At Whole Foods today a women stopped me and asked if I had ever heard of the Shamwow. I said “Or course I have! I’m tempted to buy the thing.”

“See?”, she turned to her husband. “She’s heard of it.”

She continued to poll everyone in the check out line if they had heard of the miracle paper towel. I think she was trying to prove to her husband that everyone had heard of the Shamwow and that he was weird for not knowing what it was. And indeed everyone in that line knew exactly what she was referring to.

She also made him buy some weird fruit simply because it looked interesting. When the checker asked what it was and how you eat it he replied “Have no clue. She wanted it because it looked weird. I forgot to give her her meds today.”

My point of this story, is that I no longer feel like a loser for being fascinated by infomercials. There are others out there just like me, if not worse.

Infomercials are a powerful tool. Even Obama knew of their power when he was running for President. Why else pay millions for air time on several major tv stations.

If you haven’t seen the shamwow (seriously? have you been living under a rock?) below is a youtube clip of the AD. I warn you, you may be tempted to purchase.

Infomercials have become my new favorite obsession. I am just blown away by the insanity of some of these products and that someone, somewhere, actually thought that this product was a great idea. The only downside is that after awhile I start to convince myself that I actually want some of this stuff. (I am so tempted to get a shamwow.)

I would like to think Danielle Fishel, host of The Dish on the style network, for introducing the world to the following new workout gem. And now I am passing it on to you. (and I’m sure you’ll pass it on to another)

If I was rich, I would order this and then throw a big party. Although I fear that with a bit of alcohol, said party would probably get a bit out of hand.

But the igallop isn’t just for lonely single women. No, even pets will enjoy it. Check out this cat on the igallop. His eye’s are what got me cracking up. They say, I don’t know what this is, but it’s a good thing you got me fixed or we might have a problem on our hands.

The igallop can be purchased at Brookstone.com for the very low price of $299. Enjoy! (but not too much!)