{"id":957,"date":"2006-04-02T22:34:31","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T06:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=957"},"modified":"2009-05-02T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T20:49:53","slug":"i-love-leptoprin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/02\/i-love-leptoprin\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Leptoprin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I \u00a0was always enamored of those Leptoprin commercials&#8230; I&#8217;ve talked about them to friends&#8230; talking about the announcer&#8217;s piercing blue eyes looking right into my chubby heart. Her intensity driving me to say, &#8220;I -am- strong enough to buy such a powerful weight loss compound! I am! When is a diet pill worth $153 a bottle? Now! Dammit! Where&#8217;s my check book?&#8221; But it&#8217;s like other people didn&#8217;t stay up as late as I did or something. None of my friends believe Leptoprin Lady exists! Here&#8217;s a little proof (and a bit of a homage) that the stuff really exists.<\/p>\n<p id=\"player1\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the latest Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/p>\r\n<noscript><p>[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]<\/p><\/noscript>\r\n\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tdocument.getElementById(\"player1\").style.display = \"\";\r\n\t\r\n\tvar s1 = new SWFObject(\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/flv-embed\/flvplayer.swf\",\"player1\",\"320\",\"260\",\"7\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"wmode\",\"transparent\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"allowscriptaccess\",\"always\");\r\n\ts1.addParam(\"allowfullscreen\",\"true\");\r\n\ts1.addVariable(\"height\",\"260\");\r\n\ts1.addVariable(\"width\",\"320\"); \n\ts1.addVariable(\"file\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Leptoprin.flv\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"image\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Leptoprin.jpg\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"link\",\"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Leptoprin.flv\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"overstretch\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"showstop\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"showdownload\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"autostart\",\"true\");\n\ts1.addVariable(\"bufferlength\",\"8\");\r\n\ts1.write(\"player1\");\r\n<\/script>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission loves Leptoprin so much, they got someone to make a transcript of the whole commercial.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n(From FTC report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/adjpro\/d9318\/0023300part3cmp040616.pdf\">DOCKET NO. 9318<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A. Exhibit H &#8211; Leptoprin 120-Second Television Commercial (transcript attached as Exhibit H-1)<br \/>\nON SCREEN: $153 a bottle<\/p>\n<p>FEMALE ANNOUNCER: When is a diet pill worth $153 a bottle?<br \/>\nON SCREEN: When You Need to Lose More than 20 pounds&#8230;<br \/>\nDeveloped for the Significantly Overweight.<\/p>\n<p>FEMALE ANNOUNCER: When you&#8217;re more than 20 pounds overweight and tired of wasting money on one ordinary diet pill after another and every diet plan has failed.Now, there&#8217;s Leptoprin.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: (Scrolling on screen) Specifically developed for the significantly overweight, backed by two United States patents, two published clinical trials, and an ironclad 100 percent money back guarantee. Leptoprin is simply the most powerful, clinically proven weight control compound available&#8230; Period!<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>MALE ANNOUNCER: Specifically developed for the significantly overweight, backed by two United States patents, two published clinical trials and an ironclad 100 percent money back guarantee. Leptoprin is simply the most powerful, clinically proven weight control compound available, period.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: Before photo<br \/>\n203 lbs.<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>RHONDA WILLIAMS: I&#8217;ve gone from 203 pounds down to 153 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 50 LBS.<br \/>\nResults May Not Be Typical<br \/>\nRhonda Williams<br \/>\nTitusville, Florida<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>RHONDA WILLIAMS: I went from a size 18 down to a size 7 dress. If you had told me that I would have dropped 50 pounds, I would never have believed it. And now look at me.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: 1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>FEMALE ANNOUNCER: If you&#8217;re one of those people who constantly worry about five or six vanity pounds, Leptoprin is not for you. Leptoprin is much too expensive and much too powerful for the casual dieter. But if you&#8217;re one of the millions of Americans who are 20, 30, 50 pounds or more overweight, you need Leptoprin.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: Before photo<br \/>\n404 lbs.<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>TONY TRUPIANO: You don&#8217;t have to be fat.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 147 LBS.<br \/>\nResults May Not Be Typical<br \/>\nTony Trupiano<br \/>\nDetroit, Michigan<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>TONY TRUPIANO: Eight months ago I wore these pants at 404 pounds. I&#8217;ve lost 147. I&#8217;m actually going to frame these pants and put them on my wall. I am.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: Before photo<br \/>\n235 lbs.<br \/>\nAmy Richardson<br \/>\nSt. Louis, Missouri<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>AMY RICHARDSON: I&#8217;m currently down to 175.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 60 LBS.<br \/>\nResults May Not Be Typical<br \/>\nAmy Richardson<br \/>\nSt. Louis, Missouri<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<br \/>\n* * *<\/p>\n<p>MALE ANNOUNCER: So, when is a diet pill worth $153 a bottle? When it works, really works.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 60 LBS.<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>AMY RICHARDSON: It&#8217;s like you&#8217;re a new person.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 147 LBS.<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>TONY TRUPIANO: It&#8217;s been an amazing journey.<\/p>\n<p>ON SCREEN: LOST 50 LBS.<br \/>\n1-800-460-2990<br \/>\nwww.leptoprin.com<\/p>\n<p>RHONDA WILLIAMS: It works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I \u00a0was always enamored of those Leptoprin commercials&#8230; I&#8217;ve talked about them to friends&#8230; talking about the announcer&#8217;s piercing blue eyes looking right into my chubby heart. Her intensity driving me to say, &#8220;I -am- strong enough to buy such a powerful weight loss compound! I am! 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