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-->''First, there is the sequence where someone is shown trying to unsuccessfully impale the cap of a normal pen, which suggests not only a lack of familiarity with pens, but also the visual-spatial reasoning ability of a pot-smoking chimp.''\\

* although the infomercial for the Ronco Miracle Blade III set features shots of actors doing exactly what you'd expect knives to do, like cutting a turkey, but the first shot shows an actress '''stabbing''' a tomato with an inappropriate knife and apparently hitting the artery.

*** {{StevieC This Troper}} got two Ove-Gloves for christmas one year as he gets nervous and twitchy when working near hot surfaces in cooking. They work well enough at protecting his hands

*** This troper's located said commercial. I give you the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CB2MVZgt5Y EZ Cracker]]. First off, the woman in the video tries to crack an egg on the outside of a pan, then by smashing it with a fork over the bowl, and finally, on the bare countertop with the announcer guy extolling "We've all done this!" [[FlatWhat No.]]

* The person in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBXcpJfmj4 Big City Slider]] commercial trying to make normal burgers simply ''should not be allowed near a stove''. (Fun fact: that's Billy Mays with his sleeves rolled down. Apparently his superhuman abilities were dependent on whether his sleeves were rolled up or not.)
** This troper loves how he goes on and on about how you can actually put stuff on your slider after cooking them with the BCS Machine. Y'know, as if you couldn't already do that with a slider cooked the traditional way.

** Sweet ''fuck''christ, is this troper glad he has Adblock on. People that stupid [[http://www.conductdisorders.com actually exist]]. (Warning: NightmareFuel)
** ...is this troper right in thinking that's basically for the "[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Teppei Hojo]] Parenting Plan?"

** This troper would have mentioned that this is again a product invented for the disabled that's being marketed to the average person despite there being no real need for it among average people, but is that a real ad or a parody? Isn't that Gilbert Gottfried doing the narration??

** This product might be hilarious, but the way it's being marketed on the Jump Snap website borders on the cruel. They're actually suggesting that people buy Jump Snaps in bulk and set up "fitness centers" where they can lead others in using the Jump Snap. Let this troper repeat: in a recession, when millions are out of work and millions more are living on the brink of poverty, they're making it sound as if there's [[WallBanger a huge unexploited market out there for fitness training]], and that spending over $1,000 for what is basically a bunch of bicycle handles with Nerf balls attached is a good business plan.

*** This troper was a terribly uncoordinated child who actually preferred reading and studying to playing and physical activity (and didn't care too much for recess), and who hated jumping rope. As a result, I was never good at it whenever I had to do it for P.E. class. However, I, as well as other anti-jumping rope people, would not welcome the experience of even feigning "jumping rope" and wouldn't purchase a "jump rope" minus the rope. We would simply find other things to do, such as cleaning the house or dancing... or going through a root canal.

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->''First, there is the sequence where someone is shown trying to unsuccessfully impale the cap of a normal pen, which suggests not only a lack of familiarity with pens, but also the visual-spatial reasoning ability of a pot-smoking chimp.''
-->--'''Cracked.com''' [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15768_as-seen-on-tv-10-most-laughably-misleading-ads.html "The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads"]]

** The Bing also don't seem to realize that the point of a search engine is to ''find information'', and not having as many links isn't exactly a selling point.

* ''{{Cracked}}'' offers a few more examples in "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15768_as-seen-on-tv-10-most-laughably-misleading-ads.html As Seen on TV: The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads]]". Who'd have thought that ''capping a normal pen'' could be so hard?

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* Touch & Brush, feature both adults and children who manhandle the toothpaste tube beyond belief, resulting in, of course, unsightly toothpaste all over your bathroom! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049pGpLdp9Y&feature=related Who taught these children]] how toothpaste works?

** Dude, did you see the sorts of things people on Wizards' Character Optimization board used to come up with? Some of us felt utterly overwhelmed. Let alone the snafus that were 3.5's grappling and opportunity attack rules.

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** Sweet ''fuck''christ, is this troper glad he has Adblock on. People that stupid [[http://www.conductdisorders.com actually exist]]. (Warning: [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]])

** Now they have the "Snuggie for Kids", for kids who never learned how to use a damn blanket (possibly the children of adults who have trouble working a blanket).
** Now it comes in ''dog sizes.'' Because, you know, fur is totally ineffective. Maybe it's for shaved dogs...
*** Or very short-haired dogs, or dogs in a cold environment... believe it or not, dog clothing is actually often useful and viable. Dog fur is not an instant magical electric blanket.

Gaze upon [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08xQLGWTSag this video]] for a minute and a half of this sort of fail cut back-to-back. Compare with ThePowerOfCheese, which is people acting incredibly stupid due to desire for the product being advertised instead of as a "demonstration" of a competitor. Related to BrandX, CableSatelliteMudslinging, and SideBySideDemonstration. May be used to cover up a NeverNeedsSharpening flaw. Compare DeceptivelySimpleDemonstration, where the product is being used in a way that looks harder than it really is.

A popular format is to have the narrator say "stop wasting your time with conventional blankets", and showing a big red X or "no" slash over an invariably monochrome video of someone apparently having a lot of trouble with it, or someone tossing it down and shaking their heads melodramatically. Bonus points if these conventional products cost thousands more in the long run.

* One of the lead up ads to the release of D&D 4th edition was [[OrSoIHeard said]] to show gamers flummoxed by the current edition's complicated rules... bearing in mind this was an ad targeting current users of a product made by the same people as the new product.

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A popular format is to have the narrator say "stop wasting your time with conventional blankets", and showing a big red X or "no" slash over an invariably monochrome video of someone apparently having a lot of trouble with it. Bonus points if these conventional products cost thousands more in the long run.