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In the whacky world of infomercials
在电视购物节目这个怪诞的世界里
there is one man that is the most famous face in the industry.
有一个人有着行业内最为大家熟知的脸
It's OxiClean. It gets the tough stains out. Kaboom!
这个是魔净多用污渍专家。再顽固的污渍它都洗得掉。Kaboom清洁剂
This is the Turbo Scrub.
这个是电动清洁刷
The rechargeable Cordless Power Scrubber.
可充电的无线清洁刷
Then of course, there's the incredible Sticky Buddy.
当然了，还有我们这个超赞的滚筒刷
It's slippy when it's wet, and it's sticky when it's dry.
有水的时候滑滑的，没水的时候粘粘的
Hi, Anthony Sullivan here, for the Sticky Buddy.
大家好，这是安东尼·沙利文，他正在推销滚筒刷
I am a pitchman by trade.
就职业而言，我是一名推销员
Look at that. It cuts right through this soft skin tomato.
你们看，这个皮软软的西红柿也能切
I'm so excited, I'm getting out of breath.
我太激动了，我快晕过去了
A pitchman just excels at being able to sell certain products.
推销员不过是很擅长卖一些东西
Where is the OxiClean shirt?
我的魔净T恤呢
This is the magic shirt.
这个是魔法T恤
It's like putting on Superman's cape.
就像超人的帽子一样
OxiClean gets the tough stains out.
顽固污渍就交给魔净
Is there anything in my teeth?
我牙上有东西吗？
Looks good.
挺好的
I started off selling when I was 22 at a street market in England,
我22岁开始在英格兰的一个集市买东西
and one day, I turned on the television and I saw my first infomercial,
有一天，我打开电视，看到我做的第一个电视购物节目
and a lightbulb went off in my head.
一个想法出现在我脑海里
And I thought, "I need to get in front of the TV camera and get off the street"
我想着，“我得离开集市，走到电视的镜头前面去”
And put it down.
放下吧
You missed a spot.
你有个地方没擦掉
Some of the products that we've sold over the years are the Swivel Sweeper,
这些年我们卖的东西包括旋风吸尘毛刷
the Turbo Scrub, the Sticky Buddy, OxiClean, Orange Glo,
电动清洁刷，滚筒刷，魔净，Orange Glo清洁剂
this Hurricane Spin Mop, Clever Cam.
这种旋转拖把，智能摄像头
The list is endless.
太多太多了
It has quad brush technology.
这个拖把采用了四刷科技
Forwards, backwards, or side to side,
向前、向后、向旁边
and the worst part is we didn't charge the batteries.
最糟糕的是，我们不用给它充电
I think one of the most common questions I ever get asked
我想，我最经常被问到的问题
is does it really work as good as it works?
就是，真的有那么管用吗
Which I think is one of the reasons why people are attracted to "As Seen on TV";
我想，这也是人们痴迷于“就像电视上那种效果”的原因之一
'cause you're like, You gotta see this product.
因为，就像是你必须买来亲自看看？
Do you see what it does? It does everything.
看见它能用到哪儿了吗？哪儿都能用
Clean the toilet, or clean your car.
清洁马桶，清洁车
It'll clean your washing machine. It'll clean your floors.
清洁洗衣机，清洁地板
It'll clean this, clean that.
清洁这个，清洁那个
I love it when I can do a "Wow demo"
我喜欢做那种让人们眼前一亮的演示
that people sit at home and go "Oh my God. Look at that. Really works".
人们坐在家里看着电视，反应是“啊我的天啦，你看那个，真的管用耶”
It's the power of air.
这就是空气的力量
It's been a struggle.
其实我一直都是在硬撑
I haven't had the wind behind me the whole way.
我并非一直是一帆风顺的
But, um, it's been an amazing journey
但是，嗯，这也是非常棒的经历
and I continue to really, really enjoy what I do.
我仍旧非常非常喜欢我的工作
I'm never doing that again.
我再也不会做这个了
