Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for February 10, 2021

“That not just any feather! That’s the Ronco Pocket Feather! Just $19.95…”

Only for about four centuries now, yeah.

I wonder if Opus ever got hooked into Dr Gene Scott back then. He used to buy out time slots on local late night TV to broadcast his talks and services. He looked like he was baked most of the time, always wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigar while he talked about just about anything and was always hitting his audience up for money. A lot of the stoners in my dorm at FSU used to trip out watching this guy after Letterman and Nightline were over. He was based out of LA.

It’s the same method all politicians use!

Who remembers all of the Ronco junk that was pitched on TV, especially before Christmas? I can recall the Smokeless Ashtray, the Glass Froster, and even the cutting tool that allowed you to turn your old “empties” into glassware! :-P

Of course, Mr. Microphone allowed you to amplify your bad singing, or even your obnoxious behavior (recall the guys using it to yell at women on the sidewalk)… ;-)

I saw this device that opened and poured a can of beer/soda. It took about 1 minute to do it and cost around $600.

Sounds like today’s social media

I’m shocked, shocked!

And then someone told the politicians that they needed to start “selling themselves”, and voila!

Did you know 15 seconds could save you 15% or more on your car insurance?

You don’t have a car? Why does that matter?

Yep Opus, most Business Models today depend on making a killing off gullible fools like you.

Such as the companies that call me two or three times every day trying to sell me an extended warranty on my car, for over seven years. They started when the car was three months old and have never stopped.

“Well, yes…” in one word. (ಠ_ಠ)

My current favorite is bamboo cooking utensils. Talk about being bambooizled !

Revelation! Mr. P. Opus has had his eyes opened to his status as a Consumer. Unfortunately, he will relapse.

BTW, real feathers may cost more than you’d expect….

Advertisers and the previous POTUS.

Worst Ronco idea was the in the egg, egg scrambler. What was the point?

Oh, Opus. You’re so pretty!

Can’t hold a match to political adverts…millions of bucks spent on nothing but blather on the TV.