Listen "E61: Flowbee"
Episode Synopsis
We watched the entire 30-minute Flowbee infomercial so you don’t have to.
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Sources:
Cave, Damien. “Suction a Little More Off the Top, Please.” Los Angeles Times, 24 January 2000, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-24-cl-56991-story.html.
Cohen, Danielle. “George Clooney Is Joking About Cutting His Own Hair With an Informercial Gadget…Right?” GQ, 1 December 2020, https://www.gq.com/story/george-clooney-flowbee.
Flowbee Factory Direct | Home Haircutting System, https://www.flowbee.com/.
“Flowbee Infomercial - 1988.” YouTube, uploaded by fromthearchives, 13 Jan. 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2nQ4Er93A.
Rossen, Jake. “Flowbee: A Hair-Raising History.” Mental Floss, 29 November 2020, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623776/flowbee-haircut-machine-history.
Instagram and More: https://linktr.ee/hypnotichistory
Sources:
Cave, Damien. “Suction a Little More Off the Top, Please.” Los Angeles Times, 24 January 2000, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-24-cl-56991-story.html.
Cohen, Danielle. “George Clooney Is Joking About Cutting His Own Hair With an Informercial Gadget…Right?” GQ, 1 December 2020, https://www.gq.com/story/george-clooney-flowbee.
Flowbee Factory Direct | Home Haircutting System, https://www.flowbee.com/.
“Flowbee Infomercial - 1988.” YouTube, uploaded by fromthearchives, 13 Jan. 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2nQ4Er93A.
Rossen, Jake. “Flowbee: A Hair-Raising History.” Mental Floss, 29 November 2020, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623776/flowbee-haircut-machine-history.
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