POWERBILT AIR FORCE ONE: Infomercial Review

POWERBILT AIR FORCE ONE: Infomercial Review

I had a bad day last Saturday. I told my girlfriend I couldn't take her shopping because I had family matters to tend to...even though I was actually going golfing with friends. Even though I don't normally golf. So at the range, my friends were constantly ribbing me over how slow I hit the clubs.

Then I came home and found out from golf announcer Roger Twibell on the POWERBILT AIR FORCE ONE commercial that my inferior golf speed is not my fault. It's just that my club doesn't have high enough CT and COR.

I have no idea what those are, but it all sounds so scientific when Roger explains it. And it gets me off the hook for my poor golfing. So much so that I think I'm going to try sending away for these POWERBILT AIR FORCE ONE. Even though I still have no idea how much I'm going to be paying (The commercial says "as low as $99," but I'm assuming that means it could be "as high as Obama's stimulus package").

I don't really even know what the name means: AIR FORCE ONE. Does this mean I'll be playing golf with the President? Or that I'll be hitting the ball high enough to hit the President's plane? Should the Secret Service be notified?

The ad says that that the CT factor means that the longer my club stays in contact with the ball, the farther it will travel. This is bad news for me, since generally my club never contacts the ball. I'm thinking if I just stand there for 10 or 15 minutes with the club touching the golf ball, that baby should soar.

At the end, the announcer says I can buy the driver for 30 days risk free. He apparently doesn't know my wife. If she sees me bringing any more golf clubs into the house, there's plenty of risk involved, I promise you. I still haven't told her I went golfing last Saturday. And there's plenty of risk right there!

VISION BOARD: Infomercial Review

VISION BOARD: Infomercial Review

My best friend, who has achieved quite a lot in his life, and is quite the entrepreneur pointed me to Vision Board, saying it's a terrific way to bring more success in your life. According to him, it follows principles that he's practiced all of his life.

So why can't they put together a successful commercial? They start off calling it the "sensation that's making dreams come true." And what's the visual they show? Fireworks. And bad ones at that. I'm surprised anyone has any vision left after that display. They tell you to focus your mind on a dazzling new world of possibility...but the camera stays focused on fireworks.

Then they cut a woman who has her mouth wide open with a ridiculous grin with money raining down on her. So does focusing your mind mean being a dingy blond like she is?

The announcer later says "ONLY VisionBoard can help you achieve the life you've always dreamed about." I'm sure it's a great product....but ONLY it can give me what I want? Nothing else? A great product or business won't do it? Only a board and magnets will?

And about the magnets, you'll be happy to know that you're not just paying for the board, but also for 20 magnets to hold the images of your dreams on the board. I'm not sure if that's too many or too few. To be honest, I don't know if I even have 20 dreams for my life. So maybe too many. Plus I imagine with 20 magnets on the board it would be hard to find the board itself.

Nevertheless, on my friend's advice, I'm going to buy the VisionBoard. Or maybe I'll just visualize one appearing.