In my posting below on the film Carny and some personal experiences I had on the road, I mentioned that I enjoyed listening to the ginsu pitchmen at the the PNE  in Vancouver. I used the word "geniuses," but perhaps "brilliant" would be better.

Fast-talking, authoritative, funny and convincing, they moved a lot of knives.

One of the little gadgets they had in their package deal was something that could drain juice from oranges. One of the pitchmen, who had a New York accent (real or contrived, I couldn't tell you), would tell people they could fill the orange with vodka to smuggle booze into sports stadiums, then use the gizmo to suck the vodka back out. "Believe me: Ain't nobody gonna bust you for suckin' on an orange," he assured the throngs of tittering bystanders.

Sorry, no video of these guys, but after poking around on YouTube, I present -- for your nostalgic, circa-1978 pleasure -- the original ginsu knife ad!