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Normally, this appears very, ''very'' cheesy. Expect the "before" shot to be in grainy, poorly focused black-and-white, with clumsy-sounding tuba music optional. The "after" shot, however, will be in glorious Technicolor, with tinkling keyboard music mandatory.
Also expect the "before" to be something you never thought of as a problem before, or is only a problem if you're the kind of person who should not be out in public without a government-appointed handler. Particularly, when the product is a time-saving kitchen gadget, the 'before' shot shows a level of utter incompetence that's often jarring -- for more on this, see [[Too Incompetent to Operate
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* One infomercial for a magnetic pen medallion tried to demonstrate how difficult and inconvenient normal pens are. One part of the advertisement attempted to demonstrate how "impossible" the action of ''putting a cap on a pen'' was.
** Well, in their defense, the tip ''was'' [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|slightly slippery]].
* Snuggies are sold under the principle that normal blankets [[Too Incompetent to Operate
** And also under the principle that hooded sweatshirts do not exist at all. And under the principle that "one size fits all" will work for something that's got sleeves AND legs. There's going to be a lot of extra cloth somewhere... And you're going to trip on it.
** Well, in all fairness, snuggies were originally made for people who really would have a difficult time using a normal blanket, such as people in wheelchairs, in which case the blanket could possibly get caught in the wheels.
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