Original Ginsu 1 Ad
The one that started it all. Aired in 1978. Created by ginsuguy Ed Valenti. The knives are still available at www.ginsuguys.com along with the book “The Wisdom of Ginsu”that reveals the secrets behind one of the most sucessful ads in the history TV…..www.ginsuguys.com
Tags: 1 Ad, Ginsu, Knives, Original, Tv Www, Valenti, Wisdom
February 4th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Here’s a scary thought
Now the warranty’s only good for another 20 years.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Hmm… I have only 32 years to end my Guarante!!! Holy SHIT!!!! LOL
February 4th, 2010 at 8:48 am
I thought the exact same thing when I heard the announcer refer to the aluminum can as a tin can. The next time I saw the commercial they bleeped out the word “tin.”
But what if they aired this ad in England where cans are called tins?
February 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Yep…in fact, the Ginsu was originally called the Quikcut, as per Remy Stern’s excellent book “But Wait, There’s More!”.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:54 am
i love the sultry announcer: “the hand can be used like a knife
”
February 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am
CUTCO FTW!!!
lmao
February 4th, 2010 at 11:39 am
This is actually a real good set. My family bought a set from before I was born, and we use them today. Sharp, never goes dull, and still high quality.
February 4th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
wow $9.95 for a set of knifes???
i want to buy!just to check if it can slice a pineapple in mid-air!
or maybe not…
February 4th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Sorry, that “Tin Can” is aluminum! How come the Spiral Slicer was not offered with Ginsu II? Where’s the “Clever Cleaver”?
February 4th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Ginsu was mass produced in China, but it was actually invented in Ohio. They just called it “Ginsu” because they thought it would market better if it sounded foreign and Japanese. (In these days, people assumed the Japanese were pretty much good at making anything.)
February 4th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
he said in japan, the hand can be used like a knife. That right there is called labeling.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I wonder how molded and stall that food is after 31 years….hmmmm
February 4th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Cutco’s better
February 4th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
evolution is a lie,man was never ape like,,,god created man….
February 4th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
i hate that show,raymond is such a fagot,king of queens was funny
February 4th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Yeah, really…why should you get married, so you can be miserable like him? LOL…as Paul Rudd pointed out in Knocked Up, “Marriage is like an unfunny, tense version of Everybody Loves Raymond”.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
infomercials haven’t evolved very much in 40 years, have they…
February 4th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Made in China now, not then….Funny didn’t know I made up a name that was actually Chinese
February 4th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Ginsu ???”is” Chinese and is manufactured in China.
February 4th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Ginsu is not Japanese or Chinese. Its a totaly made up name. I made it up! Also, at the time Ginsu’s were being made in Ohio
February 4th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
your such a dork lol..the world gets most of its steel from china anyway….like when people say american made harley..its bullshit ..the steel is from china.the leather is from mexico.and and rubber is from malaysia…lol.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Strangest CM ever seen. Ginsu is a Chinese word not Japanese and has nothing to do with Japan. Incidentally Ginsu knives are manufactured in China (lol). Makes the company look really silly and ignorant.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
dude i think we’re soulmates
February 4th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
yeah u like that..i wish i could throw that knife at my asshole neighbor.that busts my balls ,,and tells me to get married..hes married..and fuckin miserable..dont get married man..people just want to see u stressed out like them with bills and screeming kids..fuck that bullshit..stay single
February 4th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
lol