TV Haiku

Mike Stivic broke the
television remote
again. That meathead!

Mike and Carol worried.
Veterinarian thinks
Tiger has boner.

'BJ and the Bear'
Name alone scandalous, but
that Sherrif Lobo...

Infomercial as Performance Art

Last night while surfing our very limited over-the-air channels, we happened upon an informercial for the 'Shoedini'. Incredibly, it was being pitched by annoying voice-over artist and stand-up comedian Gilbert Gottfried - which made it absolutely hysterical. Here's the thing, though: the local channel played the commercial with Gilbert Gottfried's voice-over:


And the regular commercial with a standard voice-over:


With Gottfried's out-take sandwiched in between:


Intentional or not, I never would have come across the out-take version without seeing all three strung together. The out-take is just so absurd, it's brilliant.