pretty well had me in stitches. -
I haven't been glued to a commercial since I was a kid. That commercial I stop everything cause it's so funny.
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Slap Chop may or may not work, but personally I think it's one of the best commercials ever. When I am busy doing something (tv on)and that commercial comes on, I have to stop everything to watch (full version of course). That is what advertising is all about, get the viewers attention, and this one did it.-
It certainly does. I remember the first time I saw the ShamWow ad, I was wondering, "Who the heck this THIS guy?"
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1. slap chop sucks
2. I am surprised no one mentioned that guy just got arrested for beating up a hooker-
Yup- this was discussed in quite a few threads when it happened, and I mention it in my post.
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oops..
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No problem, Cooking... A valid question.
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Cooking, do you suppose it could dice up our jello? it's tough doing all that by hand.
BTW, that commercial took three days to film, so that gives you an idea of how many takes it took to de-skin that garlic.
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no. If you learn the proper way to cut stuff it is faster than any processor: manual or electric. Especially jello.
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It might be able to manage jello-- only, how big do you want the cubes?
Minced jello could become all the rage. -
that is so freaking gross
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Cooking, how big should the cubes be?
Well, in my humble opinion, it won't matter. They'll be getting minced soon anyway.
And you ARE right. If you know how to use a knife, dicing things up is no effort - but few people even know to put the knife tip point down on the cutting board (step 1).... so it's no wonder they are slow. -
1 inch cubes for sure
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