[DJ MacWoW]

Years ago, Joe Namath got nabbed for a panyhose commercial by a truth in advertising clause because he didn't wear them.

Another thing that irritates me, especially late at night is commercials are louder than the shows. It's illegal, or was, but they still do it.

[Graybeard58]

I don't believe that you can make $50,000 per month stuffing envelopes either. The most I ever made doing that was about $25,000 per month.

Everybody send me just $5.00 and I'll tell you how.

[codyjacksmom]

When that kind of junk pops up, I just turn the station...pretty simple really, especially if you have a remote. (of course a lot of the time, it's in hubby's hand, and he's asleep...then I get stuck watching the trash, or wrestling to get the remote!) LOL

[codyjacksmom]

Oh, and I really did lose 250 pounds in just a couple of months...I divorced my ex!!!

[KneelBeforeZod]

I saw a guy I went to high school with doing a testimonial for some matress on an infomercial. used his real name and everything...

he used to live next door to my best friend...he was faking (as far as I know) stories about being harrassed by phone by someone calling themself "moses."

and there was the story that moses called and said "have you checked the refridgerator?" He looked inside and--the cat was in there!!!!!!! the cops sure bought the story

[PetroniDE]

I don't watch television anymore unless the remote is within arms reach. Whenever commercialls appear, I just change the channel.

What bothers me more than the amount of advertising (it has gradually increased over the years) is that the commercialls keep repeating themselves.

All I ever seem to see is Bowflex (psuedo porn), Abmaster (psuedo porn), lose weight quick (scam), re-grow hair quick (scam), girls gone wild video (porn), get-rich-quick (scam), fast food (like they need to advertise), or promotions for upcoming programming. Enough !!!

[uvular]

People who work 2nd and 3rd shifts, insomniacs, new parents, etc., need to unite and write local stations and local cable outlets.

Stations are the ones to decide to run this junk, claiming it's cheaper than running a late night movie, for instance.

My husband gets home from work at 3am and has a choice of watching endless infomercials (our cable channel actually has one channel devoted Entirely to infomercials all day!), or watching an old race on Speedvision.

Maybe, just maybe, one of the stations would realize there actually is a early morning audience out there.

[ThinkDifferent]

Get a PVR. I haven't seen a commercial in months. Even if you're watching something live like news, just hit pause when a commercial comes on and you're guaranteed to not miss anything.