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Much like the rest of the nation, SeenOnTV Express hits the roads during the holiday season.  With more than 3,100 road miles traveled between our two most prolific road-trippers, we see firsthand the need for proper vehicle care and maintenance.  We also see firsthand the need for a mass-media public service campaign to increase awareness of roadway rules and etiquette such as slower traffic keep right (but that’s another issue).

As Seen On TV automobile products do everything from shining you paint job to brightening your headlights to making your vehicle more fuel efficient.  Perhaps the two most important infomercial car care products to have before a road trip are Fuel Doctor and Total View Blindspot Mirrors.

Fuel Doctor FD-47 has been shown by AAA’s Automotive Research Center to improve fuel efficiency and to decrease your vehicle’s CO2 emissions.  Fuel Doctor FD-47 is not a fuel additive.  Rather, you simply plug the Fuel Doctor into the included car adapter splitter.  Fuel Doctor works by decreasing electrical interference, and its use has been shown to improve MPG by up to 25%.

Total View Blindspot Mirrors increase your field of vision and virtually eliminate blind spots.  Total View has a unique concave design that dramatically improves your field of vision, allowing you to safely change lanes and allow for proper clearance when passing–a must for anyone driving near people who have not yet been informed that slower traffic keeps right (but that’s another issue).

If you’ll be driving at night–and during a 12 hour trip, you will be–it’s important to have properly working headlights.  It is also important that the brightness of your headlights is adequate.  Cloudy, hazy headlight lenses can make driving at night dangerous, but Fast Brite Lens Restore can make your headlights clear again.  You don’t have to replace hazy headlights when you can restore them with Fast Brite.

When your trip is over and you pull safely into your garage, you may realize that the road has taken its toll on your car’s exterior.  Whether it is grimy from road dirt or nicked and dinged from rocks, As Seen On TV car care products can have your car looking new again.  Restorz It Car Paint Restorer, Freedom Waterless Car Wash, the Spot Free Rinse System, and Fix It Pro Scratch Remover are some of the most popular As Seen On TV products for keeping your car shiny and new.

In the next several days, our SeenOnTV Express travelers will be making their ways home and settling back into their routines.  If you’ll be sharing the road with them in the coming days, remember this important bit of information:  SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT.

On another note, we would like to thank you for another great year at SeenOnTV Express, and we wish you happy and prosperous new year.

I love Fall.  It is by far my favorite season, and I’ll admit that I start planning Halloween costumes and decorations far in advance of the actual season.  In my neck of the woods, temperatures are often in the 80′s well into October, but I’ll throw on a pot of chili just as a matter of principle.  However, when football season hits, I start dreaming of cooler weather, beautiful foliage, and pumpkins on every doorstep.  I hate to be cold, so when the weather is cool, I love nothing more than snuggling on the couch under a warm blanket.  That’s why this year, I’m going to cave and get a Snuggie.  Oh, how I mocked the Snuggie when it first came out.  I believe I’ve even mocked it here on Way Back Wednesday.  But I borrowed one in a freak snowstorm last winter and fell in love with it.   Now that you can order a Sports Snuggie, it will be the perfect accompaniment to college football, one of the truly great things about Fall.

You know, the idea behind Snuggie is not new.  In fact, there is another blanket with sleeves called the Slanket.  Now, I ask you:  which would you rather cuddle up with?  A Snuggie (insert cozy, warm, cuddly images here) or a Slanket (“Marv!  Call the plumber!  The drain is backed up and there’s slanket all over the floors!”).  The Snuggie has become a smash hit in the world of blankets and in the world of infomercial products in general.  I think it has a lot to do with the name.

A name can make or break a product.  Here I am going to give you a list of some of the most poorly named infomercial products available.  These names are so ill-conceived that I can’t even comprehend the strategy behind them.  In fact, these names are so unspeakably bad that I’m going to refrain from making my usual snarky comments and just let these horrible product names speak for themselves.

• Catch It:  A litter box product designed to help scoop the kitty business from the litter.  Go ahead.  Say it out loud and think about the product.  You’ll get it.
• Nads:  An all-natural hair removal product supposedly named for its creator’s daughter.
• Magic Bullet:  It’s a blender.  Duh.
• Rack Trap:  I guess this is exactly what it says it is.  It’s a little pocket you put inside your bra.  That’s an even worse name than The Hooter Hider nursing cover.

Last but certainly not least on my horribly named products list is . . . well, I’ll just let you see the infomercial that was really, truly, honest-to-goodness seen on TV:

That’s T-I-D-D-Y.  Can you even imagine the product proposal meeting where that name was chosen?  I mean, what names did they turn down, for the love of Pete?!

It just makes my brain hurt.