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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Welcome to the Stupid Distrium Minute. I'm your host

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<v Speaker 1>Kept Pound. Today we're talking about TV infomercials. See before

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube ads and TikTok influencers, there were TV infomercials. The

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<v Speaker 1>modern infomercial took off in the early nineteen eighties after

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<v Speaker 1>the Federal Communications Commission eliminated restrictions on program length commercials.

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<v Speaker 1>Suddenly companies could buy thirty minute blocks of television time

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<v Speaker 1>to demonstrate products and incredible detail. Entrepreneurs like Ron Popeil

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<v Speaker 1>became legends, selling everything from the showtime rotisserie to the

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<v Speaker 1>vegimatic with unforgettable catchphrases like but wait, there's more, whether

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<v Speaker 1>you bought the product or not. Infomercials turned ordinary gadgets

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<v Speaker 1>into must have items that became a uniquely American late

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<v Speaker 1>night tradition. This has been the Stupid History Minute and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Kept Pound. This podcast is a production of Unfiltered Studios.

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