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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* [[Devil]] is a detourned television commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner).<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hIdVAFs3dk Video of the original commerical</ref> The original audio has been edited to to remove instances of the word "dirt" and much of the persuasive advertising language; echoes of the word "devil" have also been added.
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* [[Devil]] is a detourned 1991 television commercial for the Dirt Devil Handy (a portable vacuum cleaner).<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hIdVAFs3dk Video of the original commerical</ref> The original audio has been edited to to remove instances of the word "dirt" and much of the persuasive advertising language; echoes of the word "devil" have also been added.
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==

Latest revision as of 23:43, 28 May 2025

Devil
Running time 0:14
Appears on Old Tunes Vol. 1


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  • Voice-over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil."

Trivia[edit]

  • Devil is a detourned 1991 television commercial for the Dirt Devil Handy (a portable vacuum cleaner).[1] The original audio has been edited to to remove instances of the word "dirt" and much of the persuasive advertising language; echoes of the word "devil" have also been added.

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  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hIdVAFs3dk Video of the original commerical