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The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads

cracked.com — So you're an inventor, and you've just created a product that actually sucks quite a bit more than the ones people are already using. How do you sell it?

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  • dunnylovehun, on 12/31/2007, -3/+118From #3: "From the moment he notices the water has stopped, he stalks around like a cornered animal, clawing at his pockets for quarters, and lashing out at nearby equipment. That is, until the climax of the scene when he collapses on his car in despair, for a lack of change and a surplus of soap. The denouement, and our highlight, is a dazzling feat of nonsensical stagecraft: a final insulting splash of soapy water out of ***** nowhere." That last, magical splash of soap is amazing. I was hoping I was imagining that.
    • hater2win, on 12/31/2007, -1/+64I Love #1, at around 45 seconds, it says "A blade so powerful, it can cut a pineapple.... IN MIDAIR!" And it shows the dude dramatically slicing through a pineapple like a samurai ridding the world of malicious evil doers... IN SLOW MOTION!
      • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -0/+19and in 9 different frames
      • skizzy, on 01/01/2008, -0/+11Where is the ad where the woman struggles and almost fails down the stairs when she tries to pull a 2-pound vacuum up to the second floor?
    • RomulusX86, on 12/31/2007, -1/+15"Throw away your fat pants!" ~ Number 5.
    • sinurgy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+28I think the most important thing we learned is that "self-service car washes are self-aware and, more importantly, malevolent".
    • LittleDas, on 12/31/2007, -0/+50Anyone else notice that powerjet girl wasn't wearing a bra?
      • failsafex, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10I did now
      • tidu, on 12/31/2007, -0/+16I noticed and was expecting your comment. Thanks for not surprising me
      • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+14Yup. At 18 seconds or so in, you can clearly see nipple. And that's after she just finished stroking the long rod. And "Cracked" focuses on the crazy car-wash guy instead. Amazing!
    • frieddonuts, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21I want to be a tiddy bear. Seriously, that bear looks like he's enjoying it.
      • KingBabi, on 01/01/2008, -0/+7And be trapped in a warehouse for all eternity? I'll pass.
    • svivian, on 01/01/2008, -0/+4Haha, I was in the US for two weeks about 5 years ago and I remember that pasta drainer advert was on every 10 minutes! Is that really still going?
    • themastersb, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3I think you mean #2
    • Creamedweasel, on 01/01/2008, -0/+8DEAR GOD! Check out #7 at 0:57. Please tell me if the person on the right hand side is a guy or girl. I have been laughing for only the past 15 minutes.
    • antigenesis, on 01/02/2008, -0/+1Just remember to concentrate on what is important, or else the entire point of the ad might be lost.
      http://xs123.xs.to/xs123/08013/important.jpg
  • demonstro, on 12/31/2007, -0/+62Handy Peel! Grating gauntlets of pain.
    • sjbdallas, on 12/31/2007, -2/+63Handy peel scares my wiener.
      • Lunarbunny, on 12/31/2007, -0/+52Maybe it could find a second use as an anti-masturbatory tool. Just super glue it to your kid's hands.
        • tendonut, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Read my mind there.
        • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -2/+8or a nice prank, when ur friend is drunk, just glue them suckers on and apply itching powder
          • tyywebb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+49Nothing says nice prank like tricking your friends into mutilating themselves!
    • sgtpppr, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3I wish they had put the Jitterbug on there...not because it's necessarily misleading, but because the commercial rules so bad. It's basically a cell phone for old people...but the commercial actually looks like a derogatory joke made against the elderly. It basically implies they are so stupid and inept that there is no way they could use an address book, speed dialing, or even standard dialing of any kind. It's like the See-and-Say of cell phones.

      http://www.jitterbug.com/
      • rootneg2, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2I actually think this is a pretty good idea. I for one am tired of all the useless crap and features they are bloating cellphones with nowadays. All I want in a phone is a phonebook and the ability to call people; it *is* a phone after all, that's what they're for.

        By this point we should have super-minimal cellphones that are literally the size of a credit card, but no features other than calling. Why do you *need* a color touchscreen plus a camera plus a web-browser and games on your phone? I mean, i understand why some people would want all the extras, but I bought my cellphone to *use a phone*, not take pictures and play snake.

        We need more phones like the jitterbug; they fill a much-needed market niche.
        • keyo, on 01/01/2008, -2/+2Hahaha, yea and there are so many buttons on phones these days, we should just bring back the rotating disk thing from the 1960s
    • geoff1210, on 01/01/2008, -0/+11um, who peels a potato with a knife? like lopping off chunks? why not just use a peeler?
    • mpn401, on 01/01/2008, -0/+5And a hot plate!
      • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1I read that with a British accent. (Simpsons Reference)
  • SpikeLee, on 12/31/2007, -3/+251Re: My Lil' Reminder

    "On Friday I told my wife that she urgently had to get her medication from the pharmacy ... She recorded the message on her recorder (I saw her do it) ... she couldn't play back what was on the recorder. It was too late to go to any pharmacy ... My wife didn't get her medication. The funeral was Monday."
    • wildtangent, on 12/31/2007, -29/+3Wow I wonder if thats real ?
      Anyway I still don't understand how it led to her death....
      I mean when the recorder didn't play ... she just resigned herself to her fate...
    • Ramble, on 12/31/2007, -2/+90That is the best comment I have ever seen on any web stie ever, I don't care if it is fake, it is genius.
      • DrZocktahedron, on 01/01/2008, -1/+4Its not like he made it
      • str1fe, on 01/01/2008, -0/+13I prefer this one, courtesy of bash

        Complaint : BOUGTH IT FOR MY COUSIN WHO HAD CANCER, ITEM NEVER ARRIVED AND MY COUSIN DIED
        thats the greatest ebay feedback i have ever seen
    • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -17/+1HAHHAHAHAHAHAHa
      i mean.. thats so sad
      if its real, can't they sue?
      • InSectWar, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3It's America, when can you not sue?
    • louiedog, on 12/31/2007, -1/+34I saw the commercial for these things at my parents' house the day after Christmas. I immediately checked all four cell phones in the house. Sure enough, we all had voice recorders already, and they probably work 10x better.
      • senatorpjt, on 01/01/2008, -2/+7They must not have iPhones. Sure, there's a voice recorder, but you have to void your warranty to install it.
        • Labut, on 01/01/2008, -0/+7Does every cellphones have to be revolve around iPhone? There's other brand too you know, with voice recorder included.
      • LowFuel, on 01/01/2008, -2/+2There's this handy thing called "voice mail", which amazingly works if you call yourself too! There, free voice recorder.
        You're welcome.
    • Crucifix, on 12/31/2007, -26/+6Fake comment, for a few obvious reasons.

      1. If it was urgent, why the hell is she leaving a message instead of getting her ass to the pharmacy.
      2. If you leave a simple message like 'buy medicine to live'... how would you forget that whether the recorder worked or not?
      • nontitle, on 12/31/2007, -3/+3because it wasn't her, unless she was deliberately referring to herself in third person.
        And you could have the recorder in your pocket, remember that you recorded something urgent on it, and not be able to remember what it was. Still, though, I don't see why you can't just ask someone else what it was if that happened.
      • KingGorilla, on 12/31/2007, -1/+27You're no fun
      • anselm83, on 12/31/2007, -1/+17Crucifix must be loads of fun to be with when Comedy Central is on.
  • sjbdallas, on 12/31/2007, -0/+159Every one of those ads is hilarious. I love it when they cut to something in black and white because you know it's going to be someone trying to accomplish a simple task yet failing miserably.
    "Has this ever happened to you? Ouch! Now there's an easier way!"
    • tendonut, on 12/31/2007, -1/+41I love the ones that advertise some sort of wireless or wire management device. I once saw a cable organizer for your desk and showed a woman all tangled up in cables from head to toe. Not only did I wonder who has that many cables around, but more importantly, how the ***** did she manage to get herself mummified by them?
    • techmaster, on 12/31/2007, -2/+7Or remember those stupid closet hanger organizers? It was a plastic rod with holes down it, and at either end it had a hook. You hang it on the bar, put your clothes on it, then take one of the hooks off the bar, and suddenly the whole thing drops down, and all those clothes only take up the space of ONE hanger! Uhm... Hey Rainman...last time I looked at my closet, the thickness of the clothes was what determined how much I could fit in there, NOT the thickness of the hangers.
      • scottfarner, on 01/01/2008, -0/+6They actually help...
      • scojerroc, on 01/02/2008, -0/+1I got a few of them about 13 years ago. I still use them. They work great.
    • battletrax, on 12/31/2007, -6/+27You know what i think is hilarious? The Mac Vs PC ads....

      "Last year there were 114,000 viruses for the PC, but not for mac"
      A valid point,
      but

      " Last year there was 114,000 pieces of software written for PC, not for mac."

      Apple set themselves up for that.
      • TheWorm, on 01/01/2008, -2/+6It's not just Apple. Marketing never tells you the whole truth.
      • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/01/2008, -2/+2I don't want to start this here. But the software thing is a total myth. There are literal oodles of new software for OSX, and I have never been able to noy find a piece of software for my mac or an equivalent software.
        • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I want to see what a oodle literally looks like.
      • TheWorm, on 01/01/2008, -1/+1I'm sort of wondering who buried my comment. Is there someone out there that's actually too Apple crazy to admit that advertising isn't always honest?
    • ZooCoug, on 01/01/2008, -0/+9I'd love to just see ONE infomercial where they start out by saying, "Are you functionally retarded? Tired of doing simple tasks that an ordinary person would find routine and hassle-free? Now there's an easier way!"
  • austinnowlin, on 12/31/2007, -4/+49This was ***** hilarious!
    • Gir53457, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7In all fairness I have that set of knives and my only complaint is that, well, they're really ***** sharp. I dropped one once and jumped back at least 10 feet before it hit the floor. Stuck there a quarter inch right into the linoleum.
      • shortyjacobs, on 01/01/2008, -13/+4You'd better be kidding......
        1) Knives too sharp??? I suppose you're the same person that complains that forks are too pointy?
        2) You jumped 10 feet? From a stand still? You, my friend, are the next Olympic gold medalist...
        3) Linoleum isn't 1/4" thick
        • Gir53457, on 01/01/2008, -0/+131) Saying they're "really ***** sharp" isn't an actual complaint, in fact it is a sarcastic praise of the product.

          2) Razor sharp knife falling blade down to your foot. Your attention focuses , everything slows down to a crawl as the adrenaline begins to pump. You immediately freak out and pull a superhuman feat of ***** your pants so hard you are rocketed away from danger, making it look like you jumped out of the way because there's a ***** knife about to fall on your foot. I might be exaggerating about how far I jumped, but I ***** jumped. Kay?

          3) Sub-floor is.
  • Satanael, on 12/31/2007, -0/+56Those "Handy Peelers" or whatever are horrible... Tried to use a pair on Christmas day to peel potatoes. On the gloves are like clumps of hard plastic that are supposed to peel the potatoes, when instead they just tend to fall off the gloves and get in your food. (Using an actual peeler was much faster)
    • techmaster, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9Funny, that was the only one of the products that even looked remotely interesting to me. I'll be sure to avoid that one along with the others. ;) By the way, anyone ever notice all that "only available on TV" ***** shows up at Walmart or Bed-Bath-Beyond within a week of the commercial being aired for the first time? And it has a big sticker saying "as seen on TV!" I'm thinking "Yeah, I saw it on TV, and they said it wasn't available in stores. So they LIED to me!" If they lie about something as stupid as whether or not you can buy it in stores, imagine what else they're lying about on the commercial.
    • tyywebb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Damn those looked so awesome too.
    • nbx909, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13It's called a feature! Plastic bits are good for your diet! Now you don't have to add your own in.
    • aduzik, on 01/02/2008, -0/+1Have you ever used one of those peelers you wear around your middle finger and hold in your palm? Those are awesome. I was helping peel potatoes on Christmas with one and I was going about twice as fast as my dad.
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -18/+110I dunno about these... Personally, I thought "Hilary 2008" was the funniest ad I saw this year.
  • chriszilla445, on 12/31/2007, -1/+182"It's a ***** toothbrush."
    • Scrappy1850, on 12/31/2007, -5/+27but the toothbrush girl was kinda hot
      • TomRemixed, on 12/31/2007, -1/+13It's a ***** toothbrush none the less.
      • AROZ, on 12/31/2007, -1/+10As was the Powerjet girl...
      • daEvan, on 01/01/2008, -0/+9I guess I'm the only one who thought the "My lil' reminder" lady was hot
      • aukxsona, on 01/01/2008, -4/+1You thought she was hot? wow..... * sits in corner and re-thinks life.....
    • techmaster, on 12/31/2007, -0/+15And Oral-B has been selling toothbrushes with rounded bristles (at your local Walmart or grocery store) for what? 15 or so years?
  • DarkSamus, on 12/31/2007, -3/+13the hercules hook should be on that list
    • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -1/+10Also.. I don't see the Ronco Solid Flavor Injector.
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=lrccEj-nSXI
      Am I the only one that gets turned on when he demonstrates the injection?
    • arbulus, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21Billy Mays should be thrown in a dungeon.
      • dickeywayne, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10His voice reminds me of a circular saw going through plywood!
    • KingGorilla, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6What about the tube that cooks pasta
      • gcauthon, on 01/01/2008, -2/+1This one IS on the list.
      • overkilpro, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1actually my grandmother tried that once and it worked. the pasta just wasn't as good, and gcauthon you're thinking of the pasta pot/strainer combo
      • jtcalhoun, on 01/01/2008, -0/+4I believe KingGorilla is referring to the "Pasta Express."

        http://www.pastaexpress.tv/
    • bossm4n, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3Except the damn things work really well. I bought some at Home Depot and they kick ass. you don't have to hammer them in, they hold a lot of weight and the hole they leave is actually pretty small.
  • l0k0, on 12/31/2007, -9/+6#5 is ironic because it claims you can "throw away your fat pants" yet the guy who invented it looks overweight himself.
    • MrWally, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11The problem was that a champion weight lifter was advertising a product that is supposed to tone your body, not build muscle mass. Such horrible marketing.
    • nicheplayer, on 12/31/2007, -0/+18Well who the hell do you think is going around scooping up all those fat pants? Genius!
  • sindex, on 12/31/2007, -0/+112There's some back-lit sliding slicer for photos out now for scrapbookers too. The commercial shows how impossible it is to cut photos with scissors and this woman just mangles the ***** out of the photos, crumpling them up and cutting people's faces off. It's like she has Parkinson's or something. Seriously... if that's how you cut photos, your problem isn't the scissors, you're either tragically diseased, disabled, or a ***** moron.

    But damnit... I do love these ***** commercials.
    • mt066, on 12/31/2007, -0/+25There was a photo hanger thing I saw once where the 'before' guy was smashing giant holes in the wall with a hammer and hitting himself in the hand. I can only imagine this person being in a constant state of clumsily smashing and breaking things while his friends could only watch and shake their heads in disappointment.
    • Ramble, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9The other day watching an advert for 'GoDuster!', which is simple a duster that spins around was painful. These simpletons couldn't even use a duster properly, so they needed one which also spins and flicks it back into their eye.
    • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2You mean the Craft Light Cutter?
  • yomamaisfat, on 12/31/2007, -2/+138I just bought all those items. Damn you Digg.
  • l0k0, on 12/31/2007, -0/+45I just saw nine pineapples chopped at once. My life is complete.
    Video number one about 1:45 into it.
  • Grolsch, on 12/31/2007, -0/+18I really want to buy that knife now for some reason
    • vitasoy, on 12/31/2007, -3/+1me too. but then i read the reality, your guna cut urself
      • ivanisavich, on 12/31/2007, -0/+14Not if 9 pineapples can help it.
  • Beowulf15, on 12/31/2007, -3/+83I'm a big fan of the Tiddy Bear.
    • Snakedal337, on 12/31/2007, -1/+75He gets a lot of action, did you see how many tiddys he latched to??
      • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -19/+1yeah should be the titty bear, especially cause it looks like it enjoys itself every time
        i wish i was a tiddy bear
        • trioxylon, on 12/31/2007, -1/+19WHOOOOOOOOSH
        • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -1/+4This is what makes it easy to identify whether people have read the article.
    • whitej, on 12/31/2007, -0/+42The chick on the Powerjet commercial had some nice tiddies.
    • FlyingSpaghetti, on 12/31/2007, -9/+2Is that pronounced TITTY bear?
    • techlinks, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7I'm pretty sure the Tiddy Bear was on "America's Next Inventor", not that I've ever...watched it...*hides*
    • Hoogs, on 01/01/2008, -1/+2Titty* Bear.
    • themastersb, on 01/01/2008, -1/+3That can't be real. I mean come on.
    • user, on 01/01/2008, -0/+7Confucius say tiddy bear not greatest thing on earth, but next to it.
  • fani, on 12/31/2007, -2/+19"But wait, there's more.... Call now ( or in next 15min) and get ......"
    • nontitle, on 12/31/2007, -1/+14"...a FREE magnifying glass, so you can actually read our phone number. AMAZING!"
  • nicheplayer, on 12/31/2007, -1/+39#11: That Uggs ad on Digg that shows the hot babe in a spaghetti strap tank but doesn't even show her feet.
    • Scrappy1850, on 12/31/2007, -6/+8do you have a fetish or something? i dont care if the ad cuts off her face.
      • juicebag, on 12/31/2007, -1/+23Someone doesn't know what Uggs are.
        • tyywebb, on 12/31/2007, -7/+2Someone doesn't know what digg ads are.
    • TridenTBoy, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7Get adblock....
    • cowabunga15, on 12/31/2007, -0/+1I just scrolled to teh top of the screen and noticed that is the ad up on my screen. Dugg!
    • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1Ridiculous. Her breasts are that perky when she's lying on her back?
  • Cofaloaf, on 12/31/2007, -1/+61I love how everyone at the French cooking school for the miracle blade ad speaks perfect English.
    • Scatropolis, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6They were watching the knives.....who cares what he was saying.
  • Ymeg, on 12/31/2007, -0/+34And a free pocket memo pad?!
    • AmICoolNow, on 12/31/2007, -0/+20Wait, you mean I can make memos at ANY TIME!?
  • hater2win, on 12/31/2007, -3/+40I love the part of the miracle blade commercial (toward the beginning) where the chef slices the pineapple.... IN MIDAIR! He does a really dramatic slice like he is a samurai ridding the world of malicious pineapples.
    • adoggz, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8did you really have to leave the comment twice?
      • tidu, on 12/31/2007, -0/+11shh, don't let him know that you're onto him
  • googs2, on 12/31/2007, -6/+20I have the pasta pro and I have to say it actually works really well... im kinda surprised they harpoon it based off that one comment..... its much easier than a normal pot and im pretty sure it didn't cost if any, that much more.
    • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -1/+53OH SURE, MR. PASTA PRO INVENTOR MAN!!!
    • jamesb0i, on 12/31/2007, -1/+10gasp, the creator of Pasta Pro is on digg
    • googs2, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7Common its a good invention alright.... now.. $$$ BUY BUY BUY $$$
    • DeadElephant, on 12/31/2007, -1/+6My gram bought one for my mom, when she strained the pasta it must have been hot enough to chip off its paint. It ruined itself on first use (along with the pasta)
      • modivate, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7I got one as a gift a few years back. It seems like its a pretty good invention, but I had the crap on the inside chip off into my food after the first use too. Then it managed to rust like crazy (sitting in a dry cupboard). This thing is a huge P.O.S.
    • bunji, on 12/31/2007, -0/+12YES! Someone else noticed Watch Man! The first time we saw this commercial my husband and I were doubled over with laughter. It's still an inside joke to point angrily at our wrists when we're hungry.
      • aukxsona, on 01/01/2008, -1/+3Hmmm... you two must be like me and my husband.
    • Oomsoup, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4My Mom had one. The lock would sometimes feel like it turned properly but it would still not be locked and she tossed all of the pasta into the sink, it burned our hands because the boiling hot water would seep out of the lid and the paint did start to flake. It wasn't absolutely horrible but it was certainly no better than just using a colander.
    • cheald, on 01/01/2008, -0/+12Because using a $2 collandar that you can also use for a hundred other things is so much harder.
      • aukxsona, on 01/01/2008, -1/+3No because I need another speciality item in my already over crowded kitchen full of microwaves, blenders, choppers, icing pumps, cookie shoots, cookie cutters, candy thermometers, etc... I mean every utensil HAS to have only ONE use right?
        • chinolofus, on 01/01/2008, -1/+7ok alton.
          • xyqxyq, on 01/01/2008, -1/+3"The only multitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher!"
    • aussieNickuss, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2I was really impressed how it is compatible with gas and electric stoves. I'm even more impressed with Cracked' response......"You try to pull that ***** with a regular pot, the bastard's likely to burst into flame. You won't have time to worry about that, though, as the fierce blows rain down from your husband's belt."
    • senatorpjt, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1I don't have "THE" pasta pot, I have a similar sort of pot. It doesn't lock in place, but it is pretty useful. It's pretty well made and the pasta-draining function doesn't interfere with its use as a regular cooking pot. It is really nice, because cleaning colanders is a pain in the ass. The one I have is made by Bialetti, but I don't see it for sale in any of the obvious places (It's shown on their site, but it's flash and I can't link to it.)
      This one is pretty similar:
      http://www.cookware-online.co.uk/ishop/930/shopscr ...
  • evan119, on 12/31/2007, -10/+2who peels potatoes with a knife?
    • louiedog, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11lots of people. if you're good with a knife it's pretty easy and fast. i use a peeler, but i suck.
    • Linzee82, on 12/31/2007, -1/+26People who know how to peel potatoes with a knife.
    • bunji, on 12/31/2007, -0/+39I just go out and rub the potatoes on the sidewalk, weeping bitterly because I don't have those gloves.
      • paikE, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7I don't care if I get dugg up or down, but thanks for the LOL moment of my day.
      • chinolofus, on 01/01/2008, -0/+6i use a belt sander.
  • freehat704, on 12/31/2007, -0/+52That Powerjet girl is wearing no bra. Now how did that get on the air?
    • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -0/+14*Tap!*
    • Ramble, on 12/31/2007, -0/+14Oh yea...
      • TridenTBoy, on 12/31/2007, -6/+2It's yeah, yea is almost the same as yay(somewhat).
    • tidu, on 12/31/2007, -0/+12she needs a tiddy bear
    • IHaveIssues, on 01/01/2008, -0/+6Dugg for her great nipplage.
      Also I'd like to try and order one *without* the convenient On/Off switch.
    • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3Because they didn't notice it.
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -2/+29TIDDY BEAR FOR THE WIN!!
    • ispeakasian, on 01/01/2008, -3/+2It's FTW. n00b. Get your acronyms right.
  • INDOAZZ, on 12/31/2007, -2/+23The Magnetic PEN??? No Cap ?? Don't fall and STAB your HEART!??? Stupid INVENTION!
    • Jibberwalk, on 12/31/2007, -0/+14Heh... that's what I was thinking when they showed those children joyfully running with the pen dangling around their neck. One bad slip, and that thing is raping their lung. I wouldn't let my kids run around with a loop of string around their neck... nevermind a pointed object.
    • spoering, on 12/31/2007, -0/+12Not to mention how sexy you'd look with a magnetic pen-clock dangling from your neck.
    • CanceledCzech, on 01/01/2008, -0/+16Gotta love those "Patented Magnetic Engineering Physics."
    • yaddayaddayoda, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2It's all fun and games until you get a SUCKING CHEST WOUND!!!!1
      • edwartica, on 01/02/2008, -0/+1then its just a game. Who can stop the blood first!
    • WallnutBoy, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3What I find hilarious is the Ad says "No Clicks!!" at exactly the same time as the pen clicks away...
  • Pake, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21#6 provides a very compelling reason to stick round objects in round holes!
    • albinorhino101, on 12/31/2007, -4/+0I'll be the first to say, I'd stick it in her holes
  • macweirdo42, on 12/31/2007, -3/+7OMFG... Priceless - nothing more entertaining than watching people fail at basic tasks. Though personally, I feel these people would be better served with a loaded revolver, so they could put themselves out of their misery. Honestly, when you're that grossly incompetent, I think a swift death is really the only humane thing.
    • Opteron, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13If they're so incompetent as to fail at other basic tasks, who's to say they'd be any more successful at suicide?
      • DaffyDuck, on 12/31/2007, -1/+1Maybe assisted suicides are in order...
    • Lemm, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3couldn't we just do away with all the safety labels?
  • indieAnnaJones, on 12/31/2007, -0/+15If French people like it, you know it's good!!! Just try to tell me you weren't amazed when Chef Tony ripped that pineapple a new one!
    • sexybobo, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3they were just amazed he actually attacked the pineapple. Their instructor usually retreats before he gets out a knife.
  • rickdigger, on 12/31/2007, -4/+6Those product should blend real good.....
  • Zoshchenko, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5You know, it's not only these stupid, useless gizmos that suffer from horrible and deceptive advertising. Look at most anything sold by stupid, clueless, visionless marketers. Drugs are the worst. Have you seen the Afrin commercial where the guy holds his nose to show what it's like "before" you use Afrin. And then he lets go to show you what it's like after a spray. Then he actually says, "Aaaaaaamazing!" How stupid do they think the American public is? Answer: They think we're total morons, when it is they who lack dura matter!
    • asdfrewq, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10I think you have come to the wrong conclusion there bud. These "visionless marketers" are in the business of exploiting American stupidity, and business is good.
    • DeadElephant, on 12/31/2007, -0/+28HEAD ON, APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD
      HEAD ON, APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD
      • tyywebb, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10Apply directly to the forehead?
      • CompIsMyRx, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4Your commercials are terrible, but I love your product!
    • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1I don't know, Zosh. Pharmaceuticals aren't like the simple, overpriced junk in infomercials. Drug advertising could be ridiculously complex and interesting, detailing what the drug actually does and how this helps, but the public wouldn't be able to keep up, so you end p with what we currently have.
  • SamboGT, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3I'm doubled over laughing. Amazing list.
  • Wiini, on 12/31/2007, -9/+4Also.. I don't see the Ronco Solid Flavor Injector
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=lrccEj-nSXI
    Am I the only one that gets turned on when he demonstrates the injection?
  • joltjake, on 12/31/2007, -3/+18Tiddy bear? looks more like the Titty bear. Lucky bastard.
    • wassim2k, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6The narator had to spell it to make sure you didn't hear "Titty Bear". Notice how they pause over the chick with no bra when the bear is humping her tiddies.
  • GreatSunJester, on 12/31/2007, -1/+4First you get someone with an accent, preferably Australian, to pitch it........
  • Mikhail101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+29ahaha the grandma from the digital recorder ad was also in the hearing aid ad.
    • tidu, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7thank god she had the digital recorder, or else she would have forgotten the hearing aid ad taping. but if she couldn't hear the recorder because she didn't have the hearing aid yet, then shouldn't it be the other way around. but then, she would be able to hear, but forget her digital recorder taping... *boom*
  • bingobongony, on 12/31/2007, -16/+2I once saw an ad that suggested that cracked.com was funny.
    That instantly shot up to #1 on this list.
    • techlinks, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3I once saw an ad that said it was worth it to post comments on stories you think are stupid.

      That instantly shot up to #1 on this list.
      • bingobongony, on 12/31/2007, -5/+1Not stories. websites who spam Digg by aying people to create mutliple accoutns to digg their crappy stories to the front page EVERY time. (AS it has been PROVEN that cracked does.)
        • Brad324, on 01/01/2008, -1/+2so what? It's a funny site. They end up here because they actually have quality lists, unlike some random pretentious blogger.
          • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+3Cracked, as a whole, is pretty nice and pretty similar to MAD. It's not just a site of random "Top 10" lists.
  • Petzke, on 12/31/2007, -9/+44You forgot those annoying Apple VS PC commercials.

    /ducks and covers
    • AnonymousSkull, on 12/31/2007, -1/+21I like Macs (and PCs) and I think the commercials are awful and too damn smug.
      • spawnfree, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2yeah, they really may as well have the PC guy wearing a nappy and harming himself.
    • techlinks, on 12/31/2007, -2/+3My least favourite has to be the one when they try and say that PC stole widgets from OS X.

      Konfabulator anybody?
    • Hoogs, on 01/01/2008, -1/+8Yeah, they really are pretty immature. I mean, why go out and take blows at the competition? Just like those negative campaign ads, they're just plain juvenile.
    • onionoino, on 01/01/2008, -1/+5But the pc is sooo boring, i just hate all the boring games i play on it between making spreadsheets.
  • Angelix, on 12/31/2007, -1/+48"A square brush for your round mouth ? Or a round brush for your round mouth !!"
    How bout' a stake for your ***** *****.
    • flahavin, on 12/31/2007, -14/+2how a bout a punch in the face..or if we can get chuck norris, a round house kick to the face. that'll take care and any dental needs.
      • shortyjacobs, on 01/01/2008, -0/+6No Chuck Norris jokes...expect a letter from his lawyers shortly....
        • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1He had no problem when it was online only, but as soon as it becomes a book, he sues them. WTF?
  • GregLoire, on 12/31/2007, -0/+15The "hyperbole" section for the Powerjet is the best. Pure gold.
  • manstein01, on 12/31/2007, -1/+40Most of these lists on digg are utter crap. This one, however, was a home run. Dugg, because i have actually scene the commercials for many of these awful wastes of Chinese labor.
    • louiedog, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10I find most of the lists at cracked are good. They're usually much more hit than miss.
  • albinorhino101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+41"revolutionary magnetic technology"
    • saifatlast, on 12/31/2007, -0/+29Don't you mean "magnetic engineering physics"?
  • evan119, on 12/31/2007, -0/+43best part from #2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21734930@N07/21528771 ...
    • albinorhino101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+16Well, you saw how she was stroking the shaft in the video, not a surprise they got a little hard
    • Lanlost, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5Tiddy
    • monkeyrun, on 12/31/2007, -5/+3In this day and age you could easily find something way more revealing on the interweb.

      Why would get get all excited about a nipple ......

      • ChuyMatt, on 01/01/2008, -0/+1There are 2 of them...one high and left, the other lower and central!
      • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2Because you don't generally find nipples in infomercials. It's interesting/funny just because it's there. If we wanted to find porn, of course we could easily find it, but that's not the point.
  • Mikhail101, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9whats wrong with the blade it looks good?
  • Ramble, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Kudos for a top 10 list. I'm one of those sad gits that watches these channels when bored, and I sure as hell could never whittle down the crap they sell to only ten.
  • QueEsAmor, on 12/31/2007, -0/+21That pen uses magnetic engineering physics?! I'm all over that.
  • amonthei, on 12/31/2007, -6/+18What about this common ad:

    FOX News: Fair and Balanced
  • UtopiaInTheSky, on 12/31/2007, -1/+14Those knives look amazing. I actually want them.
  • flashingcurser, on 12/31/2007, -0/+10I cried when I read: "tiny angry-man sugar plums"
  • tendonut, on 12/31/2007, -2/+15Anyone notice that for the Jet spray attachment commercial, you can clearly see the woman's nipple through her shirt?
    • AnonymousSkull, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8I noticed.
    • GorfTron, on 12/31/2007, -1/+56Yes, I noticed but I skinned my penis when I masturbated because of the Handy Peel gloves. My wife heard me from a mile away with the Listen Up.
      • MelroseMan, on 01/01/2008, -0/+12I sometimes pass over the 51-100 comments, but after this I will click on all of them
    • tech42er, on 01/01/2008, -0/+2Nah, I'd have to say you're the first.
  • irvin666, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5They should have added the nads infomercial, and the perfect pancake. or the roly-poly.
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