Super Keegan 9100 -

In the documentary The Last Infomercial (2007), a former Keegan engineer (speaking under condition of anonymity) admitted that the 9100’s famous “Zero-Gravity Mode” was simply the chair tilting backward until the user’s feet were higher than their heart. “We added a spinning LED array to make it look scientific,” he said. “People want the performance of technology, not the result.”

In the golden age of infomercials (roughly 1994–2004), the promise was simple: a single, revolutionary product would melt away your earthly annoyances. The Super Keegan 9100 —a device that never existed, yet feels hauntingly familiar—represents the apotheosis of that promise. It is the machine that promised to fix everything, thereby fixing nothing at all. super keegan 9100

★★☆☆☆ (Two stars, for the excellent cup holder, which was just a cup holder—and the only part that never broke.) In the documentary The Last Infomercial (2007), a