Infomercialism: Watermelon Slicer

[@SSJFro]

I wouldn't be surprised if they slightly baked the watermelon in the infomercial in order to warm it up and make it softer and effortless to slice through.

[@Tipsy_Dragon]

Let's assume the watermelon you bought was not 'perfect'. The point still stands: What good is that thing if it requires you to buy the perfect watermelon?

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Truth. The knife he was using cut through it easily enough and the outside is the toughest part anyway.

[@Nasuth]

Worked fine when Barry Lewis used one on his kitchen gadgets video. However if he was in America he wouldn't have a problem finding a good watermelon.

[@matthewellis6516]

A ripe one is hardly perfect idiot

[@FlashMan]

Tipsy. It's not that he failed to pick the "perfect" watermelon, it's that he picked the "worst" watermelon.

[@ArmadaAsesino]

Not to mention it's still gonna leave wasted watermelon in the bottom AND still requires you to cut it in half with a knife first. Totally dud product.

[@enemyv]

The thing that bothers me the most is that you have to slice the watermelon in half with a knife anyway before using it. So what's the point of dirtying an extra slicer? Just cut it up with the knife that's already in your hand. Nobody wants watermelon slices with the rind off anyway. How are you supposed to eat it, with a knife and fork?

[@MediumRareOpinions]

EnemyViolent Gaming Exactly, adding extra tools that do the same job is just redundant. Something true of most of these chopping gadgets is that they are so specialised they can't be used in thw variety of ways a knife can, yet a knife can easily do the same job they can to a similar or higher standard. How they Manage to sell people an inferior tool to replace a cheaper and superior tool is baffling.

[@seanmatyas3938]

also on top of that your kitchen would be loaded with tons of different fruit slicers instead of just a knife.

[@user-yo2lt8ch7v]

But can it slice cheese

[@aglobippo9934]

impossible

[@thenarstar]

The REAL question is can it slice cheese and serve the slices.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I love cheese but no way I'm gonna eat a slice that big.

[@PrincessHarmonyMoonlight]

You would want to cut the cheese wouldnt you XD

[@lukemcellin8736]

It is just a fancy cheese wire so maby

[@JamiJR]

So instead of one knife you need two. A regular and the slicer. Which means more clean up. It's not that hard to cut the melon into fourths and then cut it out from there. That melon doesn't look very ripe. Too pale inside. You need to come to America, Mike, and I'll show you and Grace a proper watermelon.

[@JamiJR]

I'm not that kind of girl, Alexander. When I say I want to show them a proper watermelon I mean the actual fruit. I also want to teach Mike how to make a proper s'more and how to make hamburgers after watching a number of his videos. If I was actually able to edit videos I'd just make some specifically as replies back to his videos. "This is a proper American s'more, my dear British KZbinr."

[@JamiJR]

Hi Chole! *waves wildly* Yeah, what can I say? I get around. ;-)

[@SECONDQUEST]

Jami JoAnne Russell That's part of his charm. He is always berated about being inaccurate, everything you have thought to tell him has already been said time and time again

[@jackmcslay]

Watermelon must be different there then, because where I live they are substantially bigger and have the white thicker than this one

[@JamiJR]

There's varying kinds depending on what you get. But most are larger than what Mike has and have a darker red flesh.

[@davidwithnalll2987]

If you don't like eating watermelon, you can always use that thing in some sort of Klingon knife fight arena thing

[@TantzAerine]

"Nobody gives a thumbs up to a watermelon" You haven't been in Greece, during the heatwaves, and presented with a chilled watermelon. It's like a juicy, edible miracle. PS- the slicer of the woman in the commercial had an extra plastic handle. Probably for the same issue that was a problem for you.

[@JamiJR]

Or vodka filled watermelons. (Okay, I've never actually been to a party where they first soaked the watermelon - after slicing it - in vodka, but I have heard about it!)

[@thestraycat69]

Jami JoAnne Russell that sounds so good kinda like your mom

[@5roundsrapid263]

Jami JoAnne Russell I have. It's awesome, and gets you tipsy quite fast.

[@gutspuck721]

Hey Tantz, very valid points, I am Greek and watermelons here are dark green with light green stripes with a dark red centre that is really juicy and sweet , so it's the exact opposite of that Mike got!

[@GAshoneybear]

I'm in the southern US, and we are the same way. We love some chilled watermelon.

[@hellsingmongrel]

the wire on that slicer looks a little too big for the job, it's causing more resistence then if it had been a really really thin wire. the slice right looked to be thinner, but I've never used one to know if it's any better then that one.

[@jackmcslay]

Probably, although that possibly makes the original more fragile as well

[@lorddestrustor8828]

There's also the matter that you'd want the wire to be rather sturdy so that it doesn't crumple and bend when you squeeze the slicer to pull a slice out of the melon. That puts a limitation on how thin the wire can be.

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

Bad design is just bad design. This was an answer to a problem that didn't even exist.

[@HeadRealThin]

Also the watermelon she put down at the end wasn't even cut using that. It still had its skin on and was clearly cut with a normal knife!

[@ericbazinga]

"I'm spraying myself with juice! Usually I do that in private." -Infomercialism, 2017

[@SweetAndSourCat]

Hey Mike, big fan. There's nothing wrong with the watermelon, it's possibly just not entirely ripe (but will still be delicious, hope it got eaten!) Watermelon is notoriously difficult to cut because of it's size and how dense the fruit is packed within the skin. Which is why they come up with these daft ideas. But a good old fashioned knife does the job easy enough. Keep uploading! :)

[@Rynjinivar]

Notoriously difficult? Where? How? Since when? Every watermelon I've ever bought I've been able to cut the flesh with a butter knife and zero effort.

[@beavis6363]

Watermelons here are about like a sherbet or bread inside (it's like a very soft apple). I don't know what that thing Mike rolled around was. Watermelons are oblong with a bright red center with rows of big black seeds. As I said , the pulp is about like frozen sherbet. Get a knife slice it up done deal. I have never been served a slice of watermelon without the rind in my 54 years of life.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Note how the watermelon in the infomercial doesn't move at all when the lady's cutting it. I'll bet it's had its bottom sliced off to give it a flat surface. Knowing how commercials are, it may even have been weighted or screwed down for some shots. And yeah, even if it cuts awesome, there's no getting around how much meat it'll waste cutting square wedges out of a rounded rind.

[@dommyshan]

Yeah I noticed how the woman barely held onto the watermelon and it wasn't moving at all when she was slicing it.

[@rafaelfernandez6626]

I mean, it works for the most part. It does what it says it'll do, the problem is that it makes what it's doing SO much harder than it has to be.

[@blankadams3120]

The watermelon she places on the table at the end HAS THE RIND still on!

[@Mouzhappy]

yup that melon is not ripe

[@varanus_komodoensis3723]

Ugh, Mike, you did it wrong again. You didn't make a blood sacrifice on the full moon to the Melon gods before you used the slicer. The moon is just a giant Melon in the sky that's made of cheese. So why didn't you try the product on cheese? The moon is a melon and the moon is made of cheese. Therefore melons are made of cheese and this is just a fancy cheese slicer. The logic here is blatantly obvious; it's a mystery to me how you missed it. So tell us if it works with cheese.

[@attiasprouse682]

ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!!!

[@AverageJoe2020]

Another great solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

[@haliehope7067]

I hate watermelon, but my whole family loves it. So naturally we have tried all the watermelon stuff. That watermelon slicer makes a better boomrang than a slicer I got to say.

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Odds are it was hard to slice because the melon wasn't ripe enough, the flesh inside looked too pale. A ripe watermelon is a much darker red than that.

[@OneKidsKitchen]

You make me laugh everytime i watch your videos.

[@bigdave48875]

2:57 lol They see me rollin They hatin Trollling they tryin to catch me slicin' melon

[@xenxander]

6:00 "I'm spraying myself with juice..... I usually do that in private." Holy shit man... I honestly have not laughed at your videos in about 6 years but that line while I"m drinking, is making me chug it up my nose! Bravo on you.

[@janiswfc8341]

The watermelons in the ad look way nicer than the one you had lol

[@PkmnLegendMaster]

...This watermelon slicer is a total disaster. Just use a blasted knife. It's a lot easier to control, cuts through the flesh of a watermelon perfectly and can cut through the melon's shell without a problem. As a side note, that looks like a rather dry watermelon. Not the juicy delicious ones that are worth eating. The ones that are (admittedly very messy) but rich in liquid (giving it the _water_ melon name). A bit of salt can be really good on a super rich watermelon and tastes amazing during a hot summer. I think the best (for me anyway) was during a super hot dry day in the apex of summer.

[@Headbanger142]

The inside of that watermelon looks like a Minecraft project gone wrong.

[@bigjoeangel]

You're twisting my Mellon man.

[@MGlBlaze]

Another example of trying to re-invent the simple concept of a knife, and doing it poorly. Seriously, this doesn't even have applications for people with arthritis or other dexterity problems. The one you got did seem to have a pretty thick bar at the end which would have made things more difficult than they needed to be, but just a simple knife that was properly sharp would be better in pretty much every way.

[@motcarrion6905]

absolutely love your cutting mat! so cute!

[@8bitPikachu]

It looks like a cool sports car!

[@latieraeve]

Gotta wait for it to ripen or get a more ripen one at the store. Kinda why you see people standing around feeling melons before putting them in the cart

[@daxoze]

Watermelon is one of the easiest fruits to slice. There's nothing to core/peel/throw away, assuming you're slicing it for people to eat with their hands. What a useless product.

[@fireriffs]

Nothing to throw away? You eat the rind?

[@xenxander]

Yeah I Know.. and why isn't Mike familiar with watermelon? It's like.. the most.. common fruit.. in existence.

[@sanicle87]

@@xenxander Not so much in the UK. Cantaloupe, Galia and (somewhat less commonly) Honeydew melons are much more common here, and even then only for a relatively short part of the year compared to the majority of other, non seasonally dependent fruits.

[@Zagroseckt]

1. most frequent Mellon eaters dont go that close to the rind it's hard on the stomich. 2. was that Mellon frozen? 3. i've used something like this but it has a brace bar in-between the blades so you dont squeeze them as you cut. it works quite nice.

[@KyleRDent]

That's the most British chopping board ever and I salute you

[@kasstoon]

That melon looks anemic. You gotta tap the sides and listen for a deep hollow sound. That's how you know it's ripe and juicy. That's honestly the most difficult thing when it comes watermelon. Otherwise, just cut it with a big knife.

[@ManOutofTime913]

So, it's like somebody smashed together a cheese slicer and tongs together to make a tool that makes it more difficult to cut watermelon? Speaking of which, how does it work on cheese? You might need a wheel to show it off properly.

[@frauleinmona]

Ohh, Mike, I just love you! Yoh are so damn funny! You make me laugh all of the time. I get super excited when I get a notification for a new video of yours. I'm like, "YAY!" . Because I know my spirits will be lifted! Thank you for being around Mike! I love that British humor! Me and my Father used to watch Benny Hill all of the time when I was younger. Oh, and make sure you tell Grace that when I said that "I love you", I only meant friendly, subscriber love. 😁👍

[@frauleinmona]

*you*

[@Inspiration_Date]

I saw a strawberry slicer when I was out shopping recently. You might want to try one of those sometime.

[@SamuelBlondahl]

"Whoa, this watermelon has a strong smell" - Said only the British, ever. lol. Try it boiled.

[@nenben8759]

???

[@trogdor8764]

Even if he had used a ripe watermelon, and had someone else to hold the watermelon still so he could more properly dig in to it, this product still sucks. It's fundamentally flawed. You can't use a square tool to scoop out of a round container without leaving behind lots of waste. It'd be like trying to scoop all the sand out of a bowl with a shovel.

[@SkunkI.D.]

It's probably not true, but I tend to find the seedless watermelons have a much firmer texture, even when past ripe. Where else the traditional seeded fruit, becomes very tender, as you would expect, to the point where the center of the melon can develop an almost "slush" like texture, usually around where the fruit's meat wants to give and split with little coxing. Perhaps try one of those type, if the inclination ever arrives. It would always be interesting to see how the sliver handles seeds.

[@bucwhovian8305]

What if someone posts a picture of a watermelon on Facebook and someone give it a "like" does that count?

[@fixman88]

Am I the only one who noticed that slicer looks an awful lot like the two-bladed weapon the Predator has on his wrist that's retractable?

[@10191927]

There’s something so counter intuitive behind the whole product, what do you use to cut a watermelon? A knife, it’s so needlessly complicated. Plus look at how much it leaves behind.

[@DamonVDAmore]

An actual wire would help with the harder melon. It looked mostly ripe from the way the flesh crumbled when you tried to pick it up... but it was possibly too cold. Of course an actual wire and better handle would help. And I have no idea how they made the grabby bit get it out without it falling to bits.

[@ToonSkribblez]

I love your Peter Rabbit cutting board!

[@macmacox]

they see me mowin' edit: I live in the southeast U.S. and I don't like watermelon.. then again I like Vegemite and kimchi and many other things that people in this region don't seem to like.

[@rone1flu]

My friend the Watermelon Slicer and when he uses it, he take the flesh out, take a fork to what's left in both halves, making a juice, and put vodka in them.

[@MoulderingMortal]

That's a bad melon

[@ImpecuniousMax]

He should have punished it

[@menatix9465]

Please do Invinceable! From the shamwow guy

[@NickM...]

You have to do a special on the Hogan Ultimate Grill. You and your damn Infomercialism series has me watching them on KZbin.

[@kennethjor]

Your comments are getting more and more explicit with each video you put up :D

[@MforMovesets]

A melon slice without the shell... how should I hold it then without getting myself all dirty?

[@coralaisly]

I love it. Instead of slicing the watermelon in half, then turning it face down to slice it with a flat surface resting on the cutting board, you have to enter a gladiator battle with a frikkin' melon and leave carnage all over the kitchen.

[@cheezeofages]

Hmmm. Aside from the melon looking not fully ripe the design also looks like it would work better if you stabbed it in, pivoting in a sort of scooping motion so that the tip is pushing through and not pulling with the tip more easily being able to follow the curve, and then levered it out and repeated on the other side if needed. Then after the second go from the other side just pinch and lift. I dunno how the edges are though.

[@patrickdix772]

Yeah, the melon isn't very ripe, but that device probably wouldn't be as easy as just cutting it in half, like you need to anyway, and then flip it and cut slices with the knife you used to split it.

[@seanmatyas3938]

There is no way that thing (even if it work or the watermelon is perfect) is better than a knife. I don't understand any of these products when a knife can do it all better. Also instead of having 200 items in your kitchen...you can have 1 knife.

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

I lost it when mike gave it the finger LOL

[@HaydenX]

The problem is that your knock-off has a thicker wire (it's so much thicker I'd call it a bar or dowel before I'd call it a wire to be honest)...that's a pretty big difference when it comes to ease of cutting. Also...that watermelon is totally unripe.

[@MisterNinten]

That's the problem Mike, you didn't give your melon a thumbs up.

[@Kitnighty]

Watermelon is one of those fruits that was essentially blessed with it's own biodegradable container. You slice it up, eat the red bit, and throw the rind in the woods. All works out fine. This ain't a wildly needed product, is what I'm saying.

[@GameDesignerJDG]

I literally Thumbs upped a watermelon yesterday. Shortly after your video came out, and before I got the chance to see it. More specifically, I thumbs upped my sister for having eaten water melon earlier that day, cause I noticed the cutting board was out and used. On an unrelated note, your watermelon smells? Has it gone bad? Who doesn't love watermelon? I don't get it. I live in Canada. I love watermelon on days when it's freezing out, how can you dislike it when it's boiling out?

[@weldin]

"So I can have very small balls... OF WATERMELON."

[@DarkestVampire92]

Mike, challange time. Buy another watermelon. Slice it in half. One half gets cut with the Watermelon Slicer, the other half with a regular knife. Time it, and see who gives better results with less mess. My money´s on the knife.

[@ginger0215]

I can't remember where, but I've heard that watermelon in England is very different from watermelon in the U.S.

[@TheTsalop]

From the color it looks bit odd (though it might be camera)... Those watermelons I have eaten were redder from the inside where as the one Mike used had this salmon like color making it look unripe.

[@jodygussey6031]

plus the one being served hasn't even been cut with the "magical" slicer. it still has the rind on!

[@meowthx1985]

Hmm well I think that Melon isn't ripe or fully defrosted yet. Also that commercial on TV appears to have the plastic handle to help increase the friction and grip of the Slicer. As for the Perfect Slicer, its too bulky and I had to find something smaller for cutting cantaloupes. For that slicer you got I think it needs to be better for gripping as well using a riper melon.

[@branflakes2600]

When you live a sad and depressing life watching infomercials for FUN and you know every infomercial that goes with these videos:

[@emeryjayne]

My thumbs up on this video is for the watermelon. "I'm spraying myself with juice... I usually do that in private."

[@darjeelingst.gloriana3084]

I wonder if it would work well on brain after you sliced a head in two

[@autheli]

Yesss another Mike vid

[@bobsmith8288]

Mike you are so good at finding all this weird shit 😂

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

That thing looks like a knife you'd see in a comic from the 90's.

[@danielkaufman2776]

I wouldn't be surprised to see this in an Image comics team book Linkara would review.

[@captivatingstray]

"Need to limber up... how far can I get you in?" -Mike 2017

[@SerenitySpazQueen]

Please review Flex Tape! The infomercial is fun and id love to see your experience with it

[@oldeskul]

You should have also used a knife to slice the other half for a basis of comparison

[@Rakealia]

Well, my mom and I adore watermelon... we wouldn't thumbs up it, but we'd jump out of our chairs and help get a slice for ourselves... so yeah. xD #1.) We cut it the opposite way you cut it. #2.) Always get a watermelon with a big yellow spot on it, that means it's good usually and also knock it with your hand to see if it makes a hollow sound. #3.) My mom and I cut large slices for dessert and then eat it with grapefruit spoons, works great. lol

[@jamesfletcher5906]

Very unique channel. Keep up the good work

[@EyesOfTheInternet]

You need to re-review this with a ripe Mellon that isn't frozen.

[@arvetis]

ghost at 2:01

[@calicodan1556]

Mike Jeavons: Coke Fiend

[@Nexiusify]

I did Mike. I gave a thumbs up.

[@anthonymonarrez5866]

I bought one of these products to try and it worked very well so I'm not sure what you were doing

Didn't you hear the cracking noice while he was cutting. That is an indication that it's ripe. And he said it has a strong odeur.

[@agailparsons]

Had an offbrand one and the wire broke out of it the second time I used it. It seemed wasteful too.

[@Abyssal86]

The punch line is that a tool specifically made for slicing watermelon still requires you to use a knife. Also your melon looked fine to me. Watermelons with seeds are softer though and overripe even more so. Yours looked fresh and seedless. (I prefer fresh and seedless, good choice)

[@leejones8582]

You gonna do anymore Shameful Sequels?

[@B3tanTyronne]

What do I take from all this? `Step on` by the Happy Mondays playing in my head, that's what.

[@ishanpatel8602]

Usually watermelons don't have a strong smell also I think you should cut with the grain of the melon aka from top to bottom

[@dutchik5107]

It actually makes it less useful. Now you have to eat it with a fork out of a bowls. If you want to have no peel to like make juice. You scoop it out with a big spoon If you want to eat it of have cubes for a fruit salad. You use a knife. The lady in the commercial was sliding it wrong. You lay the cut flat side down on a cutting board.

[@theblacksmith7112]

Brilliant first line from Mike about the cocaine

[@Ektalon]

Her mouth says she's angry, but her eyebrows say she's Divine's sister.

[@gimok2k5]

The thing seems to work in theory, at least. Might be indeed just a bad melon you had there. That said, I think just quartering the Melon (or even further slicing it into eight pieces) seems easier overall.

[@Inspectornills]

lol, I like the fact that the commercial states that "you don't have to worry about messy rinds later". Really? You still have to throw it out. The Slicer can;t do anything about that.

[@antoniom7194]

Looks like a pain, maybe the melon baller is for the part you cant use the slicer on, so it does not go to waste?

[@whiterabbit75]

The funniest part of this video? On the list of related videos to the right is the Marlon Webb Vine compilation.

[@ArtemyMusha]

"So now I can have very small balls..." #MikeJOutOfContext

[@Skreezilla]

But does it work on cheese cake?

[@Mamadoyle]

Your videos actually crack me up your so funny 🙂

[@jeffreyfike3384]

Your reaction is 100% accurate in my reaction.