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QVC Extreme Shopping???!!!

dollgal — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:09:02 GMT

I was just on YouTube looking at old Jayne Mansfield footage and came across a segment from QVC called something like First Friday Extreme Shopping. The item up for sale was Jayne's home The Pink Palace, which was owned by Englebert Humperdink at the time.

The price was almost $4 million and Humperdink was showing us around the home. Does anyone remember these Extreme Shopping shows on QVC? It blew me away! Crazy but so much fun!! Please share any memories you have of these shows. Thanks!

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nyc1 — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:32:23 GMT

@dollgal I've been a Q shopper since day ONE, and do not remember a segment like that at all. Glad you enjoyed watching.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:16:32 GMT

@dollgal Why didn't you post the YT link?

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millieshops — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:51:53 GMT

I've seen extreme shopping shows - no idea when and where, but I'd say not on QVC, HSN or their predecessors.

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granddi — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:26:37 GMT

Yes,for some reason I remember K Levin was selling a town .

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Suzeecat — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:41:05 GMT

I don't recall seeing anything like that on QVC, but I do remember when they tried to sell automobiles. Not sure if anyone ever bought a car from a home shopping channel.

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kristina1 — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:54:50 GMT

Oh I remember!

I believe they also sold some Peter Max artwork.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:42:31 GMT

@Suzeecat wrote:
I don't recall seeing anything like that on QVC, but I do remember when they tried to sell automobiles. Not sure if anyone ever bought a car from a home shopping channel.

@Suzeecat I remember them selling Saturn Autos and large appliances. I don't remember any extreme shopping shows.

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dollgal — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:46:03 GMT

Here is a link. If it doesn't work just go to YouTube and type in "diamonds to dust qvc".

Diamonds to Dust QVC Pink Palace & Funeral & 1967 Color Interview - YouTube

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MezzieStarr — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:04:59 GMT

Found an old article from August 1997:

QVC TAKES SHOPPING TO THE EXTREME

The clothes, housewares and other knickknacks will still be for sale on QVC, but TV's home-shopping channel is going big time.

"First Friday: Extreme Shopping" will make its debut on QVC Sept. 5, giving viewers the chance to buy a $3.95 million mansion built for Rudy Vallee, owned by Jayne Mansfield and now the property of Englebert Humperdinck.

"This is shopping as entertainment, shopping as theater," QVC executive Fred Siegel said Friday.

The show also will offer a dozen dinosaur eggs and a Volkswagen Beetle painted by pop artist Peter Max. But the Mediterranean-style house on Sunset Boulevard called the "Pink Palace" is the showpiece.

The property offered through Sotheby's International Realty features a Mansfield-era heart-shaped pool, 15 rooms and 3 1/2 landscaped acres.