*Wait, anyone catch that Harry Potter inspiration? Professor Trelawney is Miss Cleo in another world? That’s the question asked of Miss Cleo, a mystical shaman from Trelawny*, Jamaica who promised toll-free tarot card readings predicting your future.
#Sweep easy infomercial tv#
If calls to Miss Cleo were supposed to be free, how did the company make $1 billion from just three years of TV commercials? This amount of dilution is so great that the product has been described as a placebo.” 4) Miss Cleo The “×” notation indicates that the three chemicals have been diluted to 1 part per trillion, 1 part per trillion, and 1 part per million respectively. The three “active ingredients” are iris versicolor 12× (a toxic flower), white bryony 12× (a type of toxic vine), and potassium dichromate 6× (a known carcinogen).
Here’s the Wikipedia entry:Ĭhemical analysis of the Migraine formulation has shown that the product consists almost entirely of wax. Testing revealed the “medicine” to be… wax in a tube.
Problem was, the product didn’t do a damn thing. Head On claimed to cure the common headache. We all remember these annoying commercials applied directly to our foreheads, right?Īaand repeat until I want to throw my TV through the window. Hopefully we can all learn a little something from their shady ways. I did a little research, and I’m (not so) proud to present the five worst offenders. Most of these products are outrageous at best, but a few are downright shameful. Laugh all you want, but this segment is big business aimed right at your hard working dollars – the infomercials market is estimated as a staggering $250 billion-dollar industry. There’s something oddly satisfying about wasting a sleepless night on the ridiculous products peddled by infomercial pitchmen.
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