infomercials

There are moments when your television seems to be broadcasting from another planet. These are those moments.

In no particular order, TIME presents the most baffling and hilarious infomercials ever.

Yet some infomercials leave you scratching your head in amazement. Are they really trying to sell this stuff?

We collected 25 of the worst-ever infomercials, for your viewing pleasure.

With Billy Mays gone and no one filling his shoes as a salesman, we look back at four unheralded classics from the Infomercial Era - and...did somebody say Tiddy Bear?