Ep 33: As Seen on TV

“What would you pay?...while supplies last…four easy payments…but wait there’s more! Has this ever happened to you? There’s got to be a better way”. That’s right, this week, on Episode 33: As Seen on TV, CFX delves into the world where television entertainment and marketing meet. It’s a world of infomercials, ridiculous inventions, scammers, 900 numbers, get rich quick schemes and televangelists. We take you through the history of this often dubious art form, with a focus mainly on samples from our childhood and young adulthood, but with a few more recent ones thrown in for good measure. We evaluate whether any of this stands the test of time and along the way, we learn…

• How in Japan the hand can be used as a knife…
• How preacher Robert Tilton is full of hot air, in more ways than one...
• What happened if you listened to Miss Cleo…
• What was Ronco and how its founder made the world safe for lots of absolute crap you don’t need
• What an early infomercial pioneer did with goat balls.
• Why dreams make human beings great and how you shouldn’t listen to losers 
• What happened on Sunday mornings at the Burbank airport Hilton ballroom
• How to use your theatrical training to make a hot piece of white bread stuffed with crappy apple jam sound like the food of the gods

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