There was this late-night home shopping show that used to come on every night at about midnight, where they would hawk various sports memorabilia, and the host was this guy named (I believe) Don West, who sported a mullet and a mustache and was just a tad too overenthusiastic.  He seemed to have an especially big hardon for Ken Griffey, Jr., and his already loud voice would always go up an extra notch every time he'd have something up for sale that was signed by the Griff.  "And now, we have an authentic, game-worn jersey autographed by none other than KEN...GRIFFEY...JEE-UUUNIOR!!! He was annoying, to be sure, but at the same time my brother and I thought he was kind of funny at the same time.

Any commercials with "lawyer types" sitting in front of bookshelf telling me even if i lose my case is still get money.....riiiight.

They didn't used to allow lawyers to advertize on TV...for our good AND theirs!

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definitely Tony Little!!


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Has anyone mentioned Billy Mays, "Mr. Oxi Clean"? :P I think he's one of the most annoying tv pitchman/infomercial host.

Has anyone mentioned Billy Mays, "Mr. Oxi Clean"? :P I think he's one of the most annoying tv pitchman/infomercial host.



I don't think anyone mentioned him on this particular thread...but he has a thread dedicated to him on the boards! LOL! ;D :D

Gotta be Kevin Trudeau.  I wanna beat the hell out of him so bad ;D

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I don't think anyone mentioned him on this particular thread...but he has a thread dedicated to him on the boards! LOL! ;D :D

Cool... I think I oughtta check it out! :D

Gotta be Kevin Trudeau.  I wanna beat the hell out of him so bad ;D

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I've never heard of him...what does he advertise?

I've never heard of him...what does he advertise?


Books that he authors on Real Estate Investment strategies and books on health and dietary supplements.  His latest book is this one, which he also charges a fortune for :o

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He makes false claims in his books, and has been charged thousands of dollars by the FTC because of it.  In 1990, he went to Prison for 2 years after pleading guilty to Larceny (He posed as a Doctor so he could write false checks worth tens of thousand of dollars, which he used for his own purposes)

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There was another pitchman that the FTC went after, I think he declared bankrupcy several times. The name I have in my head is Don Dupre (?) and he was a real young guy who did real estate infomercials and perhaps vitamins. He used to tape his infomercials while sitting around the pool. He had substantial property in Phoenix, I remember one night just pulling up all his properties on line. He was nationwide in his scams, though. And eventually he got himself a buxom wife to be a part of the scams.

Books that he authors on Real Estate Investment strategies and books on health and dietary supplements.  His latest book is this one, which he also charges a fortune for :o



I didnt have to pay a fortune for it either.  I just sat and read most of it at Barnes & Noble  :P  .  He does have some interesting things to say in it about the state of health care and the politics surrounding it.  I am an alternative healthcare practitioner so I whole heartedly like some of what he has to say (even though its a one sided spin just think of it as another book by a political pundit).  But, its certainly not worth the (dont quote me on it) $29.95 list price. 

I didnt have to pay a fortune for it either.  I just sat and read most of it at Barnes & Noble   :P  .  He does have some interesting things to say in it about the state of health care and the politics surrounding it.  I am an alternative healthcare practitioner so I whole heartedly like some of what he has to say (even though its a one sided spin just think of it as another book by a political pundit).  But, its certainly not worth the (dont quote me on it) $29.95 list price. 


When you order it through TV, it comes in a package deal with a bunch of other stuff, plus a subscription to his newsletter. 
Would you ever use his methods though?  He claims that he had some incureable disease, and went to Mexico and got some treatment for it that is illegal in the States.  He said it works, but all kinds of qualified doctors say that it's a hoax.  When it comes to your health, you should never take shortcuts

I'm afraid the most annoying pitchman is yet to come.  Pitchmen were always annoying, but we got used to them and started ignoring them.  So the pitchmen had overbearing, in your face, cartwheeling clowns.  Hence, Matthew Lesko.  What happens when we develop a tolerance to Matthew Lesko?  What then?

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I'm afraid the most annoying pitchman is yet to come.  Pitchmen were always annoying, but we got used to them and started ignoring them.  So the pitchmen had overbearing, in your face, cartwheeling clowns.  Hence, Matthew Lesko.  What happens when we develop a tolerance to Matthew Lesko?  What then?

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Ummm, it's called "changing the channel".  Novel sh*t.

I'm afraid the most annoying pitchman is yet to come.  Pitchmen were always annoying, but we got used to them and started ignoring them.  So the pitchmen had overbearing, in your face, cartwheeling clowns.  Hence, Matthew Lesko.  What happens when we develop a tolerance to Matthew Lesko?  What then?

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I find Matthew Lesko is less annoying these days, but that's only because I haven't seen his face on TV in a while.  Maybe viewer write-ins forced the networks to cancel his informercials.  PRobably not, but damn it, we can only dream lol

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Tangent to the subject of TV hawkers are a handful of nasally blowhard jerks who make listening to radio, especially streaming radio, a real test of Christian charity.  I don't know the name of a particular one of these morons (wish I did know), but he seems to have a corner on the streaming radio ad market.  God only knows why.  He talks though his nose, is melodramatically exuberant, greatly over emphasizes final words and phrases and seems to think listeners all are six-year-olds.  I swear he is hawking at least ten different companies and products, including Service Magic, a reverse mortgage service, and Invent Help, to name three.  The upshot of that is that listeners may be treated to two or three of his grittingly mealy mouthed ads consecutively.  How this overblown jerk ever got a job broadcasting anything more significant than a junior highschool football game is a great mystery of the universe.  I'd love to kick his ass up between his ears along with the lose-weight smoothie hysterical screamer.

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The Shamwow Guy Vince Shlomi

Most annoying --. If there were 178 Informercial Hosts, wouldn't there be a 178 way tie?

Peter Popoff.  As annoying as he is, I enjoy falling asleep while watching his show.  I wanna get some of his Miracle Mana and have myself a Scam Sandwich.  Then watch it down with some Miracle Spring Water :D