#infomercial parody

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[madame-helen]

It's a mistery.

[undead-knick-knack]

*infomercial voice* Banish those pesky thots from battle with this easy to use tool!

[magentagalaxies]

guess who got an idea for another comedy essay (it's me. i do not have time to write essays other than my current school work rn but oh my goddd my brain is stilly in comedy analysis mode)

[suspiciouslybee]

i was told i should get into voice acting. so i made something. i hope its ok

[tomahawk182]

Normal man advertising options, Different colours, simpler colours seem to work better while more detailed ones seem more realistic, decide if you want it more realistic or funny.

[dave-cobb]

My pal Nakia's new song is a sing-along BANGER and the video is a total GEM, riffing on late night commercials of the 90s, like Pure Moods, Girls Gone Wild, Thighmaster, and Ginzu knives.

Absolutely hilarious. Watch and share!

[pinetreegoblin]

I have a silly and indulgent Very Important People fan theory:

Very Important People!Vic Michaelis is extremely insecure and lonely as shown by their dialogue throughout many of the currently released episodes. They seem down on their luck and frustrated by their lot in life especially in their career and their personal connections. They seem like the perfect character to go through a classic “self growth through a journey of meeting crazy characters” plot. 

Each of the characters seem like out of this world caricatures of people they could meet out in the world, and some (like Denzel and Vic’s Grandma), seem like representations of those in her actual life (I also have a fun theory that the dolls were her childhood dolls). Many of the characters themselves point out that Vic seems to be down on their luck and unhappy, and in some way preventing themselves from happiness. Off the top of my head, Vic has referred to their father being murdered, a divorce from their husband, and struggling to get a “real reporting career.” 

If I had to construct a story of how they got to this point I would say the death of their father pushed VIP!Vic into grief induced isolation and loneliness, which inhibited their personal connections as they were stuck in survival mode. The murder of their father inspired them to become a reporter, as an attempt to help other victims of violent crime, but they are struggling to find a foothold. Their unbridled grief and obsession with retribution for their father has put a strain on their marriage and their partner asks for a divorce. Maybe in their exasperation and the chaos of life they are spurred to follow a lead they have no business or jurisdiction to follow and they end up injured. It is in this injury they are experiencing this hallucinogenic state.

The VIP set itself feels very cultivated and its “old-fashioned” eclectic style gives it a vibe of a surreal manufactured reality. Each episode starts with Vic idly messing with some aspect of the set, before realizing the camera is on and putting on the reporter mask. In my memory, none of the people “on set” ever say anything, besides Vic and the interviewee, even when Vic audibly asks them questions. Additionally the cutting off to infomercials gives an uncanny feeling of parody, someone concocting the stereotypical formula of a show. Finally, there are the moments where there is an abrupt cut to a transition card from a more intense scene, almost to redirect the emotional plot. Overall, it has given me a kinda WandaVision vibe of a dreamlike state manufactured in VIP!Vics head in order to address their loneliness and disillusionment with life.

The closing question especially points towards this specific idea of VIP!Vic being stuck in this fugue state looking for answers: “What is the meaning of life?” This is both impactful if we go with the idea she is injured and experiencing this all in an unconscious state (almost "deciding" whether to wake up) as well as just in them searching for the next direction to go in their frozen life. What is the meaning of life amidst grief, loneliness, fear, and unfair circumstances? How can Vic find meaning? In creating this dreamlike fabrication, VIP!Vic is trying to recover and find a version of themselves who can live a more fulfilling life as they let go of the past which has held them back. “Remember to always be yourself, unless you'd rather be somone else” 

TLDR: Vic Michalis is having some sort of surreal, unconscious dream where crazy characters are attempting to help them heal from their father's death, their fucked up social situations, and to find meaning and happiness in their life. Through the interviewees eccentricities they teach Vic their personal meanings of life so Vic can find their own.

(This is all just to be silly, I know a lot of it is just stylistic choices of the show and the nature of the type of show it is, but I just love the show a lot and this little theory came to me)

[sonichedgeblog]

The infomercial parody trailer for 'Sonic Mania'.

[crtter]

Every time I hear people talk about things they’ve seen online that altered their brain chemistry forever I get a little bit embarrassed because nothing has altered my brain more than two parody redubs I watched in like, 2008. Like, do you remember when people would take an infomercial or a scene of a movie or something and record themselves saying a bunch of silly stuff over it? That’s what I’m talking about.

One was called what would more or less translate to “Penises of the Caribbean” and it was a redub of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie trailers, with the plot being all that all of characters were competing over who had the biggest dick of the seven seas. The other one was called “SpongeBob Opens a Whorehouse” and was a redub of SpongeBob, more specifically that scene where they’re writing their letters to Santa from the Christmas special episode, changed around to be about the characters discussing how to turn the Krusty Crab into a whorehouse.

Both videos are INCREDIBLY juvenile. Both aren’t that funny in retrospect either. And both have changed the way I speak forever, and I mean forever.

[creekfiend]

I really need to make a dog infomercial parody image instead of fantasizing about it, do you have any particular glimmer glamor shots you'd use

[thenightling]

I started following a Youtube channel called Nostalgic Halloween. They mostly have vintage Halloween themed commercials from the 1970s to present day but one video they had up was Elvira's 1986 MTV Halloween special.

There's a skit in the special where she has a fake infomercial for a Halloween carols album.

Dracula is coming to town (to the tune of Santa Claus is coming to town)

I saw Mummy kissing Frankenstein (To the tune of I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus).

Hairy the Wolfman (to the tune of Frosty the Snow Man).

And I really wished these songs were real. I'd buy the album. The Crypt Keeper actually did release a spooky Christmas album called "We wish you a Scary Christmas." I have most of those on Mp3. They included songs like "I wish you'd bury the missus." (to the melody of "We wish you a Merry Christms") "Deck the Halls with parts of Charlie" (to the tune of Deck the Halls) And a cute retelling of Twas The Night before Christmas where the Crypt Keeper lays a booby trap for and than rescues Santa Claus.

Attached is my favorite spooky parody song. It's "You Won't Survive" to the tune of "I will Survive." It's a Dracula version of the disco classic by the band Count Crow (pun on Counting Crows).

[transingthoseformers]

SSGHDHD EARTHSPARK POST S1 BUT SOMEONE HIRES SWINDLE TO BE A MOCK / PARODY INFOMERCIAL ACTOR

[umbralundertaker]

hey you might already know about this but a friend of mine was showing us different transformers and stop me if you've heard this one. this robot is made of garbage, lives in a junk pile, and talks through infomercial quotes.

JOAKS ON YOU I KNOW ALL ABOUT WRECKGAR

You have no idea how shocked I was when I saw him in the movie that he's from. Spitting fucking image of Spamton. It was even playing dare to be stupid in the background (yknow. a parody of new wave. I cant make this up)

[reality-detective]

Is this 👇 a real 1970s infomercial on coronavirus?

Is it a parody? It sure sounds familiar to what we just went through and still are...

You Decide 🤔