Thursday, January 22, 2009

Ta-Da

This is Demon Baby's idol.

Each day, while I work, he runs in and out of my office after seeing his hero. In Demon Baby's mind, Billy Mays is almost better than a Ninja.

And every single product, according to Demon Baby is "ta-da."

"Mom . . . you gotta see this. You pour ketchup on your shirt, then you pour on this magic stuff, and ta-da, stains gone. I'm SERIOUS."

"Mom . . . you gotta see this. You pour this stuff on your floors that Billy says is great and they get shiny. Ta-da, scratches gone. I'm SERIOUS."

"Mom . . . you gotta see this. First, you get a garden, then you get this thing that digs holes in your garden. Then, ta-da, planting is easy. I'm SERIOUS."

Billy is now hawking something to make "sliders" (mini-burgers). Sure. This is just what I need. A raw meat press.

I hear Billy Mays's voice in my dreams. Only this little hoarse Demon Baby voice comes out (Demon Baby's voice has to be heard--very hoarse sounding and cute) and says "Ta-da!"

24 comments:

Cheryl Kauffman said...

My son, 4, is also a big fan of Billy. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's son worships infomercials. My son said we have to get the press that makes the sliders, and is sure this makes the best burgers on the planet. Now he wants the Snuggie, that blanket that has arms in it.

Erica Orloff said...

Cheryl:
I am laughing out loud. Demon Baby thinks I need the Snuggie. Ta-da, your arms are free!
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pita-woman said...

Hmm, my husband (age 49) thinks ifomercials are more like documentaries. Must be a man-thing, eh?
He keeps hinting at a Snuggie as well. I told him to put his robe on backwards and "ta-da", he'd have his very own Snuggie.

Jude Hardin said...

I just had to have one of these back in...gulp...1973. As seen on TV! I can remember ruining a couple of perfectly good jackets.

Erica Orloff said...

pita-woman:
LOL!!! Ok, I will try the robe trick and see if he believes me.

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Erica Orloff said...

Jude:
That frightens me.
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Heather Harper said...

Ha! That is so funny!

I got a Billy Mays product from Dirty Santa this past Christmas. Laughed my butt off.

Melanie Hooyenga said...

This reminds me of a friend who learned Spanish by listening to the Spanish station in Chicago. Everything he said came VERY ENTHUSIASTIC! I'm picturing the same with DB. :D

Sarah Laurenson said...

Throw some chickpeas, rice, carrots, something green, maybe a little balsalmic and some mustard into a food processor and make veggie sliders. ;-)

The Anti-Wife said...

I love his Mighty Putty commercial. With that and some duct tape, Demon Baby could conquer the world! Ta-Da!

Erica Orloff said...

Heather:
He is single-handedly attributed to turning Orange Glo into one of the fastest selling products in America. Astounding.
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Erica Orloff said...

melanie:
Yesterday, he came to me and said, and I quote:

"If you have bad credit, you call this number, you talk for a long while, ta-da, they fix your problem."

If only it was that simple. :-)
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Erica Orloff said...

sara:
Interesting! I've tried some tofu burgers and never quite liked 'em.

Tomorrow, I am making my kids vergetables and pasta with olive oil. They will eat it and like it. So says mom.
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Erica Orloff said...

Anti-wife:
The mere THOUGHT of Demon Baby with duct tape makes me shudder.

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Spy Scribbler said...

ROFL! Awww! That is so cute. (Btw, I think Orange Glo ROCKS.)

The "I'm SERIOUS" thing just cracked me up. And he is! LOL! I make it a rule never to laugh at kids (with, sure), but once in a great while... you just can't help it. :-)

laughingwolf said...

serious! :O lol

... said...

Bwahahahahahaha!! Yes! I covet your baby!!!

Don't let him get a hold of the Sham-Wow guy, or it'll be ALL OVER!!!

I soooooooo needed this laugh. :)

Erica Orloff said...

Spy:
I still plan to send him to your house one day with Orange Glo.
:-)
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Erica Orloff said...

Laughing Wolf:
Yup. Seriously serious.
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Erica Orloff said...

Realm:
Chick, you made me laugh! My MOM stayed with me for over two months this winter and kept telling him that if he thought Billy was awesome, wait until he saw the SHAM-WOW!
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Anonymous said...

LMAO! hahahahaha @ almost better than a ninja. I bet Billy Mays would find this hilarious. I know I would if Demon baby was quoting me.

Sarah Laurenson said...

I predict it would be too ego deflating to have Demon upstage him and he wouldn't go for it OR

He'd fall in love with Demon and want to take him on as an apprentice. The Billy Mays and Mini-Mays seriously commercials.

Erica Orloff said...

Zoe:
I thought of emailing it to Billy. :-)
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Erica Orloff said...

Sarah:
I just got a mental picture of that in my mind and burst out laughing!!!!!!