# What \*as seen on TV" products have you purchased?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409 "2026-09-26T18:25:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/41 "2026-09-30T17:29:37Z")

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I want a “Socket Fan”

Not sure where I’d put it. But it seems like they’d be great.

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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/42 "2026-09-30T17:42:45Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Chia Pet

Oh yeah. I guess technically my mom bought it, But we had a Chia Pet when I was a kid. As I recall, some of the chia plants grew, but nowhere near as evenly as what they show in the ads. Our Chia Pet had many bald spots.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/43 "2026-09-30T17:53:57Z")

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I believe the technical term is “Chia mange”. 🤪

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/44 "2026-09-30T19:54:23Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> The Veg-o-Matic and its distinctively corny advertising was so famous

It also inspired Dan Akroyd’s famous Bass-o-Matic skit on Saturday Night Live.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gpgpiawOFbg/maxresdefault.jpg "Bass-O-Matic - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpgpiawOFbg)

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/45 "2026-09-30T21:51:44Z")

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Veg-o-matics actually worked. PITA to clean. (I bought one at a flea market once)

There’s many configurations available on Amazon.

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**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-as-seen-on-tv-products-have-you-purchased/1033409/46 "2026-10-01T01:02:38Z")

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I didn’t buy it, but one day while walking to work I noticed a strange grey pipe bent into a pretzel laying in the gutter. I can’t imagine why I recognized it, having never seen one in the flesh, only on TV.  
A Thigh Master. I still have it.

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