Amazing Discoveries
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Amazing Discoveries was a series of infomercials hosted by Mike Levey and produced by Levey's production company, Positive Response Television. It was also produced under the title Ask Mike. These programs, which were first aired in the late 1980s, simulated the format of talk shows and documentaries, and were sometimes indistinguishable from real talk shows and documentary series at first glance.
All audience members and on-camera guests were paid for their appearances.[1]
[edit] List of products sold on Amazing Discoveries and Ask Mike
- Europainter, a household painting tool
- HP-9000, a "miracle cleaner" like Didi Seven
- Auri, a "space-age car polish"
- Astonish, a "miracle cleaner", marked as biodegradable
- Memory Power, a memory aid presented by Harry Lorayne
- Human Calculator, a product for aid in mathematics, presented by Scott Flansberg
- Natural White, a tooth whitening product
- Alphanetics, a speed reading program
- Sudden Youth, a set of cosmetics
- Juice Tiger, a juice extractor endorsed by Jack Lalanne
- Target Training, a set of exercise videos presented and endorsed by Tony Little
- Jet Aire, a curling iron
- Bedazzler Plus, a rhinestone-setting tool for clothing
- Purrfect Punch, a home embroidery tool
- Gallery Glass, an "arts and crafts" tool
- QRB Furniture Polish, a paint remover and wood restoration product
- Spanek Vertical Roaster
- Picture This, a tool which transferred photographs to clothing
- Komputor Tutor, a computer-learning tool presented and endorsed by Kim Komando
- Magic Shine, a "space-age car polish"
- Super Slicer, a manual fruit and vegetable slicer/chopper
[edit] Parodies
On the Simpsons, B-actor Troy McClure would occasionally be seen in an infomercial called "I Can't Believe They Invented It!", which was set up to look very much like the "Amazing Discoveries" infomercials. Among Troy's products:
- The Candy Bar That Cleans Teeth
- Eyeball Whitener
- Spiffy, the 21st Century Stain Remover
- The Juice Loosener
