Infomercials: Ron Popeil, Infomercial, Kevin Trudeau, Billy Mays, PitchMen, Time-Life, Speechless: Silencing the Christians, Matthew Lesko

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Ron Popeil, Infomercial, Kevin Trudeau, Billy Mays, PitchMen, Time-Life, Speechless: Silencing the Christians, Matthew Lesko, Direct response television, The Magic Clown, Don Lapre, Shake Weight, Abdomenizer, Donald Barrett, Weekend Marketplace, Anthony Sullivan, Guthy-Renker, Mike Levey, Paid Programming, Carleton H. Sheets, Thane Direct, OxiClean, Access Television Network, Juiceman Juicer, Corner Store TV, Shop on TV, TV Shop, Pitch People. Excerpt: Kevin Mark Trudeau (born February 6, 1963) is an American author, radio personality, infomercial salesman, and convicted felon best known for promoting alternative medicine. A number of his television infomercials and several of his books, including Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About, allege that both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry value profit more highly than treatments or cures. Trudeau's activities have been the subject of both criminal and civil action. He was convicted of larceny and credit card fraud in the early 1990s, and in 1998 paid a $500,000 fine for making false or misleading claims in his infomercials. In 2004, he consented to a lifetime ban on promoting products other than his books via infomercials. In 2005, he founded the International Pool Tour. Trudeau grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts, the adopted son of Robert and Mary Trudeau. He attended St. Mary's High School in Lynn, where he was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by the class of 1981. After being incarcerated for fraud in the early 1990s, Trudeau joined a multi-level marketing firm, Nutrition for Life. The firm met with success until the Attorney General of Illinois charged that it was running a pyramid scheme. Trudeau and Nutrition for Life settled cases brought by the state of Illinois, and seven other U.S. states, for US$185,000. Next, Trudea...