{"id":517,"date":"2015-11-05T12:33:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:07:58","slug":"episode-21-hard-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Episode 22 &#8211; Hard Sell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Andrew and Jonathan as they give you the hard sell on the history of TV pitchmen. We go a little into the history of salesmanship on television, the self-imposed and government regulations, and each of us discuss our favorite local and infomercial-based pitchmen. Be sure to act now; operators are standing by and supplies ARE limited.<\/p>\n<p>The Beer Institute&#8217;s Guidelines: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-Beer-Ad-Code-Brochure.pdf\">2015-Beer-Ad-Code-Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In-depth article on the fall of Crazy Eddie: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/article\/20091002\/FREE\/910029997\/calculated-madness-the-rise-and-fall-of-crazy-eddie-antar\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crazy Eddie Fever commercial 1978\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ea0AlnsAEFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crazy Eddie - Superman (1979)\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eCpOEKDkVi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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