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halfshellvenus

Real LJ Idol: "The K-Tel Wordmaster"

Jan 28, 2012 14:38

The K-Tel Wordmaster
real lj idol | week 12 | 229 words
Some Assembly Required

( Beverage alert! You have been warned... )

original_fiction, my_fic, real lj idol, crack

Comments 64

muchtooarrogant January 28 2012, 22:42:39 UTC

This was hilarious, and takes what I'm certain will end up being a very unique approach to the prompt. Well done!

Dan

halfshellvenus January 28 2012, 22:47:12 UTC

So glad you enjoyed it! Hope the visual descriptions helped (and boy, did all that photoshopping take time).

I didn't expect to be creating any crack for Lj Idol, but sometimes you have to go where the prompt takes you. Whoo-hoo! \o/

muchtooarrogant January 29 2012, 01:03:01 UTC

Oh, the descriptions were great. I was just surprised at how many of them there were. A visual as well as written extravaganza. *grin*

I completely agree. Go where the muse takes you!

Dan

halfshellvenus January 29 2012, 04:18:10 UTC

I hadn't originally thought about doing pictures, but really-- the cheesy visuals were such a big part of the original commercials. Even now, I love those moments when someone in one of those infomercials pretends to be confounded by something like "making salad using a cutting board!" or "making smoothies with an ordinary blender!:

:D

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colleenish January 28 2012, 23:38:23 UTC

participles, and more!

::spews coke at monitor:: Should've heeded your warning. ;)

Hee! I loved this!

Awww, man, is K-Tel still around?

halfshellvenus January 29 2012, 02:12:13 UTC

Haha! Always trust the beverage warning!

I don't think K-Tel is still around, but they left quite a legacy, didn't they? A really recognizable one, at that. :D

similiesslip January 29 2012, 02:44:56 UTC

LOL. Sounds like a dictionary:)

halfshellvenus January 29 2012, 04:15:23 UTC

:D That's the "Only on TV!" way-- overselling the heck out of something that already has a perfectly reasonable solution. :D

If only those pesky, "ordinary" words were what kept most people from being bestselling authors. ;)

locknkey January 29 2012, 03:26:17 UTC

Loved this - very clever. :)

halfshellvenus January 29 2012, 04:15:35 UTC

Thank you, bb!

tsuki_no_bara January 29 2012, 05:56:53 UTC

this is fabulous! so late-night-mail-order-ad! "Offer prohibited in some areas, including Arkansas and Tennessee" cracked me right up, too.

halfshellvenus January 29 2012, 07:25:04 UTC

Thank you-- glad you saw this one!

It seems like offers are always prohibited somewhere, at least these days anyway (I love the rapid-speed muttering of disclaimers at the ends of commercials).

And conjugating in general seems like the kind of thing that might be banned in some areas, whether you mean the traditional form of the word or its other uses. ;)