Clap On, Clap Off

Since the Chia Pet has been covered, I might as well discuss the other pop culture idol given to us by the good folks at Joseph Enterprises, the Clapper! Yes, the Clapper, helping your grandma turn off her TV without getting out of bed since the mid-80s.

What can be said about the Clapper that already hasn’t been said? No, really what can you say? Who cares, it’s a blog!

I’ve often wondered what would happen if you had your TV hooked up to the Clapper and when you had the volume up really loud and the Clapper ad came on? Would it turn your TV off? Is the Clapper designed to ignore its own ad? Will the world just explode from the pure paradox of it all?!

Wow, I have WAY too much time on my hands, and let’s be honest, you have too because you’re reading this damn thing. I know, you’re not suppose to piss off your audience, but hey if it works for Borat (R.I.P., actually I don’t really care, I didn’t find his movie that funny) why can’t it work for me?

With those thoughts I leave you with the world famous “The Clapper” commercial: