Sunday, April 19, 2009

My 15 Minutes of Fame




Yep, this is me and they still seem to be playing this commercial, because people still keep telling me that they saw me on TV.

This was a strange little turn of events that lead to me appearing in this commercial for an anti-snoring device. We attended a focus group where they showed us the device and asked how much any of us would pay, or whether we would even buy something like it off of a TV ad. I said that it seemed like a good idea for a product, but that I had never bought anything off of the television and wasn't likely to. They paid all of us $60 bucks a piece and that was that...or so we thought.

About two weeks later, I got a call from the Puresleep folks asking if I would be interested in trying one of their devices. I said sure, why not? It was free and I figured that it might even help with my snoring, which had gotten rather epic.

I tried it and it worked, and I told them that. A little while later they asked if I wanted to be in their infomercial. I said yes, and this commercial is the result.

It has been an interesting experience because they seem to run this commercial all the time on certain cable stations. I have only seen it live a few times but I have bee approached by many co-workers at various different places who all say, "Are you on TV?"

Yep, but I haven't made a dime (nor will I) and so far, no Hollywood agents have come beating down my door with offers for the PureSleep movie.