Did you know Mercedes and other auto manufacturers have made infomercials? And Tropicana Orange Juice and Clorox Bleach? Armor All is doing one right now. As is MSNtv. Point is, many Fortune 500 companies have jumped on the infomercial bandwagon in order to expand their marketing efforts. Not every infomercial is for cruddy products - though I would agree that that is the perception.

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Maker of many infomercials.