TV and Film | January 27, 2009 | 92 comments

Snuggie and ShamWow! Keeping the Economy Afloat

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Personally, I love the ShamWow! guy. Or, maybe I just love making fun of him. And who doesn't secretly long for a Snuggie ("The blanket with sleeves!")? Or thought that the people in the PedEgg commercial didn't need a foot-scraper so much as a one-way ticket to a leper colony?

The fact is, low budget commercials have been the staple of Adult Swim and the late-night repeats of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. But, slowly but surely, these commercials have become staples for daytime and even primetime programming. Why? Because ad-space has become dirt cheap, by advertising standards. So the next time you see that old, PTSD-riddled gentlemen yelling at you to "GET CASH NOW!" just smile and know that, thanks to him, you still get to watch four back-to-back episodes of Home Improvement.

And doesn't that give you a warm, snuggie feeling?

--St_Alia_10191
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