Disco Abs: Infomercial Review

DISCO ABS: Informercial Review

I write humorously (I hope) about lots of products advertised on TV. Sometimes I have to reach hard for the joke. Sometimes the jokes write themselves. To illustrate the latter, I need say only two words: DISCO ABS.

Is there anything funnier I could say about this than to say that this is exercise to 1970s disco music? Nevertheless, to fill up some space, I'll point out some of the more bizarre elements of the infomercial I saw for this “boogie-licious” program.

Let's start with the fact that we have an ocean of scantily-clad women dancing to a song that starts out “Young Men!” (YMCA). If you see these figures dancing and the first thing you think is “young men,” then please see an eye doctor.

And what is with these clothes they're wearing anyway? And why don't the babes at my gyn dress like that? (Yes, some women do workout nearly naked, but they tend to be the 300 pounders or the 70-year-olds).

And then there are the men. So the women they show dancing are all in great shape, but then they show this overweight man—and I assure you that you do not want to see him “shake his groove thing.”

The author of the program claims the video has her own unique moves, but I swear I've seen them all done by John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever.”

And if you need one last bit to understand just how bizarre this is, let me tell you the name of a DVD that comes with it:”Boogie Oogie Buns & Thighs.”

You can't make this stuff up.