I'm sure everyone out there has seen at least one infomercial.  Personally, I enjoy watching them....mostly for their comedic properties.  After one Sunday afternoon of watching CNBC's infomercials, I decided to write this game.

Drink whenever:

• The infomercial features a familiar host (take 2 drinks if it's hosted by Nancy Nelson)
• The product was invented by Ron Popeil
• You hear: Amazing!
• Fantastic!
• Wonderful!
• Incredible!
• Time saving!
• WOW!
• If you call within the next 20 minutes....
• NEW!
• Throw away all your old ___________'s
• The price is "bargained" down
• The audience gasps in amazement
• The host yells and exaggerates
• People's eyes are REALLY wide open
• They cut from the fake show to an "advertisement"
• The product is 40 whatevers in one (Infinite Dress, Food Dicers, Pasta/Sausage Maker....)
• There's an instructional video included
• Audience gives fake testimonials
• The infomercial is live from some glamorous location
• The entire audience is made up of Senior Citizens
• Price is payable in installments
• It is a "Quantum" product
• Wide eyed testimonials from obvious actors
• Inventor says "Don't you hate it when THIS happens"
• Inventor makes a huge mess.  (2 drinks if he smears burgers and milkshakes into car upholstery)
• The host gets worried at the sight of the mess
• The inventor says "Now watch this!"
• The inventor cleans the horrible mess
• The invention is silly and frivolous
• You can use your chequing account like a credit card
• "One time Offer"
• You see the same infomercial one hour later on another channel
• There's a frazzled looking woman in the ad within the ad
• The ad features an ad within it.
• There's a station disclaimer at the beginning & end
• The ad is for a get rich quick scheme
• everyone yells
• It's for a kitchen device
• Food samples are given to the audience
• Sex-role stereotypes are enforced
• A bonus product is thrown in.
• $1000 worth of free coupons are thrown in
• there's a "tell a friend" offer
• The ad pretends to ba a real show
• Bad lighting
• Bad set
• Something is set on fire
• Something is scratched
• Something is dented
• A piece of PVC pipe gets sawed through (remember the Ginsu Knife?)
• The inventor does ridiculous things with the object.
• The product seems too good to be true
• You're tempted to order but...
• Common sense prevails
• The ad aims at a viewer's insecurities (unsightly toe fungus, acne)
• the people in the "after" pictures always seem a bit too happy...
• The invention is plugged as a "must have"
• It "saves you money"
• It "pays for itself"
• It costs only $____ .99
• It's available for only 4 easy payments of a certain amount of money (2 drinks if the price is $19.99)
• "I can't believe this!"
• The product turns up a few years later on a store shelf (we just got a set of Ginsu knives for about $2...they're really cool!)
• someone laughs at you when you get something featured in an infomercial until they see how cool it actually is (my parents and our Rotato!)