Weird things that were advertised on TV

The title says it all. For me, the weirdest thing that was advertised on TV was strawberry flavored popcorn. Really, that's a thing. :/

I'm not sure if I've seen a TV commercial for those plants that have spliced tomato stems to potato roots so you get both of them growing on the same plant or if I've only seen them in print ads, but that's the strangest thing that comes to mind.

When it comes to what's definitely been on TV, I still can't quite get over the infomercials selling DTV antennas like it's a huge secret that terrestrial broadcast still exists.

I wouldn't doubt it. Apparently, there's chocolate popcorn available at the grocery store in my town.

Ah yeah, the theater I work at has been selling "gourmet" popcorn for a few years, meaning caramel, cheddar cheese, and flavors of the week, which include chocolate, plain sugar coating, and a few fruit flavors. I think we discontinued grape, though, and we never sold strawberry. Oh, and the cinnamon popcorn had to be the least spicy cinnamon I have ever tasted. Aside from the cheesy popcorn, the flavors are mostly about the sugar, and although I don't really like our cheese popcorn, I find the cheese dust makes the caramelcorn taste better when they're mixed together to form "Chicago Style".

edited 27th Apr '14 6:01:39 PM by BagofMagicFood

I need to try some weird flavors of popcorn myself.

Speaking of ads, while it's not necessarily a weird thing to be advertising, there's a commercial for Lays Potato Chips with Mr. Potato Head that does not sit right with me.

Is that the one where Mrs. Potato Head is a cannibal for Lay's chips? yeah, that's just weird. My guy hates the Krave cereal commercials and the Cinnamon Swirl thingies commercials where pieces of cereal eat each other. "Just what we need, cannibalistic cereal."

The cinnamon toast crunch commercials I can forgive for some reason. Might be because they're less human-like compared to the Potato Heads.

The chip commercial seemed to have a weird Adam and Eve-esque vibe.

edited 4th May '14 10:24:30 AM by Explosivo25

I've been seeing some commercials for a terrible TV-to-movie film adaptation lately on CN.

About a month or two ago there was an ad for something called a Perfect Polly Pet. It was this plastic parakeet that came in about three different colors, moved (more like twitched) its head, and made chirping sounds. It was only ever a cheap novelty toy, but the ads for it went on endlessly about how "lifelike" it was and how it would make a legitimate replacement or alternative to a real parakeet.

A penis strectcher that was presented by a furious bodybuilder and seemed painful like hell...

Hum...

It works on a perfectly decent biological failure

You saw this on TV? What the hell kinda channel were you watching?

Channel 6. At Night. Very, very deep into the night.

Also, is it normal for a TV to advertise STD balms?

Depends on what channel and what time.

On topic: I could scarcely remember a "tea party set for boys" infomercial. I'm unsure if it was a parody or not, but knowing Cartoon Network, it was probably one of those nonsensical skits they enjoy doing at the time, which was either 2006 or 2007.

edited 2nd Jun '14 11:01:25 PM by AnimeBadger

I didn't have CN at that time (we had Canadian satellite for some reason) but I remember watching it quite a bit when on vacation. They had the silliest bumpers. "Bouncing bulldog in a bikini" was my favorite.

edited 3rd Jun '14 8:16:00 PM by Explosivo25