# As Seen on TV in HELL!!!  Or Bizarre Infomercials

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 12, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-in-hell-or-bizarre-infomercials/136483 "2002-11-12T22:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-in-hell-or-bizarre-infomercials/136483/21 "2002-11-15T03:00:03Z")

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**Dijon Warlock** beat me to it with the Santo Gold infomercial. I used to seek it out on TV when it was still airing. It was so bad and bizarre, it bordered on being art. I wish I had it on tape, so I could relive my memories of it, and to prove to others that it existed. The links **Dijon** provided only hint at the oddity of this thing; but it’s interesting to see the “true” story behind the whole enterprise.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-in-hell-or-bizarre-infomercials/136483/22 "2002-11-15T06:06:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Flymaster \*  
> \*\*I don’t know what they’re selling, other than that it’s some kind of “Get Rich Quick” real estate scam, but has anyone else seen the one with the two Little People (is that the preferred term, now?) twin brothers in suits? It’s VERY bizarre. \*\*

I believe you’re referring to Greg and John Rice, who also briefly co-hosted a syndicated program known as “That \*\*\*\* Quiz Show”, which is described in the linked article as follows:

\*The show was based on a gambling premise between teams of players with unusual jobs or backgrounds.

Unfortunately, the offensive nature of this premise caused the show’s cancellation two months after it premiered.\*

[http://www.nd.edu/~observer/03072001/Scene/0.html](http://www.nd.edu/~observer/03072001/Scene/0.html)

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**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-in-hell-or-bizarre-infomercials/136483/23 "2002-11-15T07:50:09Z")

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John and Greg Rice (Ron Legrand’s get rich quick infomercial)  
Tom Vu (Get rich quick guru who surrounded himself with hookers)  
William J. McCorkle  
Don Lapre  
The Ab Flex (Spokesman laid down with cinder blocks atop his stomach and another guy smashed the cinder blocks with a sledgehammer, to show how tough your abs will be after you use the Ab Flex)  
Richard Simmons  
Miss Cleo  
The Psychic Friends Network  
Any other psychic line, past or present

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