I love my "magic immersion blender" for apple sauce and some soups...but it definitely does not replace anything much. Even their little recipe book is all about making smoothies with it. Y'all, I cannot make a smoothie in an open air container and hand masher...I need the closed blender thing.
As bad as those commercials were, immersion blenders are still used today (2024) - even in professional kitchens. I've worked in several 3-5 star hotel kitchens and in each we had immersion blenders. But that old, ' Magic Wand' was a weak 250W machine which can't hold a candle to the 600-1000W versions we use today. I personally have a 800W in my kitchen. These, 'magic' tools were as bad as the sandwich press which is basically a Panini press. They kept selling those machines as magic pie makers just by using two slices of bread and pie mix. Well after all it's just a toasted bread with pie mix so how would it taste like a real apple turnover? or Cherry or pumpkin...
@@IjeomaThePlantMamaMy family bought one. The entire interior was full of uncleanable burnt on crap within 2 meals. Thereafter it sat in a cupboard of misfit devices for a decade.
Honestly one of my childhood pet peeves was when I made the unnecessary effort to stay up through the night seeing what would come on at 3 in the morning only to be held hostage by a 2hr commercial for wrinkle cream or something.
@@TheHomerowKeysMy mother bought into WEN. She acted like it was a miracle to justify how much she spent on it. The fact that it was a SUBSCRIPTION made it even worse! She finally had to admit it wasn't such a miracle product, but she had to FIGHT to cancel the subscription bc they just kept sending it to her and charging her account for like half a year! I thi k she might have had to get the bank to stop payments bc the xompany wouldn't stop charging her!!
I'm the opposite of a hoarder, I throw everything out...but one thing I've kept with me for 30 years is an expandable fishing rod that my Grandmother bought from QVC when I was young. She passed away shortly after and keeping it is my homage to her. It is still in the packaging and I will die with it.
YES!!! I was just thinking about that commercial… everyone spent the night and all they can talk about is breakfast….the one random older lady with a never ending granny ash…. Classic
Okay but real talk, the magic bullet was some next-level shit and to this day it is still my preferred blender. I don't have a full-sized kitchen, I have a tiny kitchenette. The magic bullet being so small, and also allowing you to use the blending vessel as a drink container all by itself is amazing for saving on space. It's unironically a great blender too. It's rare for as seen on TV products to actually be good, but I wholeheartedly believe the magic bullet is one of the few exceptions. I stand by that frickin' magic bullet. Great little appliance.
Frequently, especially in the 80s, you could get an audience for free. "Wanna be on TV?" was a serious opportunity. Everyone thought that's how you get "discovered"
This was hilarious and I need more, Matteo!! 😂 I miss the 80s and 90s. My favorite commercial from that time was the typical "There's got to be a better way" setup that showed a woman trying to "clean" her window curtains with an upright bagged vacuum cleaner. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😆😆😆
I think Matteo forgot about how old people looked back then. No one in that audience was over 37 years old. Remember when people in their mid 40's looked dead.
The original Magic Wand blender got me too when I was younger. It was called the "Kitchen Mate" and the lady whipped skim milk with strawberries and made peanuts into peanut butter in the can they came in. I thought it was amazing. Little did I know it was just what we call an immersion blender now. 😀
I think our entire generation will always have smoke for anything slightly resembling the infomercials of our childhood. The more prone to insomnia you were, the more anger you carry for them. 😂😂😂
Thanks for pulling up the modern day pricing of the magic wand. At first, $60 didn't sound bad. But then, after adjusting for inflation, I was like "OMG For that crap???"
Shamwow! & the Slap Chop were the late night informercials that always got me sucked in to their madness! Honorable mention to Ms. Cleo tho because I always wanted to call now to get my fake ass tarot reading 😂
I was the proud owner of a slap chop, a sham wow and a revo styler…the only one that actually worked was the sham wow but it was like a one time thing cause then what do you do with it… the other two disasters the slap chop was sooo disappointing 😢😂
was it just me, or did Vince sound like he wandered off the set of Goodfellas/The Sopranos ?? "PAY UP, or we use this slapchop on your schlong, dirtbag!"
Gurl, I have an immersion blender and I use it all the time. Homemade mayo is fantastic and you can change the flavor all kinds of ways. Great for soups and sauces and I use it to make tomato sauce for pasta dishes.
Homemade mayo is fucking amazing and you don't get any soy or preservatives in it. My immersion blender has to be one of my all time favorite Christmas gifts
@@MinaF99 pardon me for not specifying "chemical preservatives" and there most certainly is something wrong with soy if you have a strong family history of hormone receptive cancers in your family. Perhaps you know more than the oncologist ?
@@Trendyflute True! I only use mine a few times a year. Mostly to make gourmet things like dried tomatoes and mushrooms, but I bought mine second hand and didn't pay $59.99 for it.
@ZakhadWOW I'm the worst at technology or I'd attach some of the videos but search Matteo and Nick try spicy Mexican Candy...Matteos husband in the video with them and listen to some of the most recent podcasts and interviews Nick does he talks about getting married
The pause, inhale and look Matteo gave at "but ice is hard though!" still has me cackling🤣🤣🤣 The British lad reminds me of Dick Van Dykes energy in Mary Poppins when hes a multi instrumented street performer, so chaotic and needy
that looked like a LOT more than 15.. .anyone else ever seen the notorious Dawson's 20load or 50 load weekend pornos from Trasure Island Media? THAT gave me a reasonable idea of the volume involved...
I feel like one of my relatives had one of these back in the day. The name alone makes me giggle, lol. Remember the “Shake Weight” in the early 2000’s?! Oh Lawd!
magic wands are still pretty common in portugal. my parents had one, it was just to make soup. but like, you cook everything first, so it's all soft, and then you use the wand to liquify everything. when my mom was still alive, she had trouble eating and so everything had to be in soup form, and so i'd make the soup, and then add some minced meat, and use the wand to make everything into a liquid that was easy for her to eat. but it was never used for anything else, it was just to make chunks "disappear"
😂 That was the best infomercial I've ever seen! Your commentary was perfection! Please please do more of these! The 90s was a GOLD MINE for infomercials, you'll have plenty of material!
As an Italian, I think I am obligated to own that sweatshirt but Google isn’t helping me- where is it from?? Also, I love that you actually bought something from one of these infomercials! I always wanted to as a 90s kid.
One of these days I want to get a long ad and be like “ugh dammit where’s the remote” and then go “WAIT STOP” because it’s Matteo hosting an honest to god infomercial
The thing is the stuff they served the actors probably was good because it was actual whipped cream and mousse they made 12 of before the shoot. The prop guy sure as hell didn't use a magic wand and skim milk for that.
I guarantee you, Matteo, we 100% fell for this shit in the 90's. We thought that if it was more difficult, it was healthier. We thought that one appliance could replace ten. We thought that if a flaming British guy sold it to us it HAD to be better. It was the fucking Stone Ages, honey. Believe me!
The 30-calorie whipped dessert represents everything about '80s diet culture. Even as a kid, I wanted to make low-calorie, delicious desserts! Late night infomercials really spoke to kids like me -- only children, who are night owls looking for something to watch (before we had 24/7 streaming), and whom thin culture targeted early.
3 am. drinking wine while binging Matteo's infomercial videos and "they're in their early hundreds" made me do a full spit-take. trying to clean sticky peach wine off my monitor before my cat licks it was not on my bingo card for the night. love these vids so much.
The term "Magic Wand" has a whole new meaning now thanks to Hitachi.
😂😂😂😂
The Hitachi version also makes mayonnaise… 🫢
I got one just not the kind you mix stuff with! Hitachi's my best friend
Nice
Did then too 😅
I love that the magic wand is just an immersion blender
How DARE you?! It's MAGIC, and it's a WAND ⭐
YES.
I love my "magic immersion blender" for apple sauce and some soups...but it definitely does not replace anything much. Even their little recipe book is all about making smoothies with it. Y'all, I cannot make a smoothie in an open air container and hand masher...I need the closed blender thing.
@@SuperAH1985 So true. Closed blender gets that shit done in 30 seconds flat.
As bad as those commercials were, immersion blenders are still used today (2024) - even in professional kitchens. I've worked in several 3-5 star hotel kitchens and in each we had immersion blenders. But that old, ' Magic Wand' was a weak 250W machine which can't hold a candle to the 600-1000W versions we use today. I personally have a 800W in my kitchen. These, 'magic' tools were as bad as the sandwich press which is basically a Panini press. They kept selling those machines as magic pie makers just by using two slices of bread and pie mix. Well after all it's just a toasted bread with pie mix so how would it taste like a real apple turnover? or Cherry or pumpkin...
Pre-internet era was the epitome of paid actors.
"Set it and forget it!!"
Audience: (histrionic applause)
Jesus Lord I wanted that rotisserie roaster SO BAD 🤣🤣
Yes, not to mention that paint roller that had the splatter shield, and the Air Wave.
@@IjeomaThePlantMamaMy family bought one. The entire interior was full of uncleanable burnt on crap within 2 meals. Thereafter it sat in a cupboard of misfit devices for a decade.
Always a dad fist pumping of joy when witnessing a product not sellable in actual stores.
SPRAY AND WALK AWAY!
That audience was kept waiting for hours so they were all STARVING. Grass would’ve been tasty.
Sounds like the audience were moments from turning on each other!
These infomercials added insult to insomnia.
Nice one lmao
Honestly one of my childhood pet peeves was when I made the unnecessary effort to stay up through the night seeing what would come on at 3 in the morning only to be held hostage by a 2hr commercial for wrinkle cream or something.
WEN god it made me hate alyssa milano
Quite brilliant there 🤝
@@TheHomerowKeysMy mother bought into WEN. She acted like it was a miracle to justify how much she spent on it. The fact that it was a SUBSCRIPTION made it even worse! She finally had to admit it wasn't such a miracle product, but she had to FIGHT to cancel the subscription bc they just kept sending it to her and charging her account for like half a year! I thi k she might have had to get the bank to stop payments bc the xompany wouldn't stop charging her!!
Seeing you and Nick do an infomercial would give me LIFE 👏
I was thinking the same. I want them to do the Magic Bullet commercial. Imagine if they had his drag and comedians friends as random family members
But only if Nick is the British guy doing the demos 😂
It’ll be more convincing if Nick demonstrates using the competition and complains about the bad quality. 🤔
Yassssss 🙌
Yes, please! This would be the absolute best.
“Ice is really hard though” is a special kind of insane
If anyone wants to have something they love ruined for them just have Matteo tell you about it. His delivery was perfect.
I'm the opposite of a hoarder, I throw everything out...but one thing I've kept with me for 30 years is an expandable fishing rod that my Grandmother bought from QVC when I was young. She passed away shortly after and keeping it is my homage to her. It is still in the packaging and I will die with it.
The Ron Propeil pocket fisherman is dope.
Those fucking 90s glasses the size of Pluto are fantastic. They'd make anyone look like a basset hound. Classic dad glasses.
they were secretly industrial safety glasses also, but with poor side coverage
I would love if Matteo with Nick remade the Magic Bullet infomercial, and had some of his drag friends and comedians be the random "family" members.
YES!!! I was just thinking about that commercial… everyone spent the night and all they can talk about is breakfast….the one random older lady with a never ending granny ash…. Classic
This one is the best lol
the lady with that fake cigartte was THE best
Okay but real talk, the magic bullet was some next-level shit and to this day it is still my preferred blender. I don't have a full-sized kitchen, I have a tiny kitchenette. The magic bullet being so small, and also allowing you to use the blending vessel as a drink container all by itself is amazing for saving on space. It's unironically a great blender too. It's rare for as seen on TV products to actually be good, but I wholeheartedly believe the magic bullet is one of the few exceptions. I stand by that frickin' magic bullet. Great little appliance.
@@spartan456you don't have to keep sucking up to the magic bullet 😂 we ain't buying it!
Frequently, especially in the 80s, you could get an audience for free. "Wanna be on TV?" was a serious opportunity. Everyone thought that's how you get "discovered"
Totally why that lady was playing up her role
The fact his accent/voice 100% matched the one Matteo jokingly came up with has me rolling. 😂💙
As a Brit I can tell you it really didn’t. Mateo sounded like a cockney (London) and this guy is def from the north west, prob close to Manchester.
“Yum, really scrumptious “ sounded just like Matteo’s Liza’s voice 😂
flashbacks to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and a female protagonist named "Truly Scrumptious".
@ZakhadWOW lol I remember that. Wasn't she supposed to be a dancing figurine from a music box?
That guy was hopped up on cocaine for sure and the other guy has no taste buds😂😂😂
Perfect way to put it 😂😂😂
I'm here for it. We now need Matteo reacting to ALL 90's infomercials.
Yes!!!
It needs to be an ongoing series. 😂
That's a LOT of material to cover. I think he and Nick can do it
This was hilarious and I need more, Matteo!! 😂 I miss the 80s and 90s. My favorite commercial from that time was the typical "There's got to be a better way" setup that showed a woman trying to "clean" her window curtains with an upright bagged vacuum cleaner. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😆😆😆
…dead 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
I think Matteo forgot about how old people looked back then. No one in that audience was over 37 years old. Remember when people in their mid 40's looked dead.
The original Magic Wand blender got me too when I was younger. It was called the "Kitchen Mate" and the lady whipped skim milk with strawberries and made peanuts into peanut butter in the can they came in. I thought it was amazing. Little did I know it was just what we call an immersion blender now. 😀
“The audience is losing their minds” 😂😂
Matteo woke up and chose violence today 😂
I think our entire generation will always have smoke for anything slightly resembling the infomercials of our childhood. The more prone to insomnia you were, the more anger you carry for them. 😂😂😂
“Wait till we tell her we been on the moon” 😂
Thanks for pulling up the modern day pricing of the magic wand. At first, $60 didn't sound bad. But then, after adjusting for inflation, I was like "OMG For that crap???"
This needs to be a new series -- Old TV Informercial Food Crimes with Matteo Lane.
The bold face lie of that “soup” gets me every time
I adore when Matteo speaks with an British accent 😂
That lady from the British bake off. lol
The look of utter disgust on Matteo's face while frothing the skim milk 🤌🏼
"Crush Ice?! Ice is real hard, though!" 🤦🏽♂
My stomach hurts from laughing. Please keep doing this
“this is chaos magic, wanda” made me cackle
My grandma was OBSESSED with infomercials 😅 I'll never forget when she got her Flowbee in the mail 😅
I had to Google that 😁
OMG I wanted a Flowbee so bad.
Jesus creeping Christ, I hope she didn't give any of your family haircuts with that thing!
@@revwillyg6450 😆 Just my grandpa 👴
@@Lovelylizzette Same
“Is that just Ringo Star?” ….Dying through the whole video!!😂😂😂😂😂
"Pee in my left hand"..."its funny and true!" 😂
Made my day
Shamwow! & the Slap Chop were the late night informercials that always got me sucked in to their madness! Honorable mention to Ms. Cleo tho because I always wanted to call now to get my fake ass tarot reading 😂
I was the proud owner of a slap chop, a sham wow and a revo styler…the only one that actually worked was the sham wow but it was like a one time thing cause then what do you do with it… the other two disasters the slap chop was sooo disappointing 😢😂
was it just me, or did Vince sound like he wandered off the set of Goodfellas/The Sopranos ??
"PAY UP, or we use this slapchop on your schlong, dirtbag!"
9:03 “What’s he doing down there?!?”
Gurl, I have an immersion blender and I use it all the time. Homemade mayo is fantastic and you can change the flavor all kinds of ways. Great for soups and sauces and I use it to make tomato sauce for pasta dishes.
Homemade mayo is fucking amazing and you don't get any soy or preservatives in it. My immersion blender has to be one of my all time favorite Christmas gifts
@@aliciaspears7847salt, vinegar and lemon juice are all preservatives. Also there’s nothing wrong with soy
@@MinaF99 pardon me for not specifying "chemical preservatives" and there most certainly is something wrong with soy if you have a strong family history of hormone receptive cancers in your family. Perhaps you know more than the oncologist ?
BUT do you have a MAGIC WAND? LOL
THIS is a series that we need.
“This is chaos magic, Wanda” broke me😂🤣 I need more infomercial reactions
It may not be a miracle product but there is an immersion blender in every commercial kitchen I have worked in.
My sister and I loved "The Food Dehydrator" infomercial and wanted one SO BAD🤣
I have one. They actually work!
haha yeap, and we also had one, and it did work well but after awhile you're like *how many banana and apple chips do you NEED!?*
@@Trendyflute True! I only use mine a few times a year. Mostly to make gourmet things like dried tomatoes and mushrooms, but I bought mine second hand and didn't pay $59.99 for it.
I wanted one of those so bad ‼️
@@brucetidwell7715they do... if you have days to wait. And as I found out.. HOLY HELL did it jack up my electric bill o.0
Matteo is getting hotter...married life agrees with him...he just looks happy! Such a talented funny man!
I must have missed something.. When did he get married, and did he show his hubby on IG or something?
@ZakhadWOW I'm the worst at technology or I'd attach some of the videos but search Matteo and Nick try spicy Mexican Candy...Matteos husband in the video with them and listen to some of the most recent podcasts and interviews Nick does he talks about getting married
0:11 is Everything! lol 🙃
You, Matteo, are brilliant. Those info-mercials were late night entertainment for those who didn't get "lucky" at the bars!
Petition Matteo to do infomercials & let him randomly break out into his Italian opera singing voice.
YES
The pause, inhale and look Matteo gave at "but ice is hard though!" still has me cackling🤣🤣🤣 The British lad reminds me of Dick Van Dykes energy in Mary Poppins when hes a multi instrumented street performer, so chaotic and needy
Bro eating the mayo was so nasty even without the 15 men comment 😂
that looked like a LOT more than 15.. .anyone else ever seen the notorious Dawson's 20load or 50 load weekend pornos from Trasure Island Media? THAT gave me a reasonable idea of the volume involved...
13:34. "ice is real hard though". Matteos face! 😅😅🤣
dozens of customers shattered glasses following his example...
“What if I told you we landed on the moon” 🤣😂
I had to pause for a good 30 seconds to catch my breath!
God i so hope hes planning on doing a whole series on ridiculous 90s and early 2000s infomercials.
PLEASE do a whole fkn series on infomercials they were my fave growing up😂especially early 00s ones! Don’t forget the Tiddy Bear💀
When you said magic wand...I thought....never mind. 🙃🤐😁
8:58 "It looks like fifteen men dumped and left"😂🤮
Please do these old commercials with Nick. That would be halarious. The 2 of you are comedy gold
Yes!! A whole series!
I wanted that rotisserie they use to advertise all the time “set it and forget it!” It seemed so luxurious
It worked... But was a BITCH to clean. Pay for shipping and you can have it 😁😁
RIP ROn Popeil.. He finally died from too much fake hair chemicals on his head..
"it looks like 15 guys dumped and left" cut to guy furiously working his arm...
Matteo, I could watch you critique infomercials all day long 😂😂😂
This has a similar energy to the old Magic Bullet commercials. If this is a series, I'd highly recommend reacting to that as well.
I feel like one of my relatives had one of these back in the day. The name alone makes me giggle, lol. Remember the “Shake Weight” in the early 2000’s?! Oh Lawd!
you mean of of the most obscene/suggestive devices even seen on TV? 🤭 Order our new BIG BLACK ONE now!
magic wands are still pretty common in portugal. my parents had one, it was just to make soup. but like, you cook everything first, so it's all soft, and then you use the wand to liquify everything. when my mom was still alive, she had trouble eating and so everything had to be in soup form, and so i'd make the soup, and then add some minced meat, and use the wand to make everything into a liquid that was easy for her to eat. but it was never used for anything else, it was just to make chunks "disappear"
The world needs Matteo & Nick infomercials!
😂 That was the best infomercial I've ever seen! Your commentary was perfection! Please please do more of these! The 90s was a GOLD MINE for infomercials, you'll have plenty of material!
I still say...set it and forget it. With family, friends, customers, and coworkers. 90s was crazy.
👏 I’m trying to bring back 80s and 90s phrases like this gem.
They’re not catching on around the office so far but I’ll keep trying 😂😂
As an Italian, I think I am obligated to own that sweatshirt but Google isn’t helping me- where is it from?? Also, I love that you actually bought something from one of these infomercials! I always wanted to as a 90s kid.
Was gonna say the same thing lol
MORE. OF. THIS. This is amazingly awesome.
Are they gonna F _ _ _, what are these carrots for. I sprained a fat rool from laughing so hard. Darn it Matteo!!! SLAY!!
Omg Matteo's Harry Shearer impression pulverized me
Please do more of these! Omg I’m in pain from laughing so hard! 💗
One of these days I want to get a long ad and be like “ugh dammit where’s the remote” and then go “WAIT STOP” because it’s Matteo hosting an honest to god infomercial
I would fight for Matteo’s pasta sweatshirt
OMG! "Fart your way home" had me spitting my drink out. I had to stop the video. Was laughing so hard, too.
The ESGE magic wand has been one of the best and most reliable German kitchen appliances for over 60 years. Simply a good hand blender.
This was fantastic 🤣 also, when the dude tried the soup and said it was tasty, his face said quite the opposite lol.
The chaotic energy of this infomercial is honestly giving me the Veggie Masher from V/H/S/94.
It's definately a hostage situation! 😂
Matteo's hair is looking thicker and better than ever!
all that for frother 😂
damn the 90's was crazy
My favorite “Amazing Discoveries” infomercial is the “Milk Master 2000” instant carton spout as showcased by Joey Tribbiani, aka “Kevin”.
Matteo Lane is FURIOSSSSS! 😂 so entertaining! 😂
This was amazing. I never knew I'd enjoy watching infomercials this much but here we are. Can't wait for the Turbo Cooker video.😅
The thing is the stuff they served the actors probably was good because it was actual whipped cream and mousse they made 12 of before the shoot. The prop guy sure as hell didn't use a magic wand and skim milk for that.
I guarantee you, Matteo, we 100% fell for this shit in the 90's. We thought that if it was more difficult, it was healthier. We thought that one appliance could replace ten. We thought that if a flaming British guy sold it to us it HAD to be better. It was the fucking Stone Ages, honey. Believe me!
13:51 - I love how the look of horror on Matteo's face like he's watching him grind up the class hamster with the Magic Wand.
"You could forget your car, and far your way home. " Savage!
Matteo MUST be the new voiceover for these!
This whole video has me rolling! I hope this is a regular thing!
The 30-calorie whipped dessert represents everything about '80s diet culture. Even as a kid, I wanted to make low-calorie, delicious desserts! Late night infomercials really spoke to kids like me -- only children, who are night owls looking for something to watch (before we had 24/7 streaming), and whom thin culture targeted early.
I love your commentaries on old tv. Always golden
"this is chaos magic wanda" just so easily dropped lol
We NEED more of these vintage commercial reaction videos. LOVE THE CONTENT!!!!
Out of all the Matteo voices I love, I think my favorite is Matteo’s “aggressively butch” voice.
Coming up on a million subscribers,congrats! 🎉❤
Matteo: “a fresh born baby could mash potatoes”. I am 😂😂😂😂😂😂 at this one. Hilarious! Thank you Matteo! 😂❤😂❤
Matteo you're killing me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👏
Chris' laugh is everything!
Actually homemade mayo is WAAAYYYY better than store-bought.
Yes, it is! Totally worth the time and really not that much trouble.
Indeed, it's so vastily superior it's dangerous because I think about homemade when I eat store bought
Truth. I would drink it if I didn't have any pride
One of the best things I’ve seen 😂. “If he says desserts one more time” is everything ❤
@12:03 “WE’LL GET TO THAT INA FKN MINUTE” impression sent my ass through the roof 😂
3 am. drinking wine while binging Matteo's infomercial videos and "they're in their early hundreds" made me do a full spit-take. trying to clean sticky peach wine off my monitor before my cat licks it was not on my bingo card for the night. love these vids so much.
And those glasses on Mike have been showing up again
The English bloke sounds like one of the Chuckle Brothers (childrens comedy duo in the 90’s here in the UK) 😂😂
I thought that too 😂😂😂 A northern English bloke working in America in the 90s? Ahead of his time! Lol
@@Queenfairypants So true 😂😂😂
Literally thought he was Paul but he doesn't have the moustache! To me to you etc.
@@Mulbert 😂😂😂😂
I thought so too