LESLEY
LESLEY MACHADO SO MUCH. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT EVERY
TUESDAY WE SHOW TUESDAY
WONDERFUL NEW INVENTIONS
ON THE AMERICAN DREAMS
SERIES. OUR NEXT GUEST S
WE CALL THE SOLUTION IS.
YOU HAVE SEEN HIM ON TV
WITH US FOR MANY YEARS
AND HE HAS GOT A
FANTASTIC RADIO SHOW FAN
WITH HIS BUDDY, YOU WILL
SEE JOHN CRIMMINS ON
THERE, ANOTHER HSN GUEST
TO HOST IT WITH HIM AND
HE HELPS US FIND NEW
PRODUCTS, ACCEPT THEIR
AND IS AN AMAZING
ADVENTURE. EVERYBODY
ADVENTURE. EVERYBODY BETTER HAVE ONE OF HIS
PRODUCTS BECAUSE LORD
KNOWS THERE'S ENOUGH KNO
HERE ON HSN.'S NAME IS
AKOS JANKURA AND HE IS
HERE WITH US TO BRING US
ANOTHER, YET ANOTHER
AMERICAN DREAM. HOW ARE
YOU PAL? YOU AND BOB, IT
IS LIKE WHEN YOU BRING
STUFF IN WE ALL STAND UP
AND LOOK BECAUSE YOU AND
GUYS KNOW THE INDUSTRY.
YOU KNOW IT WORKS. YOU
KNOW THE PROBLEM.(...)
>>GUEST: (...) THE
SOLUTION. THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND
HERE'S THE PROBLEM, TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO
PUT A SCREW IN YOUR
GLASSES, A TEENY TINY
THING. THIS INVENTOR
TODAY, NANCY TEDESCHI,
HAS INVENTED A MASSIVE
PRODUCT CALLED SNAP-IT,
WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES,
WATCH THIS, YOU PUT IT W
IN THERE AND SCREW IT IN
AND THEN SNAP IT OFF.
THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY
TO FIX YOUR GLASSES THEN
MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS,
GRACIOUS,[INAUDIBLE]
GRACIOUS,[INAUDIBLE] READING GLASSES GUY AND
LET ME TO YOU, HOW MANY
READING GLASSES, I AM
SITTING THERE IN THE
SCREW COMES OFF AND
AND[INAUDIBLE] I AM
SITTING THERE AND YOU
KNOW WHY? FIRST OF ALL
LET ME SHOW YOU, THIS IS
A PAIR OF GLASSES HERE,
RIGHT? EYE AND KEEPING
THEM UP LIKE THAT TRYING
TO GET YOU TODAY. WHICH
IS NONSENSE. YOU KNOW IS
WHY THIS IS HARD? I HAVE
TO GO TO THE TABLE AND
POINT TO THE SIZE OF THE
SCREW THAT COMES WITH SC
IT. TAKE A LOOK. THAT IS
THE SCREW THAT THE
FACTORY GLASSES GAVE ME.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHO
IS GOING TO PUT THAT
SCREW BACK IN? FIRST
ABOUT MY GLASSES ARE
BROKEN SO I CANNOT USE B
MY GLASSES.[LAUGHTER]
MY GLASSES.[LAUGHTER] FORGET ABOUT IT. NANCY
HAS COME UP WITH(...)
>>HOST: (...) COME ON
OUT HERE, NANCY WELCOME
TO OUR SHOW, PERSONALITY
IS GOOD TO SEE YOU MY
DEAR. YOU ARE A REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPER BEFORE
THIS AND YOU HAVE NO
BACKGROUND IN OPTICS OR
ANYTHING? HOW DID YOU
COME UP WITH THIS IDEA?
>>GUEST: NONE AT ALL. >
MY MOTHER BROKE HER
GLASSES ONE DAY AND YOU
KNOW SHE IS 84 YEARS OLD
GLASSES ONE DAY AND YOU KNOW SHE IS 84 YEARS OLD.
AND SHE SAID TO ME, CAN
YOU FIX THESE FOR ME? I
SAID YEAH, OKAY I WILL
FIX THEM. I TAKE THEM FI
AND I SAW THIS LITTLE
SCREWS AND I WENT, YOU
HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING
ME! YEAH, LISTEN,
>>HOST: NONE OF US ARE
85 YEARS OLD BUT I WERE
GLASSES AND YOU WEAR
GLASSES, I HAVE SEEN YOU
WEARING GLASSES, WE ALL
WEAR THEM AND YOU TOLD W
ME YOU FIVE OR SIX PAIRS
AND I HAVE AT LEAST THAT
MANY.
MANY.
MANY. >>GUEST: (...) I DO NOT
EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!
>>HOST:
>>HOST: LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT YOU GET IN THE KIT
BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT
KIT.
KIT.
KIT. >>GUEST: SO YOU GET
[COUNTING] 4 KIDS, AND
EACH KIT HAS FIVE SCREWS
IN IT AND THE
SCREWDRIVER. --KITS
SCREWDRIVER. --KITS AND I TELL YOU WHAT YOU
WANT FOUR KIDS, ONE FOR
YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT
AND YOUR CAR, YOUR
OFFICE, BECAUSE GLASSES
BREAK ALL OVER THE BREAK
PLACE. AND YOU GET A
CLEANING CLOTH. LET ME
SHOW YOU WHAT THE DEAL S
IS NOT FIRST OF ALL TAKE
A LOOK, SHE MADE THE
SCREW WAY BIGGER. YOU SC
SEE THAT? I CAN TOUCH SE
IT, FEEL IT, HANDLE IT.
YOU SEE THAT? IN MY HAND
IS THE SCREW. IT IS NICE
AND BIG SO I CAN DEAL
WITH IT. YOU CAN FEED IT
TO THE LITTLE HOLE AND
THEN YOU CAN HOLD ONTO T
IT AND SCREW IT INTO THE
HOLE AND THEN WANTS US,
ONCE IN THE WHOLE THIS O
IS SO COOL. THE BOTTOM
PART OF THE SCREW HERE,
LET ME GET YOU THAT SHOT
RIGHT HERE. SEE WHAT
HAPPENS OR? ON THE ABOUT
ON PART I WILL SNAP IT
OFF, THE SCREW SNAPS OFF
AND IT IS A FANTASTIC
SOLUTION. I DISCARD THIS
PIECE. NANCY SHOW US PIE
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
HERE.[INAUDIBLE]
HERE.[INAUDIBLE] >>GUEST: OKAY ONCE YOUR
GLASSES ARE BROKEN YOU
JUST LINE UP THE ARMS JU
AND DROP THE SCREW IN.
ONCE YOU SCREW, YOU TAKE
YOUR SCREWDRIVER THAT
COMES WITH THE KIT, AND
YOU SCREW IT DOWN. AND
THAT IS IT. THEN ONCE IT
IS SCREWED DOWN, YOU IS
TAKE THIS AND SEE THAT?
YOU JUST BREAK IT OFF.
AND YOUR GLASSES ARE
FIXED. JUST LIKE THAT.
>>GUEST: IS THAT NOT
GENIUS OR WHY?
>>HOST: --WHAT
>>HOST: --WHAT IT IS BRILLIANT AND BY
THE WAY YOU GET A
SELECTION OF DIFFERENT
SITES SCREWS IN EACH KIT
BECAUSE WE KNOW BECAUSE
DIFFERENT GLASSES CALL
FOR DIFFERENT SIZED
SCREWS. YOU HAVE NO SCRE
ISSUE FINDING THE ONE IS
YOU NEED. AND HERE IS YO
THE BEAUTY, THE HARD
PART,[LAUGHTER] DO YOU
KNOW I HAVE ACTUALLY
TRIED TO WET MY FINGER
AND[INAUDIBLE] THE
AND[INAUDIBLE] THE SCREW? HAVE YOU TRIED
THAT? THERE IS NO WAY TO
GET YOUR HAND AND TO GET
IT IN IT IS VERY
FRUSTRATING. AND WHAT IT
DOES, IT IS ONE THING
THAT MAKES US FEEL THAT
OLDER, RIGHT? YOU FEEL
LIKE I CANNOT TAKE(...)
DO IT MYSELF. YOU GET
YOUR KIDS OVER AND IT IS
LIKE THREADING A NEEDLE.
WILL YOU HELP ME READ
THIS THROUGH?
THIS THROUGH? >>GUEST: I THINK THE
NEEDLE IS ACTUALLY NEEDL
BIGGER THAN THE SCREW.
SCREW.[LAUGHTER]
SCREW.[LAUGHTER] >>HOST: EXACTLY. THIS
ALLOWS YOU TO POWER IT
YOURSELF. THIS
YOURSELF. THIS IS MOST GLASSES WILL CUT
YOU -- COST YOU
>>HOST: I HAVE ABOUT
FIVE OR SIX PAIRS OF
READING GLASSES. THEY RE
ARE ABOUT 25 OR $30 A
PIECE.(...) AND YOU PIE
KNOW WHAT NORMALLY, IF
THE SCREW COMES OUT, I T
AM SO LIKE I COULD THROW
IN THE TOWEL, GET RID OF
THEM OR SPENT ANOTHER TH
$20 ON ANOTHER PERIDOT
THIS WILL SAVE WHY? -- T
ON ANOTHER PAIR.
>>GUEST:
>>GUEST: YOU GET DESIGNER SUNGLASSES, YOU
NEVER WANT TO THROW
DESIGNER SUNGLASSES AWAY
SO THIS WILL FIX YOUR
SUNGLASSES IN NO TIME.
>>GUEST: SEE WHAT I DID
THERE? WHAT HAPPENED
HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU,
YOU LINE UP THE ARMS ARE
THERE. AND BASICALLY, TH
YOU SCREW IN THE SCREW
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU
THAT THE SCREW IS SUPER
LONG. YOU SEE HOW IT IS
SUPER LONG? PERSONAL I
CAN HOLD IT, TOUCH IT,
FEEL IT AND DEAL WITH IT
CAN HOLD IT, TOUCH IT, FEEL IT AND DEAL WITH IT.
ONE THING, YOU GET THE
SCREWDRIVER THAT COMES
WITH IT. IF YOU HAVE
READING GLASSES DO NOT
WALK, RUN, BECAUSE WALK,
YOU'LL SAVE A TON OF
MONEY. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS. YOU JUST SNAP IT
OFF. YOU SEE THAT? YOU
SNAP IT OFF AND THAT IS
WHAT YOU CALL IT THE
SNAP-IT. WHEN I SAW THIS
INVENTION I WAS LIKE MY
GOODNESS GRACIOUS. THIS
IS ME. HAVE YOU EVER IS
DONE THIS? FIRST OF ALL
I LOST A SCREW SITTING I
AT MY DESK.
>>HOST: [INAUDIBLE]
>>HOST: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUEST: [LAUGHTER] IRST
OF ALL I HAVE GOT BIG
POTATO SIZE HANDS AND
LOOK AT GUYS HAND.(...)
WHAT HAPPENED IS IT FELL
AND YOU COULD HARDLY AND
FIND A. IT IS LIKE
MICROSCOPIC. --IT THAT M
IS THE SCREW THAT CAME
FROM THESE GLASSES.
YOU MIGHT NEED TWEEZERS,
YOU KNOW? (...) OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >>HOST: THERE IS NO WAY
YOU CAN GET THE LEVERAGE
OR POSITIONING. PUT IT
IN. NOW LOOK, IF I HOLD
THIS ONE IN MY HAND, THI
THAT IS EASY. I CAN
EASILY THREADED. I CAN
EASILY PUT IT INTO A
WHOLE. --THREAD IT BUT
HOW THE HECK AM I GOING
TO PUT
TO PUT
TO PUT TO
TO PUT TO PUT THAT? SO THIS
GOES IN THE NEAT PART IS
THAT WE SCREWED THIS IN
USING THE LITTLE TOOL US
AND THEN ALL WE DO, AND
BREAK THAT OFF. SO NOW
YOU BREAK THIS LITTLE
PIECE OFF AND THROW AWAY
AND NOW IT IS ALL IN
THEIR. --THERE
THEIR. --THERE HERE'S WHAT I WOULD
VALUE, I HAVE GOT AN
UPDATE. I HAVE GOT 500
LEFT. WE DID NOT BRING A
WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE IN.
WE'LL MEET UP 500. BUT
WHEN YOU ORDER IT,
REMEMBER YOU GET
[COUNTING] FOUR OF
THESE, ONE FOR YOUR THES
GLOVE BOX, YOUR GLOVE BO
BACKPACK, THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO ANYONE. RIGHT?
AND MOST OF US DO NOT
CARRY EXTRA GLASSES
WHEREVER WE GO. WE LOVE
THE ONES WE LOVE. SO AS
I SAID JUST ABOUT 500 OR
SO REMAINING IF YOU WANT
TO GRAB THIS. IT IS LIKE
THEY, $9.98.[INAUDIBLE]
THEY, $9.98.[INAUDIBLE] >>GUEST: IT REALLY IS
THE BEST 20 BUCKS YOU
HAVE EVER SPENT. LOOK HA
OUT EASY THIS IS, YOU OU
CAN HOLD THE SCREW AND
READ IT IN THE ARMS READ
THERE AND IT COMES AT TH
THE SCREWDRIVER, DROP IT
IN THEIR AND THEN SNAP
OFF THE BOTTOM. NANCY IS
AN ATHLETE GENIUS WITH
WHAT YOU CAME UP WITH.
YOU SNAP IT OFF. BOOM.(..
BOOM.(...) [INAUDIBLE] T
IS FIXED. YOU JUST FIXED
A $20 OR $30 PAIR OF
READING GLASSES.
READING GLASSES. >>HOST: AND WHO IS THAT
TIME? LET ME TELL YOU
THIS, I GO TO THE PLACE,
THE LENS PLACE IN THE
MALL. THAT IS WHERE I GO
THE LENS PLACE IN THE MALL. THAT IS WHERE I GO.
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED,
I GOT THESE GLASSES
THERE, GET MY GLASSES
THERE AND IT IS A GOOD
PLACE BUT FIRST OF ALL P
IF YOU GO THERE WITHOUT
AN APPOINTMENT YOU WILL
BE WAITING, SITTING IN A
CHAIR AND THEN IF THEY
FIND OUT YOU JUST NEED A
SCREW REPLACE, YOU, SCRE
FIRST OF ALL, THEY MAY
CHARGE YOU AND AMY NOT
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM,
YOU GET IN THE CAR AND
DRIVE THERE AND IT TAKES
TWO HOURS OUT OF YOUR TW
DAY WHEN YOU COULD TAKE
2 SECONDS TO FIX IT
YOURSELF. THAT IS WHAT
THESE GUYS DO. THEY THES
BRING YOU PRODUCTS TO
MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE
SIMPLE. -- YOU MAY NOT
AGGRAVATE THE YOU KNOW
WHAT OUT OF ME. BROKEN
GLASSES, REALLY?(...) HE
LAST THING YOU WANT, YOU
GO TO SEE MOM AND SHE IS
LIKE HONEY CAN YOU FIX L
MY GLASSES? MOM WHAT
MAKES YOU THINK I CAN MA
SEE MICROSCOPIC DUST
ANYMORE THAN YOU CAN?
REALLY! ARE YOU KIDDING?
>>GUEST: (...) YOU GET
THE CLEANING CLOTHS TOO,
THE CLEANING CLOTH AND
FOR COMPLETE KITS. FOR C
PLEASE PUT ONE MAY BE IN
YOUR OFFICE, MY
BRIEFCASE, I HAVE ONE IN
MY BRIEFCASE BECAUSE MY
THIS IS ME. HERE'S THE
PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM IS,
I GOT TO TELL YOU, THESE
GLASSES GUY, THE SCREW
FELL IN THE CARPET. GOOD
LUCK FINDING IT ON THE
CARPET. FIRST OF ALL I
FELT LIKE A FOOL, ON MY
HANDS AND KNEES.(...)
>>HOST: (...) CAN'T >>H
FIND IT!(...) I KNOW.
>>GUEST: FIRST OF ALL I
AM TRYING TO FIND THIS.
SERIOUSLY. I THINK THERE
WERE SPECKS OF SAND ON
THE CARPET THAT ARE AS
BIG AS THIS.
>>HOST: 400 LEFT
EVERYBODY. THEY ARE EVER
GOING VERY QUICK.
>>GUEST: (...) PUT THEM
SIDE-BY-SIDE TO YOU CAN
SEE. SIDE-BY-SIDE YOU SE
CAN SEE THEM. THERE.
INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH
A SCREW THIS SIZE YOU A
GET A SCREW THIS SIZE.
HOW GENIUS IS THIS?
>>HOST: AKOS JANKURA >>
YOU GO INTO THESE THINGS
AND DRUGSTORES, RIGHT?
BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
LITTLE FEET, THE EXTRA
THING ON THEIR. ALMOST
LIKE[INAUDIBLE] --THERE
LIKE[INAUDIBLE] --THERE A SCREW. THAT IS WHAT IT
IS LIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY GIVE YOU? ONE THEY
LITTLE MICROSCOPIC SCREW
THEY GIVE YOU? ONE THEY LITTLE MICROSCOPIC SCREW.
THAT IS NOT[INAUDIBLE]
>>GUEST: I WANT TO TELL
YOU ANOTHER SECRET. YOU
GUESS WHO ELSE IS USING
THIS TO FIX GLASSES? THE
OPTOMETRIST BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT STAND USING THE
TINY LITTLE SCREWS.
>>HOST: [LAUGHTER] IT
MAKE SENSE BECAUSE TIME
IS MONEY FOR THESE GUYS
AND THEY HAVE TO SPEND A
IT EMITS A PICTURE
GLASSES VERSUS 30 SECOND
THE PICTURE GLASSES, THE
THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. TH
AND LIKE WE SAID BECAUSE
NORMALLY IF[INAUDIBLE]
NORMALLY IF[INAUDIBLE] THEY DO NOT MIND DOING T
IT FOR YOU BUT THEY WILL
MAKE YOU WAIT AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO DRIVE YOUR
CAR AND GO IN THERE. IF
YOU DID NOT BUY YOUR
GLASSES THERE THEN THEY
WILL CHARGE YOU, THEY
WILL CHARGE YOU $10 TO
FIX IT.
FIX IT.
FIX IT. >>GUEST: NANCY WHAT YOU
HAVE COME UP WITH IS
GENIUS. TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT. FIRST OF ALL THAT
IS NOT A TEENY TINY IS N
SCREW I WOULD NORMALLY
DEAL WITH. THAT IS AN
EXTRA ONE SUPER SCREW
THAT I CAN TOUCH AND THA
FEEL AND WORK. BUT LOOK
AT THAT NICE BIG HEAD ON
IT SO I CAN GET THE
SCREWDRIVER IN THERE
RIGHT AWAY. SO YOU
THREADED DOWN IN BETWEEN
THE ARM AND GLASSES, I
LOVE THIS. THIS IS
GENIUS. WATCH THIS. YOU
BREAK IT AND IT JUST
SNAPS OFF, SIMPLE AND
EASY AS THAT. YOU EASY A
DISCARD THIS AND LEAVE
THE SCREW BEHIND AND THE
YOUR FIXTURE GLASSES! (.
(...) DESIGNER GLASSES,
MY GOODNESS. -- FIXED
YOUR
YOUR
YOUR THE
YOUR THE GUY GOES MISTER AKOS
JANKURA, TAKE A LOOK AT
THESE.[INAUDIBLE] ONLY
THESE.[INAUDIBLE] ONLY BECAUSE IT HAS A MAGNET
IN THEIR.
IN THEIR.
IN THEIR. >>HOST: --THERE
>>HOST: --THERE THAT THESE ARE $250 FOR
THE LENSES, FOR THE
GLASSES, THEN ANOTHER
THREE UNDER DOLLARS OR
$400 FOR THE GLASSES. --
$300
$300
>>GUEST:
>>GUEST: THE SCREW ALWAYS COMES OUT BUT I
PROMISE YOU THIS. IT IS
LIKE DEATH AND TAXES, LI
THE SCREW WILL FALL OUT
AND FALL OUT, I WAS
DRIVING.(...) I KNOW! I
WAS DRIVING AND ALL THE
SUDDEN MY GLASSES WHEN
WHEN[BACKGROUND NOISE]
WHEN[BACKGROUND NOISE] I WAS HOLDING UP MY
GLASSES. I HAD ONE ARM,
HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT?
HAVING ONE ARM AND YOUR
GLASSES ARE LIKE THIS. G
SO I DROPPED THE SCREW
AND(...)
AND(...)
AND(...) >>HOST: I HAVE BEEN AT
WORK ON THE COMPUTER AND
I WAS LIKE WHAT CAN I I
DO? I CANNOT LEAVE! SO
I HAD THE ONE GLASS ON
THE ALL-TIME.
THE ALL-TIME. >>GUEST: [COUNTING] FOR
COMPLETE SETS. FOR THE
PRICE, FOR COMPLETE SETS,
--4 --4
--4 --4
--4 --4 MAYBE DO ONE IN THE
BATHROOM, YOU GET THE
CLEANING CLOTHS. THIS IS
AWESOME. NANCY YOU ARE A
GENIUS, A REAL TRUE
AMERICAN DREAMER.
AMERICAN DREAMER. FIERCELY. YOU TO COME UP
WITH AN IDEA LIKE THIS,
THIS,[INAUDIBLE]
THIS,[INAUDIBLE] EVERYBODY NEEDS THIS
PRODUCT. A SOLUTION IS.
>>HOST: NOW THE NEXT
PRODUCT I WANT HER TO DO
IS THE NEEDLE AND THREAD.
-- SOLUTION IS
-- SOLUTIONIST
-- SOLUTIONIST
>>HOST:
>>HOST: GET ME A NEEDLE AND THREAD! THERE'S GOT
TO BE A LONG SKINNY
THING!(...) SO SKINNY!
I BET WE COULD COME UP
WITH SOMETHING. ADDRESS
ME NUTS. I DO THE
THE[INAUDIBLE] AND HERE
WE GO. I FEEL LIKE AN WE
OLD PERSON. -- IT DRIVES
THIS IS GOING VERY
QUICKLY. I HAVE A FEW
HUNDRED REMAINING WITH
FOLKS ONLINE SO IF YOU
WANT TO GET UP AND GRAB
IT. THIS IS YOUR ONLY
AIRING I BELIEVE.
>>GUEST: IT IS.
>>GUEST: IT IS THE ONLY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>HOST: AMERICAN >>HOST
DREAMS. REMEMBER AKOS
JANKURA SAID YOU GET FOR
KITS. YOU WILL SAVE
YOURSELF MONEY OVER TIME.
--4
--4
--4 GREAT
--4 GREAT JOB NANCY AND YOU
AS ALWAYS. DREAM WORKING
WITH THIS