Friday, March 17, 2006
The InventBuddy 2000
Well, after much anticipation, I was almost completely let down by the new "American Idle" (not a typo) show about inventors called, "American Inventor". A cast of unknowns try their hand at getting their life's work admitted as the next greatest American invention.
Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed in what some people think is a good idea. The low points were usually products with catchy names like "The _____-Master 2000" or "The ______ Buddy".
Of unusual note:
The Walk Buddy -
Assertion: It wards off evil spirits, muggers and mountain lions.
Fact: It's a stick
The Arm Buddy -
Assertion: It's a tubular cloth which protects your arms from harmful sun rays which cause age spots
Fact: They're called sleeves
The Bladder Buddy -
Assertion: You can pee while standing in a suitbag at a bus stop
Fact: Ewwwwww
Clothes for cars
Assertion: Just like you dress up for a nice evening or the beach, you can dress your car with these vinyl(?) cling "clothes" for your car.
Fact: Market the people who buy those wheel rims that spin after your car stops. They'll buy anything.
The most interesting one that I saw was called, [sigh] "The SackMaster 2000". A combination shovel/sand bag funnel. Really kinda neat, but as with most ideas out there, it already exists.
The sad, unfortunate side of all of this is:
1. America is peppered with idiots and most of them were in line to be on this show
2. The show will likely get canned. Not because of lack of ideas, but because there was no sex or violence. The producers showed an argument, and they're hoping the couch-potato crowd will go for that and forgive the cogno-intellect going on.
Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed in what some people think is a good idea. The low points were usually products with catchy names like "The _____-Master 2000" or "The ______ Buddy".
Of unusual note:
The Walk Buddy -
Assertion: It wards off evil spirits, muggers and mountain lions.
Fact: It's a stick
The Arm Buddy -
Assertion: It's a tubular cloth which protects your arms from harmful sun rays which cause age spots
Fact: They're called sleeves
The Bladder Buddy -
Assertion: You can pee while standing in a suitbag at a bus stop
Fact: Ewwwwww
Clothes for cars
Assertion: Just like you dress up for a nice evening or the beach, you can dress your car with these vinyl(?) cling "clothes" for your car.
Fact: Market the people who buy those wheel rims that spin after your car stops. They'll buy anything.
The most interesting one that I saw was called, [sigh] "The SackMaster 2000". A combination shovel/sand bag funnel. Really kinda neat, but as with most ideas out there, it already exists.
The sad, unfortunate side of all of this is:
1. America is peppered with idiots and most of them were in line to be on this show
2. The show will likely get canned. Not because of lack of ideas, but because there was no sex or violence. The producers showed an argument, and they're hoping the couch-potato crowd will go for that and forgive the cogno-intellect going on.
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#1. There's another invention that lets you urinate in public. It's a tube that runs down the inside of your trousers and out at the bottom so you can just cleverly position your foot above a gutter or something and urinate away! It's called the "Sneaky Pee-pee."
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