Commercial Essay

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Commercial Essay

The other night I was sitting in front of the television watching a late night show, when a commercial break came on, I instinctively clicked on the remote to flip through the channels to see what else was on. As I surfed through the channels I came across dozens of info-mercials, a commercial for getting a college degree at home, and a few psychic hotline advertisements. I stopped clicking the remote after a while to see what the commercials were selling, and to see how cheep the products were. There were advertisements for how to get a better body, the "fountain of youth" make-up, and the charcoal-less grill. It is amazing what they come up with nowadays. As I continued surfing I came across Sally Struthers trying to sell an "earn your college degree at home" commercial, honestly, how good can that kind of degree be? Then as I kept flipping, I came across the "psychic network of friends" advertisement, just as they were offering a "free psychic reading to first time callers" all that was required was that a certain 1-800 number be dialed and a person could get a reading. Then to show that the reading was accurate, they had people come on and say that their experience with the psychic was "life changing," and that "it was so real�the psychic knew everything."  It is amazing what people will fall for in this day and age.
     Info-mercials are basically half hour commercials that attempt to sell products to watchers. The products that most info-mercials offer are things that are said to "improve someone�s life" but in most cases the products are rip-offs and are an easy way for the manufacturer�s to make money. Some of the products include the "AB-flex," a simple rocking seat that is supposed to hold this unearthly power to flatten a persons stomach. The "AB-flex" guarantees to "make it easier to develop stomach muscles, without the assistance of any other machine, in just thirty days" they also claim that "this piece of equipment can make you feel younger and give you more energy."  There is also an info-mercial for "the fountain of youth" make-up, the make-up is said to make skin appear younger than it actually is; this product plays off the idea of women hating to grow old. The make-up is said to "make your skin look and feel like it is twenty year olds" and that "it is formulated from an ancient  Chinese secret." Most of the products are over-charged and do not even do what the claim that they do; they are basically a big joke. The main idea behind info-mercials is to glamorize a product so that they can sell it in more quantity to people gullible enough to buy something that they have not had a chance to check out to see if it is worth buying. It is amazing to think that a person would spend money on something that they are primarily tricked into buying. Then to think that a person would actually feel good about selling a cheep product to an innocent viewer, just so that the salesperson would make money. The things that people will do for money.
     "Get your specialized degree" that�s what Susan Struthers always says in those "earn a de...

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