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‘Maxim’ picks top 10 infomercial products If you finish at No. 1 on a Maxim list, chances are you’re 18 and wear few clothes. Atop Maxim’s latest list, however, is octogenarian Dorothy McHugh and the Life Alert system—the magazine’s pick for greatest infomercial product in history. McHugh died in 1995, but the product apparently lives on. The ThighMaster, the Chia Pet, the Clapper and K-Tel Records (makers of the Freedom Rock collection) also make the list. —Posted by Tim Nudd

March 14, 2007 | Permalink

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Gotta love the chia pet. The life alert system (isnt that the one with the "i've fallen and i cant get up" catchphrase? I wish i had the marketing skills of some of these people behind these products.

Posted by: solay | Mar 14, 2007 4:55:33 PM

WTF? The Ginsu Knife is #1! All shall bow before the GINSU!! The editors at Maxim are hereby sentenced to 5 years of sweatin' to the oldies with Richard Simmons.

Posted by: daveednyc | Mar 15, 2007 10:44:44 AM

Wow this list stinks!

Popeil Rotisserie oven, Spray-On hair, and the "Pocket Fisherman". All better choices than half those on this list.

The "Hairigami"? that thing was advertised for about a week on either coast but you can still see the pocket fisherman sold and advertised.

I think they just didn't want to openly show that Popeil has pretty much absolute domination of this market.

Posted by: LogrusZed | Mar 16, 2007 6:26:16 PM

I don't know about you guys, but George Foreman means to me more than the guy who fought Muhamad Ali.

Posted by: Anonymous | Mar 19, 2007 4:07:10 PM

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