That’s exactly what the ads were designed to make you think, without coming out and saying it, which would be illegal.
Pretty ballsy of 'em, gotta admit. How in the heck did they think they were going to get away with the scam after raising their profile so much? 
Just wanted to add to what bordelond and Duckster commented on about the makers of Enzyte being sued. I pulled the indictment off of PACER and I’m still reading through it, but good God! If the allegations within are true, false representation about the product’s effectiveness are the least of their problems. Warshak and crew have become masters at 1) taking people’s money without their knowledge and/or permission, and 2) creating a system that makes it virtually impossible for anyone to get a refund despite their “customer satisfaction guarantee.”
Kind of shame. I always thought the Smilin’ Bob commercials were one of the more amusing and creative ad campaigns out there.
Thank you for that cite. There is some justice in this world . . . at least for criminally annoying commercials. Early on I googled Enzyte just to confirm that it was what I though it was, a crock of shit.
I have to wonder if this isn’t the cornerstone of their hard-to-pin-down “claims.” If it’s 3 in the morning and Ron Jeremy is talking to an “info host”, why in the world is he so evasive about the word penis? Is it because that “certain part of the male anatomy” covers their asses by being sufficiently vague? Who knows–maybe they make your balls balloon up! Really weird.
But it doesn’t really matter if the FDA is involved or not. Goods have to be suited for a particular purpose if that is the claim. Like if I sell water-proof boots, they have to actually be water-proof.
I’m glad these charlatans are getting what’s coming to them.
All the TV commercials for these products that I’ve ever seen were decidedly tongue in cheek, almost self-parodies. It’s like they’re saying “We all know this is bullshit, so don’t think we’re actually claiming this works or anything like that”.
It makes me think of a Judge Dredd story I read once: some clever huckster marketed “Stupid Pills”. The ads never actually said that taking them would make you smarter, but enough really imbecilic people misunderstood the ads to make the product profitable. As one person commented “They specifically say you’d have to be stupid to buy them”.
No, sorry, I was not. I don’t think it is even possible to cram so many calories in something so small. It would be cool, though.
Well, yeah, rubbing cream on a penis will probably make it grow in length and girth.
But yeah, apart from the erection maybe it does make the skin puff up, like those lip plumper creams.
If the Enzyte commercials are taken off the air, or at least if they change actors, what are the chances we’ll see Smilin’ Bob in some other ad? Or what about a movie? Maybe in Smilin’ Bob and the Happiness Pill. There could be a whole series of 'em!
Your points are all valid, but you’re expecting an advertisement playlet to reflect real life, which is madness. They’re just trying to get something going to talk about the damn product.
After all, has any woman young or old, ever talked to her mother about that “not so fresh” feeling? Same thing, different sex.
In my General Questions opinion, “Enzyte Bob” is much more pregnant with sitcom promise than the Geico Cavemen. For example, in the first episode it could be revealed that Bob’s rictus derived from degenerative nerve damage caused by Enzyte. By season end he’d be fully paralyzed, but still grinning merdivorously in his respirator.
Or, under the premise that Enzyte actually works as (coyly) advertised, and show the hilarious hijinks that ensue when Bob’s penile elephantiasis grows (hee hee!) to be a problem bigger (yuk yuk!) than his family can handle, rendering him housebound and immobile. Season One to include one “very special episode” in which Bob’s long-suffering wife strays into an affair with a nextdoor neighbor who has a small penis.
These are mostly herbal supplements. Some of these (like Yohimbe and Ginko Biloba) actuallu have shown some results in some studies. (Yohimbe is dangerous, Ginko is considered safe). Now these results are slightly more erections, and when/if erection is achived slightly harder. Harder means a little “bigger”, as most males realize.
Thus there is enough evidence behind some of these things to not be out and out fraud.
However, you can just go to your local health food store and the same stuff (likely in safer dosages and purer product) is right there in the “Mens health” section, for around 1/10th the price. In the case of Ginko, it’s “what the hell, why not?”. I imagine the results are 90% placebo. (Ginko does improve blood flow, so I guess it might have a minor effect, other than the placebo)
Well, I’m aware of that! I just think it’s funny.
Actually, I shouldn’t have said “supposed to be,” since I daresay the advertisers weren’t breaking it down as far as I did. But who doesn’t get a kick out of the wildly implausible situations in infomercials? “Oh noes, I tried to pour spaghetti into a colander, and it splattered everywhere! Now I’m using the Pasta Cylinder, and suddenly I have the precision of a surgeon!”