All this stuff I know I wanted when I was watching the flat screen, right in one store.

I discovered where Snuggies go before they die.

There’s a store called As Seen on TV. I rounded a corner on my latest walk through Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex, Destiny USA, and there it was in all of its glory. I practically heard it calling my name.

Yes, in this busy little retail spot sat dozens of products I’ve been tempted to buy while watching my flat screen.

Mr. Clerk, may I open this box for a better look?

There was a pile of the aforementioned blankets-with-sleeves. On the wall hung several sizes of Orgreenic skillets. A batch of The Clappers awaited hand percussion. The Original Shammy stood rolled up in lots of three, ready to sop up your biggest spills.

And there was more. Way more. Gadgets and gizmos galore.

Now, laugh if you must. I will admit that was among one of my first reactions to this store of stuff that all can call the inexpensively made TV commercial daddy.

Yet this must be somebody’s million-dollar idea. In fact, I am jealous. Why, oh, why, did I not say to myself sometime before, during or after I purchased my Olde Brooklyn Lantern, “If I buck the trend and opened up a chain of old-fashioned retail stores, then people wouldn’t have to wait weeks for delivery, or fork over the dreaded and never-disclosed shipping and handling fees.”

I just know that I will love my Olde Brooklyn Lantern the first time the power goes out.

OK, my brain conversations are usually in less formal language than that, but you get the point.

Of course, shoppers also get the chance to give all products a very good once-over before pulling the mental purchase lever. With those green-coated frying pans, even the liberty to examine them personally was limited by the plastic wrap. I still don’t know if the cooking surface is marvelous magic or bad voodoo.

I know that by now, the shoppers of you out there have screamed at me that you’ve already seen this stuff in an aisle in your local drug or dollar store. Me, too. But one aisle. This is a whole store jammed with I-know-I-wanted-that possibilities.

And we have an As Seen On TV store right here in Syracuse, in time for the holiday shopping season. Now if I could remember what exactly has caught my dear wife Karen’s eye as we watched TV together …

Time to spill. Have you ever purchased a TV infomercial product? Did it live up to your anticipation?