The Ginsu (Commercial Offer, 1980)

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Here's the original commercial offer ad (or possibly with tiny changes to the ending voiceover) for Ginsu knives.
Followed by the Ginsu II and a million parodies.
Voiceover by ??
"Now how much would you pay?"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 8th 1980. [ (C) 1978 Dial Media, Inc. ]
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@RickHasADreamcast 5 лет назад

For anyone wondering, the address they show listed for returns/refunds is now a preschool. So probably don't return your knives there.

@General4nubis 5 лет назад

Ah yes, the ol' "50 Year Guarantee*" * - Or until we go out of business, whichever happens first

@Lesrevesdhiver 3 года назад

Holy crap, you were not kidding. Kind of odd.

@dtester 3 года назад

@@General4nubis True! Although in this case the Ginsu brand still exists and sells knives....probably just an address change.

@masopup 3 года назад

probably you will recieve a gun

@LCx829 2 года назад

I want my money back 😂

@claxs11 7 лет назад

The classic here's what you get, but wait there's more and here's what you get more of BUT WAIT there's even more!

@LD-Orbs 5 лет назад

It's... It's... BEAUTIFUL!

@RobMacKendrick 2 года назад

A few points of trivia: Ginsu knives were invented and manufactured in Fremont, Ohio. The "chef" in the spot is a Japanese exchange student from a local high school. The other hands are those of the actual salesmen who had the account. (They couldn't get an advertising agency to take the campaign.) Most of the now-classic county fair-style come-ons in the ad -- "Now how much would you pay?"; "But wait, there's more!" -- entered the infomercial world here. (All points courtesy of Terry O'Reilly and his CBC Radio show "Under the Influence".)

@sunonyee2524 6 месяцев назад

Made in Ohio too, damn.

@Michael-bt7bq 5 месяцев назад

and Americans will still take credit for this "invention"

@carolynej4719 Год назад

As a kid, I loved this commercial! So glad I came across it.

@jadentrez 8 лет назад

Always reminds me of the Jerry Seinfeld stand-up, where he imagines someone actually calling the 1-800 number. "I'd like to order the Ginsu knife." Stunned silence on the other end. Then: "Really? You do? Why?"

@roddmasoquie 3 года назад

i just come here for that episode... right now

@dicka435 2 года назад

@@roddmasoquie I do too, right now

@parrotboypirate7357 2 года назад

Just watched that episode

@Barracuda101 2 года назад

@@parrotboypirate7357 just watched it

@10dige 2 года назад

I just watched it

@NunoNogueiran1sK 6 лет назад

If anyone is wondering 9.95 in 1980 is ~32$ in 2017

@Trance88 3 года назад

If this offer was re-made today, it would probably be "FOR ONLY 29.95!".

@dtester 3 года назад

@@Trance88 lol probably. Note that you can still buy the modern version of this knife on Amazon for 13 bucks alone.

@TheIgnatzz 3 года назад

Which is still fantastic. It's no wonder their phone rang off the hook.

@marcoantoniorivero4898 2 года назад

@@bennysum8252 or handling...

@ARKHAMxMaverick 6 лет назад

Can't tell you how many times my Ginsu saved my life from tin can zombies and ninjas with wooden legs.

@takashishirogane1655 5 лет назад

You win the Internet for today.

@wood_croft 8 лет назад

1:29 That was 36 years ago and the guarantee still hasn't expired.

@vitoc8454 8 лет назад

+Wood Croft Some people say that it rusts or snaps within a couple of years anyway

@lvrice75 8 лет назад

Lmao!!! Good one!!!

@DN_13 Месяц назад

44 years now. Lol. Only 6 years left

@TheReverendH 2 года назад

I actually put Guarantee to the test. I still have my Ginsu from the 80s, and the little hook/tip broke. I contacted them and they replaced it for free! Came in the mail today.

@lynnboyer6643 2 года назад

I think the commercial should win an award nomination for best commercial ever.

@lambikins 8 лет назад

I miss those commercials and those innocent days.

@silviabdavis1 5 лет назад

Lorena was innocent, tsk tsk tsk

@314rft 2 года назад

The 80s were not as innocent as you think. RAMPANT cocaine usage was massive.

@GameyRaccoon Год назад

@@314rft child

@JeterSwisherFan88 12 лет назад

I remember seeing Ginsu World Class commercials being aired three billion times an hour as a little girl.

@VK-jd6rw 5 лет назад

Never *IN MY LIFE* had I thought that u can grade cheese using a potato peeler, I'm sold

@VK-jd6rw Год назад

@Jennifer Feather a 3-year old spelling mistake on a RU-vid comment of someone who's not a native English speaker rubbed you the wrong way?

@maynardsmoreland 12 лет назад

A great classic commercial that aired for years. At one point they edited out the word "tin" when describing the can, because it was actually an aluminum can.

@bigwillietheb 9 лет назад

I remember watching this commercial when i was a kid, it said good for 50 years , so if they bought in 1980 they have 16 more years to go

@IMaDEM0N 9 лет назад

I wasn't born until 1985...but I remember seeing one as a kid where some guy cut a penny in half in the commercial...my dad was like "That's a fucking federal offense...& these assholes are doing it in a commercial?!?" (my dad, at the time was an Electrical Engineer for a Alden Electronics in Westboro, MA & my mom, who's a specially trained police officer responded) "It's only a federal offense if they did it on US Soil where-in the property they are on is NOT marked 'private' or otherwise privately owned you asshole & they've been talking all about Japan all through the entire commercial. You, who's served in Active Duty in the US Armed Forces should know especially where YOUR DAD was a US Marine whom was deployed to Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Wake Island during World War 2, that Japan can't even HAVE to have standing military because of the shit they pulled the last time they did..." LOL

@ApartmentKing66 4 года назад

Wouldn't it be a big laugh if the company warrantied something for 50 years, then folded after 5 or 10?

@vincentlok8894 Год назад

I have a Ginsu knife that my parents bought in the 70s. I still use it, it can still slice tomatoes. I have much nicer knives too, but this sits in my knife block with them for sentimental reasons!

@VivianBaxter 4 года назад

I bought this when it was on TV about 30 years ago. It was our favorite knife. My husband and I used it for everything. He even took it outside for some of his stuff. I really don't know what happened to it. :) I want to buy another one and I was not sure that it even existed anymore. I found this in my Google search. I wish the links were correct.

@P1eroConte 2 года назад

Friendly reminder if you bought this knife when this commercial was aired you are still inside the guarantee.

@Xzl417 Год назад

I showed this commercial to a Japanese person in a sushi restaurant, and asked if she had ever heard of these knives. She said they didn’t look too legit.

@johnnyreb280 8 месяцев назад

Hey slick... racist much?

@FuzzyMemoriesTV 12 лет назад

@JavaJoelRadio - Well, the dates we give are always the airdates for a particular airing, not necessarily when an ad first debuted. There is a copyright date at the end of 1978, so that might be the year you were asking for.

@Gregg29407 2 года назад

I've been using my Ginsu steak knives for years. They still make them! The only problem I've had with them in the past is that the (cheap) plastic handles would sometimes snap off, leaving you with a really sharp prison shiv! lol The newest version of the knives, though, have sturdier handles that are bolted onto the knives much better. I've bought them through e-bay.

@Xzl417 Год назад

Well, that guarantee is still good until 2030, so you’ve got a few more good years left in them.

@FraYoshi Год назад

Legends say that the "much much more" is still going!

@scottc4199 9 лет назад

I still have my Ginsu from 1981 and the other stuff

@multimeter2859 8 лет назад

does it still work?

@Cypeq 7 лет назад

its a knife all it takes is sharpening...

@BloodKills 6 лет назад

Steel doesn't sharpen it hones

@bahamaroot 5 лет назад

You sharpen the steel. Honing is only the act of aligning the edge.

@JohnLeaf 4 года назад

@@bahamaroot they are serrilated dififuclt to shartp

@scarface23x3 8 лет назад

This is a classic! Brings back lots of old memories. Anyone see the the other old knife commercial "Sharp Cut, one of the most amazing knives you've ever owned" Been looking everywhere for that one but just can't find it.

@coffeecupblue 3 года назад

I was in sixth grade, home from school with chicken pox. This commercial came on and I called up and ordered them, COD, Cash on Delivery. I never told my single, struggling to pay the bills Mom, and six weeks later the doorbell rings. She was furious. Still, we got a lot of use out of these. My friend Bobby and I would joke about the "ten-in-one kitchen utensil". Yeah it does ten things - it peels potatoes, carrots, apples...It can also cut them. Ten-in-one was a stretch. We still had the steak knife set and the Ginsu for about a decade though. :-)

@chrono903 3 месяца назад

COD! I remember when that was a thing. 😂

@coffeecupblue 3 месяца назад

@@chrono903 😂

@Lesrevesdhiver 3 года назад

When I was a kid I remember thinking, "Anyone old enough to buy something off TV probably doesn't even have 50 more years to live". I then wondered if the guarantee was transferrable.

@supertruckertom 5 лет назад

This commercial would always run during Atlanta WTBS Championship Wrestling at least once. WOOOOOOOO!!!

@olepedersen8127 7 лет назад

I came here because of Seinfeld! 😂

@bobloblaw9690 5 лет назад

Came here cause of Dexter, lol.

@MegaMoto85 5 лет назад

det gjorde jeg også :)

@estew6764 4 года назад

Ole Jonny Pedersen I’m not getting the Seinfeld reference ☹️

@lenovigusto3446 4 года назад

YASSSS. IT'S THE KNIFE THAT CUTS THROUGH SHOES😂😂😂

@nischalofchrist 4 года назад

Me too

@LubedLightsaber 5 лет назад

His commercial is missing something.... BILLY MAYS HERE, ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR KNIVES BEING INCAPABLE OF PRIMARY FUNCTIONS?

@stormy4585 2 года назад

I had to search for this because my mom and dad always gasp when they see Ginsu knifes and talk about the commercials

@mikepeterson764 5 лет назад

Almost 40 years later my knives are still sharp.

@AMadLanza 4 года назад

Bro you got another 10 years!!!!

@thomasmartin8202 2 года назад

Did you ever use them?

@Kelocyde 5 лет назад

I have a Ginsu from the 80s. Obviously the tips of the serrations are dull from other peoples' misuse, but the serrations aren't rolled and with a little touch up, it's razor sharp again. I keep my knives hair-popping sharp. EDIT: So I actually contacted Ginsu to see if they would honor their warranty. Here is what I said to them: i68.tinypic.com/2u9n3uw.jpg I will update if they respond.

@georged5420 2 года назад

So I guess they didn't respond?

@casperphooey 2 года назад

@@georged5420 they Ginsu'd him

@uthermaceanruig5098 6 лет назад

I used my old Ginsu knife today in order to cut a piece of two inch diameter pvc pipe. It chewed right through it and is still sharp enough to slice a tomato.

@williamvasquez7889 3 года назад

I remember this ad like it was yesterday...

@Danny-bg9op 6 лет назад

man i love old commercials .....brings back tons memories

@MrChalupaMonkey 4 года назад

how is here because of The Modern Rogue.

@laurieannyandabyrd5402 5 лет назад

I bought my...Ginsu knife at Higbees in downtown Clevelane OH, long before THEY were on TV. It was 1974....and it is still sharp today. I HAVE cut Christmas trees anc branches and can still slice a thin cucumber. Back in the day before a product came bout they would sell them for like 5.00..huge crowds gathered around to watch.

@elwin38 4 года назад

I used to love this commercial.

@ronaldblythe7559 2 года назад

Why did you stop loving it? Because it got old? You are a monster.

@calvinstevenson2296 4 года назад

I'm here from veggietales. "You can cut a tin can, and still cut a tomato". -mr Lunt. (Something like that.)

@detoth67 7 лет назад

"It'll last forever" There will be a class action lawsuit in 2 billion years after the sun goes red dwarf and consumes the earth. Don't make offers you can't guarantee? :D

@soulreaperichig0 5 лет назад

Hmm, Maybe the Ginzu will slice through the sun and prevent it from happening. ;)

@MAGGOT_VOMIT 5 лет назад

*Ya mean Red-Giant...............Benehito Tomatsu*

@JonesDylan874 5 лет назад

And it's 4.5 BILLION.

@davidross6919 4 года назад

Mine still cuts through anything!

@GodsBurden 3 года назад

I actually still have a set of ginzu knives, they still cut.

@ogrpg6256 3 года назад

My parents still have theirs, and it still works

@dgb7984 8 месяцев назад

This one and those "Sounds of the '70s" record collection ads were my favourites.

@wendysbrian1 3 месяца назад

Great. Now I know what my mother meant when she said she wanted to cut so-and-so with a Ginsu knife.

@bunnybismuth 5 лет назад

You can even cut a tin can with it... But you wouldn't want to!

@thomaskay779 Год назад

1980 - 50 year guarantee - still good till 2030

@PauIieWalnuts 10 месяцев назад

1978?

@IshaniScards 4 месяца назад

I am here after Seinfeld- Season 3 Ep 22's Ginsu knife mention! I had to see what it was 😅

@rickybobby6579 3 года назад

damn, my Ginsu knife just broke....luckily it's only 2021 and i have a money back guarantee till 2030!!

@whoopdiddydo 5 лет назад

You'll have a beautiful garnish of browned spiral potatoes for your dinner table!

@TobaccoRoadAI 7 лет назад

Wow $9.95 !!! I guess this was in 1978? I remember those days

@michaellovely6601 4 года назад

It was. The marketing idea behind Ginsu knives was that they weren't actually Japanese; but it was the idea that they were foreign sounding which made them much more appealing.

@Mike-pj1kv 2 года назад

See through bread. Who wouldn't want that?

@CollectionTHX1138 7 лет назад

An absolute classic. but I never believed it did that. and if it did. it didn't do it for very long. a commercial I never tire of. I never changed the channel lol better than most super bowl commercials. and it's 2 minutes long "But wait there's more!" to the tune of a 50 sec Ginsu knife commercial with a minute and a half of other stuff lol I'll take them up on the 50 yr warranty

@johnsmall5051 3 года назад

You had me at spiral slicer.

@brokenwrench404 3 месяца назад

Back when we had to watch tv commercials because changing the channel meant getting up and turning a knob on the tv 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sanderlin4452 4 года назад

I need a Ginsu great escape gift set , thank you Tommy Woooo....

@richartrod 4 года назад

My grandmother had a Ginsu knife back in the 1980's. Those things were indeed razor sharp. They were serrated like a saw blade or shark's teeth. But why would you whack a block of wood with it? 😆

@MrPaevo Год назад

0:25 Schlitz beer can! The beer that made Milwaukee famous!

@INTshyt 3 года назад

how did I even get here?! damn these rabbit holes!

@CJODell12 3 года назад

The knives were produced in Rhode Island, my home state.

@thetractorlegacy7477 3 года назад

I ordered mine in 1986 paid by check and still waiting for mine in the parcel post😔

@frankrizzo4460 3 года назад

Good luck with that, I sent my sister a birthday card back in 83 she's still waiting for it🤔

@mikewilson3581 3 года назад

I think it would be more enjoyable to Karate Chop the tomato myself. And I just love the creative ways in which these old commercials sold their products. That's why we still remember them.

@nonyabiznessses102 5 лет назад

Back when things did not suck.

@addisperez8205 2 года назад

I still have a set in the box. It's missing one knife. Maybe from moving.. I was afraid to keep them when my children were growing up because I was afraid that they would find them & get hurt. They were given to me from the company I was working for. I left them in the box in a bin in a bedroom at my mom's house & I found them recently when I went to pick up some things.. I've had them since the early '1990's. I still remember watching the commercials.

@liliannoel1766 Год назад

Dude. I would buy like 7 sets. That is so cheap. I wish I lived back then.

@Rihardololz Год назад

35 dollars each set...are you sure about that?

@Gannooch 3 месяца назад

Tv land showed this commercial for their retormercials that they used to do from when they launched in 1996-2004. Back then they were a retro channel. For obvious reasons, they had to edit out the ordering instructions and the commercial just fades out when the announcer says: “Here’s how to order.” When I heard that they showed this ad, I always wondered how they went about airing the ordering instructions.

@MarkPemble 3 года назад

I bought this Ginsu knife at a thrift store today for 25cents

@shawn6454 8 лет назад

Ginsu was good... Anyone remember Roncos Mr. Microphone? Lol. Got a lot of use out of it.

@christosvoskresye 8 лет назад

+Shawn Moran We used to look forward to all the Ronco commercials for crazy stuff just before Christmas. I don't know anyone who actually bought either Ginsu knives or anything from Ronco, though.

@hplovecraftmacncheese 7 лет назад

Garden Weasel: That's a mulch and that's good for your garden.

@CollectionTHX1138 7 лет назад

Broadcast over any FM car radio in a convertible "hey good lookin we'll be back to pick you up later!" would get you arrested today lol

@Danny-bg9op 6 лет назад

ronco can talk you into buying any damn thing

@Deadbuck73 5 лет назад

Had The 🎤!

@jessetbog3515 8 месяцев назад

I was watching Seinfeld and he had a bit about buying a Ginsue knife…. Had to Google it…. I’m not disappointed.

@hplovecraftmacncheese 7 лет назад

I always wanted this

@ddawg7567 4 года назад

Anyone else here because of Modern Rogue?

@jenniferupton5136 4 года назад

Does anyone remember the cutlery infomercial where the guy yells, "you can make the colorful jolly hen!" Been looking for that for years!

@gl6996 10 месяцев назад

A classic commercial 🔪

@highwayexplorer Год назад

What was the commercial for a knife that cuts so thin your mother in law will never come back??

@RebeccaSwenor 10 лет назад

Love the Ginsu

@Percy1800sDetective 3 года назад

*BUT WAIT, THERE'S MUCH, MUCH, MORE-*

@hollywoodsaint57 2 года назад

I still have mine from the 80s and have not sharpened it since 1982...it is now 2021

@FoxerZ 2 месяца назад

Awe man. I wish I could pay 10 bucks for all this-

@Bane1998 9 месяцев назад

That’s when I learned that the ginsu knife might cut through a can but not through bones. So now I’m stuck in a trap and I’m bleeding

@swisski 6 дней назад

But wait, there’s more! Order now and we’ll throw in a set of 6 Ginsu steak knives!

@timsopinion 5 лет назад

$9.95 is actually one hell of a deal. I don't think I have a knife that can cut through a shoe... I'm gonna buy this knife and cut my shoes up!

@GameyRaccoon Год назад

Thats 40 dollars in todays money

@timsopinion Год назад

@@GameyRaccoon Money isn't real

@MADDLION247 5 лет назад

it's 2019........ 1:36 I want to call that number to see if a Ginsu representative picks up. 🤣😂😆🤣😂😆

@stevekinion4719 5 лет назад

Please let us know if they answer

@Kelocyde 5 лет назад

@@stevekinion4719 I called it, it just goes to a busy signal.

@Deadbuck73 5 лет назад

Paradox Shift I got the same

@maakhina4595 2 года назад

10 bucks??? Yes, I'll definitely order now.

@glytch5 9 лет назад

I just came across one of the original ones from this commercial. It is the mini cleaver one, it actually looks pretty sweet! Came from my step moms old box she had, sharpened it up and it is a decent knife! I have been wondering, the knife does say "stainless steel U.S.A" is this thing American made? And if it is, what steel is it? It must be something relatively hard since they do all that chopping and crap with it. Are they collectible?

@ericachrist5952 3 года назад

They weren't lying'. I've had mine for 30+ years. We'll try cutting through a can again at our next party!

@earthcomedy Год назад

i have a set of Ginsu knives...i'm really worried now. The 50 year guarantee is almost over! Only another 10 years or so! Where do I make a claim?

@mylesbennett7025 4 года назад

A book titled ‘Books for living’ by Will Schwalbe made me look this up 😂 . Only 9.95 though? I’m sure they’d sell this for 19.99 in today’s market

@peaurmph 4 года назад

The warranty just ran out

@dorothysewing9997 Год назад

I think the warrantee is just about up. It expires in 2030.

@zubbles9559 7 лет назад

Same Johnny I came here because of Seinfeld too.

@brandonhooper7748 2 года назад

$9.95 gets you a photo of a knife now.

@JohnLeaf 4 года назад

my guinsu lost the cut, there any phone to have my guarantee??

@mathuff5 5 лет назад

Mail in your check to a PO Box (you don't want to pay extra COD Cash On Delivery charges after all). Only 4-6 weeks for delivery. Moving at the speed of business!