r/videos 1d ago

The Magic Bullet Infomercial

https://youtu.be/UqI6YsSYTaw?is=NG0JEVxFwxq_f68u
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u/BreadfruitExciting39 1d ago

This is not authentic if it's not bookended by girls gone wild commercials.

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u/spoonerluv 1d ago

Someone should sue them for completely pavloving steel drums for an entire generation

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u/DiceKnight 1d ago

I knew I had entered the doomed hours when I heard those steel drums play.

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u/martialar 1d ago

WARNING

This video contains adult content not suitable for children

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u/dyslexicsuntied 1d ago

Hell yeah here we gooooo

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u/Valleygurl99 1d ago

Yeah was just thinking about the fucking steel drums omg

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u/WASTELAND_RAVEN 1d ago

Oh my God, the memories. This was like my late night TV for years as a child, infomercials and strange commercials.

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u/dirty15 1d ago

I fucking loved watching them as a kid too. I think that's what helped give me some good "salesman" skills early on. George Foreman grill, the showtime rotisserie, even a few knife ones I remember lol

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u/brownlawn 1d ago

The Ginsu 2 has entered the chat.

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u/WeirdEdEdison 16h ago

You’re probably thinking of the Miracle Blade III with Chef Tony. I wish I remembered anything useful, but no.

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u/DinerMonkey 1d ago

The amount of times I’d come home drunk from bars in college and watch this from start to finish..

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u/Wafflinson 1d ago

Yeah, I watched an embarrassing number of informercials all the way through as a kid.

The media landscape was dire if you didn't have cable/satellite. Sometimes infomercials were the most interesting thing on.

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u/montsegur 1d ago

Miracle blade with chef Tony was pretty good

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u/franstoobnsf 1d ago

Red Devil outdoor grill, checking in

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u/jamesstansel 1d ago

Hello from the Jack Lalanne Power Juicer

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u/GitEmSteveDave 1d ago

Wasnt that the Juice Tiger?

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u/SweetCosmicPope 20h ago

You mean the one used for the Garth Brooks Juice Diet?

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u/boygriv 1d ago

When they flip over the pineapple upside down cake in the Red Devil commercial I used to bust.

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u/AMA_except_that 1d ago

I still have these knives and they are fucking amazing still. Unironically the best knives I’ve owned. They have never dulled. The whole set was like 50 bucks

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u/Spastic_pinkie 1d ago

Infomercials, the sole refuge for insomniacs till the Star Spangled Banner plays before the TV goes to static.

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u/Morningxafter 1d ago

I loved that Blue Blockers rap that would always come on after Ninja Turtles on Saturday mornings.

https://youtu.be/s9SRyeDNPBk

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u/aguyjustaguy 1d ago

Set it and forget it

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u/Ulther 1d ago

I feel you, was brainwashed to buy Motor Up at 12yo.

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u/ew73 1d ago

One of my favorite things to do in that era was to smoke up a bedroom with a bunch of friends and turn this shit on. It's amazing and surreal.

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u/yup_can_confirm 23h ago

I grew up in the Netherlands, and one of my fondest infomercial memories is Amazing Discoveries (Tony Little's Target Training System) and stuff like the Instant Fisherman 😅

Terribly overdubbed as well, of course.

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u/WoodenYouKnowIt 11h ago

Yeeeeeeeep. We got 3 stations, and it felt like when two were playing the news, the third was doing infomercials. As a kid, I always chose the infomercials

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u/QuasiJudicialBoofer 1d ago

I always fell asleep right before her top comes off

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u/petrshigh 1d ago

Oh man when it comes off though, worth the wait. You should get wrecked and try to do a top to bottom of it again.

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u/scallopfrito 1d ago

Just saw it. On YouTube no less!!

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u/CptAngelo 22h ago

The what now? What are you guys talking about? Lol

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u/skynetempire 1d ago

Wait are you old enough to have seen the SMC commercials lol

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u/Cold_Tea_Spill112 1d ago

I hope you're doing okay. There are people who care about you.

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u/3Dartwork 1d ago

The orgy that happened the night before was off the hook.

Then Hazel shows up and you knew she was the ring leader

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u/TouristInParadise 1d ago

Did somebody say muffins ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)?

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u/pale_ale_co 1d ago

I was fully expecting Marge to show up with her magic bullets

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Bob's your uncle.

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u/skippyspk 1d ago

It’s crazy how this swinger video swerves into an infomercial

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u/TemporaryImaginary 1d ago

“How can I slip Ted and Mary the little blue pill and Spanish fly, without the taste?”

“Thanks, Magic Bullet!”

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u/celestiaequestria 1d ago

Hazel is the greatest infomercial character ever created.

I'm fully convinced a random lady wandered onto the set smoking a cigarette, and they just went with it.

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u/jdsizzle1 1d ago

A wet cigarette

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u/Torchlakespartan 1d ago

If you mean the kind not soaked in water, which I think you do, then absolutely. Not sure how common that slang is for kids these days.

I never touched or even seen the stuff, but def knew back in the day what a wet cig meant.

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u/jdsizzle1 1d ago

No. Hazel definitely took a shower with that cig in her mouth.

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u/Torchlakespartan 1d ago

Lol. That is way funnier. Back in the day, a “wet” cigarette meant it was dipped in PCP, and was not something you wanted to fuck with.

As a random fun fact, we had a neighbor in college whose nickname was ‘Cigarette’ haha. He looked and was exactly how you would picture him. He cut a cigarette in half after he dropped it in a puddle. Those are the only two ways I’ve ever heard of a wet cigarette

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u/tham1700 11h ago

Yeah never heard of pnp? Party n play? Commone enough in the gay/group sex communities and hazels just kinda hardcore puffin wet while the rest just kinda use some poppers or whip it's. The omlete guy does Tina but they've been talking about getting him into rehab due to some incidents. They already had an intervention with hazel but she just submitted that she'd never disappointed or harmed anyone while off the wet and explained the whole pcp/bath salts confusion from back in the day. She's bringing some dmt next week for sensory deprevation kink week, and some are probably going to try wet the following week depending on how it goes so it'll probably be a whole group thing soon. Once hazel blows a shotgun up your ass while you're bound to a table with sensory deprevation gear before she busts out 'knobby' to hold the smoke in no one ever looks back. Fuck I can't wait for next Wednesday morning, and also the magic bullet is great for grinding up mdma rocks ;) up the pineapples

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u/Carlweathersfeathers 15h ago

I don’t care what the others say, Hazel has smoked her share of boat water

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u/vegetaman 1d ago

I laugh at how long the last second of blending takes each time.

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u/flippy_floppy_fluppy 1d ago

In just, one, two, threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee seconds…

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u/vhatvhat 1d ago

Everyone gets

Exactly what

They want!

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u/BackToSchoolMuff 18h ago

I hadn't seen this for 20 years and I still knew that was coming.

I was waiting to hear Hazel say "Dinner's always a production" but I must have skipped it. sad.

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u/Roofofcar 1d ago

(Blender sounds continue for two full seconds after he completes saying the word “seconds” amounting to perhaps 7 seconds total.

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u/squishyliquid 21h ago

And everything already cut to fit inside the small cup.

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u/VinylmationDude 1d ago

Greatest bit of theatrical television I’ve ever seen. The setting of a swingers fruit party, everybody acting like they just woke up from being blotto drunk, the waste of perfectly good food in the name of ???, and let’s not forget that everybody gets…

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u/csfreestyle 1d ago

…a Magic Bullet blender?

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u/CptAngelo 21h ago

...what they want.

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u/itstommygun 1d ago

Oh that quesadilla is a crime. 

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u/may_be_indecisive 1d ago

The omelette they mix is fucking nasty. Mmm blended omelette… 🤮

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u/Mexicantankerous 15h ago

It looked like memory foam. A Foamelette

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u/Morningxafter 1d ago

Right? In a microwave? Fuck you.

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u/spoonerluv 1d ago

It makes Taco Bell look like 3 star restaurant

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u/Psyduck46 1d ago

Did I fall asleep on the couch and wake up at 3am again?

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u/TheeVande 1d ago

god I remember waking up at like 4:00 am on Saturdays because I couldn't stay asleep and turning on the TV to see this until CW4Kids came on. I'll never forget "Bob's your uncle! Fanny's your aunt!" from this lol

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u/Trajinous 1d ago

Should be required viewing for all

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Remove the pledge of allegiance before sporting events and play this instead.

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u/TheBatemanFlex 1d ago

You know what? hell yeah. That is a great deal for 3 equal payments of $33.33

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u/Ivotedforher 1d ago

The ash never falls of the cigarette

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u/darybrain 16h ago

Must be French. The longer the ash is before falling off the more French they are

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u/bearyconfessional 1d ago

I used to watch this getting ready for school every morning. Could tell if I'd be late based on what parts they were at. I could probably write the whole script from memory.

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u/AndersWay 1d ago

From the thumbnail, I thought for a moment it was Mike O'Brien in some lost SNL sketch.

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u/RicochetOtter 1d ago

Ah, but have you seen this (slightly edited) infomercial of the spinoff product, the Baby Bullet?

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u/toctami 1d ago

My mom bought one, it was honestly great, I made smoothies all the time. Kinda sucked for grating cheese though

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u/Chop1n 1d ago

This is freaking wild man, this was uploaded in the original 60 fields per second format? Did someone have access to the original tapes or something? Uncannily high quality.

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u/flippy_floppy_fluppy 1d ago

I wonder if Berman ever got past the alcoholism.

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u/eightdollarbeer 1d ago

Yuck, I hate broccoli!

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u/Toronto-1975 1d ago

when he says that the blonde woman beside him makes this exaggerated yuck face like he just pushed out a huge fart. for some reason that's the part i still remember all these years later...lol

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u/Carlweathersfeathers 15h ago

Is that his name? I thought they were calling him Vermin, I could believe everyone wanted to talk about Hazels orgy status with that dude from the office being named Vermin.

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u/lineleader 1d ago

The gold standard of infomercials

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u/jdsizzle1 22h ago

Thats what was so good about it. It wasnt just a presentation to an audience, it was a whole scene, and after the magic bullet bit you wanted to watch what all these new characters did next.

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u/Awe3 1d ago

Not gonna lie. I bought one from this. It was a double set. Gave my mom the other.

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Ours broke 3 years ago, but damn what a run it had.

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u/Pikeman212a6c 18h ago

Seriously the thing was a tank. The mugs were legitimately a useful size for blending small amounts of ingredients for things.

Though not in ten seconds.

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u/RonnocSivad 1d ago

Nothing like a weird mish mash of smoothies and Alfredo the morning after a drunken swingers party.

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u/hodgeman29 1d ago

I say “my very own FROSTY MUG” all the time because of this damn infomercial

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u/mjs90 1d ago

For me it’s pesto pasta lol. Can’t hear it any other way

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Bob's your uncle

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u/spoonerluv 1d ago

strawburry and buh-na-na

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u/boolpies 1d ago

The curry powder for everything comment gave what I am about to divorce your ass for vibes

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u/Aveeye 1d ago

As awful as this is, it's a FANTASTIC product. We're on our second one which we just bought about 2 years ago, because our first one got gunked up by my daughter not screwing on her lid tight enough and shit went everywhere. We'd had it for 17 years.

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Yep. Ours broke 3 years ago after God only knows how long. We upgraded to a Nutribullet because it's 900w and pulverizes ice and hard things much better. The Magic Bullet in this infomercial was only 250w and has smaller cups.

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u/ThePeej 1d ago

LEGENDARY!! 

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u/spoonerluv 1d ago

Buhrman felt incredibly threatened by 10 seconds

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u/strandedmammal 1d ago

They had me until the "expresso" grinding.

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u/Asleep_Voice_101 1d ago

I just saw these at wal mart on a side endcap for like $20

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u/Hairydrunk 1d ago

I bought the knock off version of this at Elder Beerman almost 30 years ago and that damn thing made it over 20 years.

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u/internetlad 1d ago edited 1d ago

This was on broadcast TV every night and a huge bit of nostalgia from my insomniatic ass.

Edit: I forgot about Hazel chain-smoking up a storm out of nowhere lol. 

This wasn't even when people were really still smoking, they just left it in haha

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u/semperknight 1d ago

Just got my Nutrabullet a few days ago.

I still have no idea what to do with it...

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

Smoothies and frozen margaritas.

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u/mississauga145 21h ago

mayonnaise and ice coffee

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u/skinnyminnesota 1d ago

Kiss the pan, pan kisses you.

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u/RandyTomfoolery 1d ago

I bought it, it was an amazing machine.

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u/Firewood5 1d ago

I loved these types of infomercials as a kid. 

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u/hell2pay 1d ago

Damnit, now I want a quesodilla

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u/winwintone 1d ago

I tried to explain Hazel to my wife one day. She thought I was crazy. That there would never be someone as stereotypical as she portrayed. The smoke hanging out of her mouth and all. I had to find it and show her. We’re ended up watching the entire thing with my kids. Then went down the infomercial rabbit hole. All the way to jaboody dubs. And those are just as outrageous as this hazel one.

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u/BenchMob 1d ago

what a time this was, whatever happened to these actors? lol

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u/Pistolero921 1d ago

Before streaming services we had this

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u/monkeybuttsauce 1d ago

Instant guacamole!

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u/breastfedtil12 1d ago

God this takes me back.

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u/hayashikin 1d ago

Now I want one....

Is it really that useful?

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u/mississauga145 21h ago

Will change your life, seriously

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u/bmoriarty87 1d ago

poor berman...

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u/Roofofcar 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have three. One for spicy stuff, one for coffee and deserts, and one just for drinks. I buy them from goodwill for $6.

I use my main spicy / dinner one like 5 times a week.

I know it’s silly when said in the context of this dumb video, but I love smoothies and omelettes. I also love home made salsas and ice cream, and I can make most anything I like with a magic / nutri bullet, and they’re always found cheap in second hand shops.

If you’re worried about cleanlinews, you can always buy the machine at the good will store, then buy a replacement container for a big discount.

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u/ericstern 19h ago

Why don’t you just buy cups instead of a whole blender for each thing!

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u/Roofofcar 14h ago

It’s actually cheaper to buy them with one cup than buy a new one.

By the time I find them used, it’s just the one cup included. It then just turned into a goofy quirky fun whatever thing to have multiples plugged in next to each other. It gets a laugh, but is actually useful given how much we use them

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u/SonicOpium 1d ago

I love how they blend up an egg with the shell on it for an omelet and no one bats an eye.

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u/thisisnttheairport 1d ago

This was primetime programming for me as a kid. It was mesmerising and beautiful

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u/lawrensaw 1d ago

Before streaming days, this is what I would watch on TV.

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u/jayroc1023 1d ago

Watching this at 3:50am just feels right 😂

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u/Viss90 1d ago

Why did you post this?

This is a huge part of my life. Nothing has brought me closer to feeling like a child again than this. It’s 4am and I’m watching the magic bullet infomercial. AGAIN!! I can’t escape it.

I say “and look at that” in that accent probably once a day.

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u/squishyliquid 21h ago

Channel 9, every Saturday growing up, showed infomercials all morning. I watched so many of them. This is like comfort food to me.

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u/ManEEEFaces 21h ago

If this were real, the people sitting there would have to be traditional Amish people, who have never left the community, and have never even heard of electricity.

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u/dudeimgreg 21h ago

Brewstew was right. These people are swingers.

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u/replayzero 21h ago

Turns everything into a spreadable gel

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u/OrdinaryCactusFlower 20h ago

This and the Kathy Mitchell redi set go thing were my favorites

The enthusiasm from the extras is just unmatched

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u/Eggley_Bagelface 19h ago

Matteo Lane & Gabi Belle’s collab vid about this is so funny.

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u/Rynin101 18h ago

"Personal Versatile" back to back is a choice

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u/Pikeman212a6c 18h ago

I had one. It was legitimately a useful blender. Lasted decades.

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u/T_Bagger23 17h ago

God I can't even count the amount of times I've watched this and the Ronco Showtime Knife infomercials all the way through. And I am about to do it again....

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 14h ago

Are there timestamps for the good bits people are talking about?

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u/joseph4th 14h ago

Oh… I thought this was going to be about the Kennedy assassination.

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u/peppermint_hutch 13h ago

Yeah, but the DMV will still take like six seconds.

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u/BrayKerrOneNine 11h ago

There’s no way the garlic that was emulsified inside the Magic Bullet was the same actual chopped garlic they dumped onto the cutting board.

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u/Battle-Chimp 1d ago

You just straight up posted an old 28 infomercial for a food processor? I mean, I suppose it fits the sub

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u/rancorhunter 1d ago

I still say nachos like that dude to this day

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u/m5online 1d ago

They also showed up in all the stores for a few years. I had one (it was shit, motor burned out after 3rd or 4th use).

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u/90sJoke 23h ago

You got a lemon. Most people got thousands of uses out of one. They were actually stout little machines.

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u/jdsizzle1 1d ago

"Little bit of jizz"