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FlowbeeThe Flowbee was a hair clipper that grafts to your vacuum with a licorice-like tube of black plastic and a yellow, buzzing head that was advertised on late-night TV infomercials. Rick Hunt, a San Diego carpenter, invented the Flowbee in the late 1980s after marveling at an industrial vacuum's ability to suck sawdust from his hair. Hunt originally tried selling Flowbees from his garage in 1988, but business really took off after he gave live demonstrations at a county fair and sold all that he had on hand -- nearly 100. He then took his demo to late-night TV. Since then, 2 million buyers have been enticed by the Flowbee's low-budget appeal. It was mentioned in such movies and tv shows as the "Wayne's World," "Party of Five" and "Home Improvement" and the Flowbee has inspired at least one rival, the RoboCut, which sells for about the same price, has several online vendors and promises to be "even better than the Flowbee."
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