Infomercialism: Frosty Fruit

[@MikeJeavons]

Psst, before you comment about how I had to thaw the fruit first, watch 3:44 again.

[@TerminallyNerdy]

SO MUCH FUN SIR! SO MUCH

[@bucwhovian8305]

Come on Mike your English like me, we say defrost!

[@fedos]

Does it do frozen cheese?

[@llamasandanime]

Even when you do everything right and explicitly state that you followed the instructions verbatim people still think that you did it wrong... The internet eh?

[@emileeeeee5305]

20 minutes here, and I'd be cleaning up melted strawberry juice. it's not that cool in England, is it?

[@saberpeep]

who would have guessed making a food processor out of plastic would be a bad idea?

[@abyssmel1144]

Julian Dymer hmmmmm

[@Valfaun]

not just any plastic, but the cheapest nontoxic one they could find. my toilet brush is of higher quality than this

[@bucwhovian8305]

Err...I'm going to say YES!

[@YFNGamer1]

For kids, too. Those razor blades are dull as shit.

[@SoanosBarcoded]

Probably makes a better sorbet too...

[@Nightenstaff]

Dinner / Diet Week Idea: Eat only the food you can make with Infomercial devices. Each day a new device! It's the crossover we never knew we wanted!

[@PTSDSquirrel]

You trying to get him killed?

[@lilyliao9521]

PTSDSquirrel yes

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

See, this is why you don't make something designed for crushing/grinding things out of PLASTIC. Yeah, if it was metal, the kids might hurt themselves, but that's why you're supposed to WATCH THEM while they're using the damn thing!

[@PTSDSquirrel]

if they are stupid enough to put there fingers in the hopper while turning they deserve the few days they will have band-aids.

[@whiterabbit75]

Now, what kind of parent actually has the time to be a parent? You're just being unreasonable.

[@Howlrunner82]

The worst thing you ever reviewed? so this is worse then getting electric shocks in the face by a scary mask? wow

[@misspadalecki101]

or ruining his previous oven door with a fucking dump dinner (at least i believe it was the dump dinner unless it was another dish he made)

[@JunKurosu]

The saddest thing is a little girl can use it properly

[@thomasjenkins7506]

the rejuvinique didn't break and mr frosty at least worked wonderfully on cheese. so yeah...

[@andrewtaylor940]

The Stoned Videogame Nerd clearly nobody has ever taught Chinese engineers that ice is much harder than plastic

[@edbadyt]

That was uncomfortable to gullible abults, this upsets excited children

[@aldrickfondracul9297]

I can't help but suspect that there's an easier and more effective way to mush up frozen fruit.

[@saint23thomas]

a hammer

[@danforbes3573]

Or you could just fire them out of a shotgun against a wall.

[@rebeccamarcott371]

yonana machine AWESOME!!!

[@watam8]

The Juicero

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

Well he could use one of the only products to ever work on infomercialism, the magic bullet

[@catseye10000]

but can you grate cheese with it?

[@JamiJR]

Velveeta, maybe.

[@janusnakskov]

You are asking the important questions here.

[@_BK_]

It won't grate it, it makes a cheese ""sorbet"".

[@Howlrunner82]

you have cutest avatar i´ve seen this year

[@Plotatothewondercat]

Can it make mince, though?

[@johnmcdiarmid7010]

You're using it wrong. The advert clearly shows that only a small child in a 1950's soda jerk outfit can make 'sorbet'.

[@evan448]

Yes I think that's the question everyone is asking but can you grate cheese with it

[@retroprogamer7009]

no but it makes a nice Cheese Sorbet

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

I love scat. *SKI-BI-DIBBY DOOB DOP DO-BA BOP*

[@VivicaViolet]

I think this ended up being one of your funniest reviews to date. I'm actually wiping tears away.

[@abyssmel1144]

Violent Violet same here.

[@deb13292]

Agreed, especially when you can see the handle gradually come off. Lol.

[@zh84]

Violent Violet "I don't know what this is, but it looks like something I've put up my bum, and then had a terrible, terrible accident."

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

It's like the slap chop where the thing just breaks apart after one use XD His frustration with the product makes me ROFL every time

[@cassidy8307]

Nothing better than a product completely failing at everything. Like the slap chop.

[@Queen-qi4do]

YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG! I don't know what it is but someone will point it out in the comments just scroll down more

[@oxenford539]

the temperature on his freezer is too low for sorbet. the frozen fruit he was using literally had all the moisture frozen solid. that's why it was so hard to use (basically ice cubes). also he didn't break it - that part is meant to come out so you can clean the damn thing.

[@drunkrdm]

so basically that means the instructions were wrong and he needed to take them out for longer then.

[@jimstanley_49]

drunkrdm "... and take it out 20 minutes before start." I know it's a poor translation, but if you apply more than the millisecond of thought Mike did, you realize that this is exactly what the instructions say.

[@isawadelapradera6490]

Even comments mocking them attarct them like flies. Oh how I love internet smartarses

[@Tipsy_Dragon]

4:07 "according to the box you can put stuff in" *puts spoon in* "it works!" you're doing god's work

[@MrKDogg]

Cheap plastic, it is a toy after all. If it had metal components and was geared so it was easier to crank it would work better. Plus the handle keeps popping off. = TOTAL FAIL

[@NightOfTheLiving8bit]

MrKFahn it’s just a cheap cash grab, that’s all. Which is pretty scummy when you think about it.

[@DreKozar]

I'm amazed the crank didn't break in half before the rest of it broke.

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

It looks like fruits have to be really soft or they're thawing (no frost on the outside of the fruit) in order for that stupid thing to work correctly.

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

mipmipmipmipmip Basically means this is stupid.

[@jimstanley_49]

You mean he forgot to "remove it [from the freezer] 20 minutes before start"? You know this is Mike we're talking about, right?

[@Psera]

He specifically says he did this in the video.

[@Mimiheart9]

Obviously it's not working because you didn't navy it.

[@SigEpBlue]

I'm not a _mechanical_ engineer, but damn, whoever came up with that crank mechanism needs to be spanked.

[@MultiDarkZen]

Spanked with a crank.

[@souperman72]

Mike is my favorite frosty fruit.

[@zestysuizome6406]

"I'm sweating! How am I supposed to have hours of fun?!" You will have hours of fun... making one "sorbet". Then again, with the right kind of brainwashing you can convince children anything is fun. My mother made my family think grinding wheat with a hand grinder was hours of fun. And you don't get to enjoy eating fresh flour!

[@jackhoult4669]

It' HOURS of fun* * may come in 5 minute spurts

[@thesswb4463]

Get a drill and get an attachment to fit in the handle part that should work better lol

[@saint23thomas]

The solution to all of life's problems: More Power!

[@zan31669]

Thomas Waggoner *grunts*

[@Captain1diot]

Ronnie Mefford or a socket ratchet.

[@Yeen125]

Thomas Waggoner 750 watts of mega power!

[@PrincessAshley972]

Gage M. 1.21 Gigawatts!

[@JamiJR]

No way could or would a kid use this. And kids don't want frozen fruit. They want ice cream.

[@indus7841]

Jami JoAnne Russell how the hell did you comment on this a day ago? The vid is 1 minutes old...

[@JamiJR]

The video is a day old. I support Mike on Patreon and get to see videos early while they're still private to everyone else.

[@JamiJR]

Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/mikej?ty=h Right there in the description, dude.

[@JamiJR]

Or better yet, buy them ice cream or an ice cream maker. The only kids I know who'd want to eat mashed up frozen fruit with no sugars mixed in are the kind whose parents and super, duper controlling about what they eat and the kid's never had ice cream or processed food ever. (And those are the kind of kids whom, once they're off to college, are going to pork out on everything their parents denied them. If not doing it in high school behind their parents' backs. Like the boy of a super controlling vegan mom I knew growing up who'd go to Sizzler for the All You Can Eat Ribs every chance he could get.)

[@420316777666]

this is an electric version of the thing in the video and is way better built www.amazon.com/Big-Boss-9249-Swirlio-Dessert/dp/B00HK8YP0G

[@ok0then]

I remember a trick I used for my. Old shaved ice machine that did this. Less preasure helps. You would need to to crank longer but it would reduce strain on the thing. Not that I think it would be worth it. But if you have a power drill with a ratchet attachment I bet you could plug it into where that Handel is/was and get this thing actually working.

[@JMShearer]

This whole product seems to rest on quite a lot of assumptions as to how people have the temperatures set on their freezers and heating/air conditioning systems, doesn't it? Something tells me I'd be better off using my electric blender if and when I want to make something like that.

[@petrino]

mike sitting next to someone eating chocolate: mike: youre eating poop.

[@PhoenixHealing]

It reminds me of the MST3K episode Devil Doll in which the bots serve Mike a "hearty stout ale," that never quite makes it into the cup before commercial sign ;-)

[@JacobEvans2]

Where is the cheese?

[@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1]

It kinda sorta worked until it fell to bits. It's a use once and never again product.

[@Zycyzyx]

Seeing commercials like this makes me wish for a zombie apocalypse.... of classical composers rising from the grave to avenge the horrific mangling of their work by lazy, uncreative hacks in the ad industry. Granted, this *is* certainly infernal; but probably not the way Offenbach intended.

[@danielleb7251]

OMG. That is what I think about EVERYTIME I hear a classical piece in a commercial. We need to be friends. lol

[@zathrasnotzathras2270]

I was waiting for him to flip the thing off at 9:50. Lol

[@SomeOrangeCat]

"Its coming out now, which is nice!" *Grunts* If you listen, without watching it sounds like poor Mike is having a hard time pooping.

[@redrackham6812]

I sometimes think that the problem with a lot of these devices is that they make them of the cheapest materials possible. If this thing were made of stainless steel, with a long, sturdy handle for plenty of torque, and a heavy base to hold the thing in place, it might actually work, even if it would just produce frozen-fruit pulp, not sorbet. Instead, they make it entirely out of plastic, so it breaks after about a minute.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

God, that fucking Can Can music in the commercial makes me want to tear my ears off.

[@bottomtext5872]

"Funny to create? If I'm not laughing my ass off the entire time I'm using this I need to get my money back! -Mike Jeavons 2017

[@kladdagh]

I had the same flashbacks many have had to Mr Frosty. It's so sad, because it's a concept that has seen at least three incarnations now, and not one has really worked. I feel bad, because I can understand kids wanting to make things. As a kid, I just learned to cook. My parents wanted me to know, so I handled a blade by the time I was in my teens, and I could make a decent meal or follow a recipe with good results. This is a situation where you teach the older kids to use a blender or similar device, and it will make the thing for you faster and just as safely, like removing the container from the motor before you scoop out, which you're liable to do, anyway.

[@Parasite1101]

Its funny watching Mike struggle when there are so many other videos on youtube of kids using this product without ease and doing a better job 😂

[@elucidator1277]

Knew this thing was a POS when I saw the advert. Lol

[@JunKurosu]

He just broke it.Kids can really use it

[@Zice033]

It's like if Mr. Frosty and that YoNannas thing that Techmoan reviewed had a Cronenberg-esque love child.

[@DeadMeat991]

To be fair, it does make sense for the designers to make the grinding components plastic, you wouldn't want some kid putting their hands in there and getting hurt. I remember a childhood friend of mine had one of these ice grinders with metal parts. He put his hand in and turned the crank just to see what would happen and by the time he realized what he was doing he had already ground up his arm up to the elbow. It took the combined effort of both his parents to stop him when he was halfway his other forearm.

[@wolfpack3689]

Does it do cheese ?

[@SimonMetin]

A week on...frosty fruit creations?

[@autumnmonroe2391]

OH MY GOD. THIS SHOW IS BACK. IM SO ABSOLUTELY STOKED. YESS!!!!

[@vladmirpootis2160]

the description is pretty accurate for me because things like sorbet amd ice cream make me cough for some reason

[@OliviaWonka]

I remember really wanting this as a kid. It'd always show up in between cartoon Network shows. I actually loved making things for other people and cooking in general, but my mom never bought it for me because she didn't want to clean up the mess

[@TheMonkeyThatDoesYourJobBetter]

Thank your mom. You dodged a bullet with this one.

[@ticketmachine]

Looks like quarter inch drive, might be able to attach a ratcheting spanner or something to it :P

[@DarkestVampire92]

Who the hell thought that it was a good idea to just plug this thing together with a plastic collar and not even secure the crank handle in place if you force ice through it? God damn. At least use a metal crank handle so it doesnt snap off within two seconds, or bolt it onto the twisty thing.

[@piranhacupcake5154]

If you like this type of sorbet you should try "Yonanas". It's the same basic idea of crushing frozen fruit, except it's competent at it's job and is electric so it does all the work for you! :D

[@PyroX792]

This is just a guess but I wonder if Mike was pressing down too hard on the top part putting downward force on the rotating grinder pin thingy. Maybe if he just put the fruit in and then turned the crank without pushing down it might have worked really well. Just a guess. It can't be THAT bad.

[@jimstanley_49]

He didn't let the fruit sit out "20 minutes before start". Given that the fruit was still frozen solid, he *was* pressing down with too much force. For being misused the thing was actually working pretty well until he decided the remedy was *moar power!* He could have added a bit of water help defrost and lubricate and it would have worked beautifully.

[@MikeJeavons]

Jim Stanley 3:44

[@fireriffs]

So basically it's a plastic meat grinder you put fruit in. I've got an old metal one and it looks more or less like the same thing without the plunger to push stuff through.

[@kirbynat493]

it reminds me of that Mr Frosty thing you reviewed. would've been neat if they didn't make it with the cheapest plastic possible......

[@davidlewis1787]

I had mr frosty as a kid.. similar thing , making slushes with hideous flavoured syrups, ice cubes grated in a cylindrical grater and a vertical plunger which aged 8 was literally impossible to turn..utter shite, cold hands, wet table, sticky syrupy tee shirt, crying, PTSD

[@MusicalSeizureGuy]

I've watched this show for a very long time. This episode was hilarious and showed how smart he is. Thank you and great job!

[@tikexmc4349]

By looking at the thread on the grindy bit, it would seem that you need to turn the handle the OTHER way... that would also explain why the back of it kept coming off

[@ashsi9625]

Hey, can you test out the golden coin maker? I remember seeing that ad everywhere

[@mikathefluffywolf]

"clean and navy" An old saying that basically means clean and tidy, like "Ship shape and Bristol fashion."

[@AveryMarx0]

Get an adjustable cable tie and lock the handle and centre in place going around the front.

[@pisforpearl]

this seems like a two person job

[@dommyshan]

Agreed. Maybe even a three person job. One to push the down the top plastic piece, another to hold the entire thing from sliding out of place, and another to crank the handle.

[@HidekiShinichi]

dommyshan I will be helping you with the part when we are eating everything then

[@isawadelapradera6490]

Yeah. One to throw this thing in the garbage while the other goes get some real sorbet.

[@konosekainoseigi7913]

Mike "sounds like how uncle Derreck got me to the back of his van..." Me: "YOU DID NOT JUST GO THERE" LOOL

[@johnf4202009]

In the instructions it said to thaw fruit for 20 minutes before using.

[@edbadyt]

john frith he read that bit out and said he had done that, pay attention.

[@TigerMangos]

i think the trick is to let the fruit warm up a little bit after taking it out from the freezer

[@llamasandanime]

Tiger Mangos he mentions that he did that

[@Jargas101]

Cheese, willie, put them in.

[@Vince_Steele]

Damn.... I lol'd. Mrs is giving me funny looks now... more than usual.

[@nuevoesperanza8863]

We missed you Mike!

[@ItsABassDammit]

My grampop would've attached a motor to that thing. "You wanta soma fruit? I maka soma fruit." *air compressor sounds*

[@851852093114208513]

Why do none of these companies seem to realize that cheap plastic cannot cut through ice.

[@Rpground]

I was honestly just expecting the thing to snap in half with how much pressure you were applying to it...like, wow. This thing was not designed with ork hands or strength in mind.

[@oiwithyou]

Try sticking a powerdrill in the hole and using that. Might make it actually work

[@dakdak3331]

But can it run crisis?

[@JunKurosu]

What meme is that ?

[@dakdak3331]

Jun Kurosu a good one!

[@knocknockify]

it will run 4k

[@isawadelapradera6490]

Who cares. It can run doom. That's far enough.

[@dachwuff]

I'm guessing your fruit is too frozen and it's making it bind up.

[@PTSDSquirrel]

this thing would bind up and break with frozen yogurt. mate.

[@lilyliao9521]

PTSDSquirrel yeh maye

[@RayneSaltair]

Tesco needs to be paying you for all the free advertising you do.

[@BigSkalbagge]

I enjoyed the struggle. This was fun to watch at. Won't be fun to use. Now I know. Thanks Mike

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Well.... Sorbet is mostly fruit and can contain sugar and other juices but must not have dairy in it. Sherbet mostly contains fruit juices and sugar and CAN have dairy but it is preferable not to. It can also contain real fruit but it's mostly fruit flavorings.

[@ZeroTron]

They probably wanted you to take the fruit out of the bag for the defrosting procedure, but that design is fundamentally flawed. The threads are way too shallow so when it inevitably deforms from resistance it pops straight off by simply skirting around the threads. They should've made those at least twice as deep, used a metal insert or not used threads at all to hold that piece on.

[@ok0then]

So I Googles sorbet and it turns out is really only needs fruit, fruit juice, and sugar. Not as complicated as one would think

[@uhhhmaeve]

"Taste and Fun" sounds like a store frequented by Ron Swanson.

[@kylaluv8453]

They were right about the "funny to create part" cause I was laughing my ass off while you were trying to make frozen fruit poop...

[@guyinthetrenchcoat]

Watched 3:49 roll by with the instructions saying "small pieces" only to see him put a whole strawberry in it seconds later. "Well this isn't going to work out for him at all!"

[@c.h.s9022]

Hey mike what do you do with all the stuff you review on this show after you review it?

[@YBUCI]

Big up uncle Derek.

[@jeradcopeland1361]

Thank you for the laughs. Great video

[@willkirwan]

I wonder if it would work just with fresh fruit (not frozen)? I guess we will never know.

[@frauleinmona]

Then it would defeat the purpose of the product. The idea is that the product is supposed to make sorbet. Which is frozen fruit.

[@arronshutt]

The best product in this video was Mike's awesome T-shirt. Reminded me of Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All album... :)

[@stagespectre]

you could make a plug for the handle and use a drill motor

[@BrokenSet]

Found the problem: The grinder itself is made of PLASTIC.

[@AbsoluteMiniacGena]

I had a Mr Frosty as a kid but it never worked...I think my ice cubes maybe needed defrosting a bit 😂 seriously the ice was too hard and the handle wouldn’t turn to ‘grate the ice’ and so the handle kept jumping off. Worst present from Santa, ever! Apart from a Yahtzee game a couple of years after which I had no idea how to play until this year when I downloaded the app to my mobile and eventually sussed it out.

[@nathanbrady2704]

it might work better if you glued the handle part to a drill bit and used the torque of the drill to turn the handle ... if you really want the frosty fruit experiance. ... and after all hot glue and power tools make anything more fun

[@Dreadjaws]

5:58 - Close your eyes and listen to the audio. This is how Mike poops every time, even when there's no one around to hear it.

[@YFNGamer1]

"You may need help from an adult." Like a therapist

[@Nicole-ni4kp]

This was quite amusing to watch...🤣 thanks Mike! At least the advert was somewhat right.

[@dominopicamation5836]

I saw something like this (can’t remember what is was called) that was instead electric and marketed towards adults. Somehow I think that might be better than this one.

[@craigjohnson5202]

"Hours of fun?" How about, "Eight minutes of utter frustration before you just say fuck it and slam the asinine thing into the dustbin?" 😱

[@kittymervine6115]

I do put frozen fruit in a BLENDER and make it...into mush. But I must teach the children to call it a "sorbet".

[@AWriterWandering]

I imagine this product would work if it had actual blades in it. (though of course that wouldn't make it very kid friendly)

[@ConanRider]

Maybe you should wait for the fruit to defrost a bit. Hahaha. Awesome content as usual.

[@Plotatothewondercat]

It instructs you to use frozen fruit.

[@MiniMackeroni]

0:52 Is that the same announcer woman doing a higher pitched child's voice?

[@chaffXgrenade]

getting slight flashbacks to the Mr. Frosty video...

[@Waytotheland]

Why did they make the handle removal? It’s like they made this product bad on purpose.

[@SergioYaeh]

This is just a plastic meat grinder...

[@halfingr]

You should redo this, except you should drive the crank with an impact wrench.

[@joannegray5138]

That was just an even cheaper and nastier version of the old childhood nemesis Mr Frosty. I still have the scars on my knuckles from using that bugger, swearing in frustrated pain, smashing it against the kitchen wall and using a rolling pin and plastic bag to crush the ice more effectively and speedily. Why not try training the cat to use it as a bog?