Kives' catch phrase was used in advertising shows known as what?
Philip Kives Philip Kives (12 February 1929 – 27 April 2016) was a Canadian business executive, entrepreneur and marketing expert from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is best known for founding K-tel, which sold household gadgets including the "Miracle Brush", "Feather Touch Knife", "Veg-O-Matics", as well as many compilation record albums. Kives reputedly coined the catchphrase "As seen on TV", which was included in may of the company's advertisements. Kives utilized low-budget television commercials to sell millions of products and build an international business empire.
Pinks Pinks is a franchise series of television programs on SPEED TV based on street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in 2006 until 2010. The name of the show, and the tagline "Lose the race - lose your ride", refer to common slang of "pink slips" representing a vehicle's title document recording ownership, and the derivative street-racing phrase, "racing for pinks," meaning a race in which the winner earns the loser's car. (In California, until recently, the vehicle title was on a pink slip of paper.)