CNBC: The Snuggie. The Flowbee. The Whoopee Cushion. The history of commerce is marked by small businesses that provoked skepticism in the exper...
Here's a riddle for you: What do Valentine's Day and Fox News have in common? If you're like my boyfriend and answered, "They are both phony constructs manufactured for the sole purpose of making money," you must also immediately report to Boyfriend Retraining Camp.
I hate musicals, so why did I get a two-CD set of Andrea Bocelli crooning show tunes? Does my grandmother really think I will ever be caught dead wearing a hot pink V-necked sweater?
I'm trying to become a contestant on the reality TV show Shark Tank, which gives real live inventors a chance to ask real live investors for money. The thing is, I don't have a real live invention.
What does it take to make a hit product? If past fads are any indication, it takes a little bit of everything: a dash of inspiration, the swell of a s...
I was recently on the hunt for "Dora the Explorer" Band-Aids and an at-home waxing kit at my local drugstore when something caught my attention. There...
In an amazing feat of will, some Americans are choosing not to shop at all this holiday season, resisting sales, novelty items--pillow pets!--and adve...
We've all heard of the Snuggie, but have you met its cousin, the Thuggie? Yes, that's right. The pop-culture phenomenon has taken to the streets in th...
Now that the "rapture" has come and gone without much happening, it's important to take a moment and reflect on the things we've done as a culture tha...
Chelsea Handler might as well have hosted last night's episode of "Conan" -- she dominated the whole thing, anyway. The comedienne sat down with th...
As if the Snuggie and its peers the Slanket and the Snazzy Napper weren't enough, we now have yet another wearable blanket option in "Forever Lazy." ...
We've all received novelty gifts as holiday presents, and world travelers are no exception. Surely some "person who has everything" will find a Shake ...
"Sometimes a product just hits the cultural radar -- and Snuggie blankets did just that." So says Anne Flynn, vice president of marketing for Allstar ...
"Sometimes a product just hits the cultural radar -- and Snuggie blankets did just that." So says Anne Flynn, vice president of marketing for Allst...
And you thought a blanket with sleeves was ridiculous! This real product called a Snazzy Napper is one of the silliest things we've seen marketed to i...
No one makes friends with their Census taker.
The Cleveland Cavaliers aimed to set a world record Friday night, and a Guinness World Records adjudicator was on hand to certify the city's success: ...
"As amazing as these numbers are, it's even more impressive when you realize that no one actually needs this thing," Mr. Jobs chuckled while crowing to reporters on a recent conference call.
Say hello to PajamaJeans -- a new addition to the "I didn't feel like getting dressed" family of "fashion," advertised as "the pajamas to live in, and...
CHICAGO — It's a blanket. It has sleeves. And it's becoming a stalwart on gift lists everywhere. The "as seen on TV" Snuggie and a competitor kno...
2009 was certainly the year of the Snuggie with the wearable blankets leaping into leisure time, staging a fashion show and flying off shelves as the ...
A major theme throughout No Impact Week has been consumption, and how much we buy (and waste!) that is unnecessary. Here at HuffPost Green we've been ...
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco is known for his elaborate touchdown celebrations, and he promised that today would bring another. He tweed...
Tired of ravaging Tokyo or climbing the Empire State Building in cold weather? Now there's Snuggie for Monsters, the blanket with sleeves that lets you terrorize humans while staying snuggly warm!
The truth is the future of our society lies in the apathetic hands of my generation and the one below. And quite honestly that frightens me.
