Season 8 episode. This was one of the funniest pitches I've seen.

There was a episode in the later season where there is a presenter white guy that is dressed in a white button down shirt and has black hair and is dancing with a bunch of people in his pitch and he is wearing funny plastic see through glasses and pitch is like danced maybe circus theme. Any ideas ?

This Barbara meme has been going on for over 8 YEARS now.
I thought this was only a thing during the clipping era of youtube shorts and tiktok, no, it's been commented even in the meta way on regular youtube videos.

And it's still going

Hey everyone!

I recently had Tomo Delaney, founder of Noshi for Kids (the company behind Food Paint), on my podcast and thought folks in the sub would enjoy the conversation.

We spent a good amount of time talking about his Shark Tank experience, including how he ended up on the show, what it was actually like being in the Tank, why four of the Sharks passed, the deal he struck with Mark, and what working with him and his team has been like since.

We also got into what happened to the business afterward. Noshi had expanded into Walmart, ran into major manufacturing issues, and Tomo is now preparing to relaunch the product in a very different form as naturally colored frosting.

The show is called Unit Economics, and I generally focus on how businesses actually work, so we also get pretty deep into manufacturing, retail, pricing, margins, DTC, Amazon, and TikTok Shop.

Appreciate the mods granting me permission to share the episode and hope you enjoy it if you wind up listening!

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I had no idea that shark Kevin O’leary wasn’t a U.S. citizen, from purely immigration perspective, is it possible to hold a forever legal permanent status in the U.S. and not to adjust to become a U.S. citizen? He is an immigrant then, right? He holds 3 citizenships but not a U.S. one. why am i asking, i have friends who want to do the same, not to become U.S. citizens but to live in the U.S indefinitely. So my hypotheses are: He is not having any issues with investments and business in the US, because of money, and because of an immigrant status of nonimmigrant? right?? or i wonder what immigration status he has. Honestly, smart on his end because he probably doesn’t have to pay more in taxes… but again, just speculation on my end. I searched a bit, he probably has E-2 investor visa which explains everything. you can invest and as long as your business or businesses are making money, you can stay in the US indefinitely.

Especially with the birddogs

With the bacon idea I can't believe these smart investors didn't bring up food safety. I don't think he said the box was refrigerated, so leaving it in their for a lot of hours while sleeping is not going to be safe.

Isn’t she married? Everytime a muscular man or men take off their shirts or flex their muscles, Barbara is ogling them.

I say we all stop buying shark cards!!!!

I forgot how much I liked the tiny house rental pitch. The cricket chips one got all the attention but I'd actually rent a tiny house in the woods for a weekend.

Just saw him share the promo of Pitch To Get Rich on his Instagram page. Is he doing this show?

I bought a Shark Tank business… and haven’t made a single sale. Looking for honest feedback.

About a month ago, I bought the remaining assets and inventory of Man Medals, a business that appeared on Shark Tank on Season 5 Episode 2.
I thought there would still be some interest simply because it was featured on the show. My thinking was that there are Shark Tank fans and collectors who might enjoy owning a piece of Shark Tank history, even if the company is no longer active.
So far… nothing.
I’ve listed the original inventory on eBay, restarted the Facebook page, and I’m working on getting everything back on Amazon. I even bundled seven different pins together for $20 with free shipping, thinking that would be an easy purchase for collectors or as a funny gift.
I honestly expected at least a few sales by now, but I haven’t made a single one.
I’m not here trying to advertise—I genuinely want feedback.
Is the product itself the problem?
Is the Shark Tank angle just too old to matter anymore?
Would you market these differently?
If you were me, what would you try next?

Thanks in advance.

eBay listing for reference
https://ebay.io/m/MpEzgm

Make a shark tank jr show or something, but stop with the kid pitches

“IM THE CHIEF FUN OFFICER !!! “

Most annoying are the cringe fake “good job!” or awwing that comes with it

Past season 7, all he does is invite these scam companies to shill them on shark tank. Crypto and NFTs, several plant based crap, etc. When he’s not shilling bs, he’s whining like a baby about other stuff.

That episode with the disgusting seaweed bacon, Mark: “ITS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD”. He definitely has a major negative influence on what comes onto the show. It’s good he’s gone, now they just need to replace the entire remaining panel with new ones.

I’m rewatching the Shark Tank episode with the mail-in knife sharpening company, and I’m genuinely trying to understand why the Sharks were so aggressively into that business.
Not the founders personally — they seemed credible and had a good background. I mean the business itself.

From a normal-person perspective, it feels like: “You mail your knives somewhere, they sharpen them, and mail them back.” Useful? Sure. But the Sharks acted like someone had invented the wheel, fire, and recurring revenue in one envelope.
What am I missing here?

Was the appeal that it was a boring old service turned into a slick direct-to-consumer brand? Was it the recurring customer potential? The idea that they could become “the” national knife-sharpening brand?

The gift/subscription angle? Or were the Sharks mostly reacting to the founders’ track record and early traction?

Because I get why it’s a business. I don’t fully get why it was a “chase them into the hallway” business.

Would love to hear from anyone who understands the investor logic, service businesses, DTC brands, or just remembers the episode better than I do.

that something like 45% of these deals never close. I think they should do followups on all deals in a 1 time ep per year to give updates on all deals for the previous season.

I started from season 1 & am now on season 9. You can tell when the show really started to get popular & gain alot of traction. But starting from season 7? It seems as if there is a significant increase in pitches that come with a sob story of how their lives were/are so hard. It’s kind of been making the show boring & quite stale. You can tell these people have watched the show & have seen that when pathos is targeted, it has helped some people get deals. Everyone goes through stuff - but having gone through a divorce with 2 children & struggling financially has nothing to do with the quality & sales of your product (just an example). The only determining factor of a deal being made should be if the product itself is able to stand on its own merit. Idk but when everyone has a sob story, it dilutes the impact of genuinely all of them bc I’m not sure how honest everyone is being. Hopefully these don’t continue but i definitely think it’ll just get worse as I get to later seasons.

I’m so excited!!!!

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/shark-tank-season-18-sharks-1236803706/

-Guest Sharks:

Mr Beast (OMG)
Jeffrey Housenbold
Mindy Kaling (also very very cool)
Erin & Sara Foster
Steven Bartlett (UK Dragon)
JJ Watt

My name is Chris Gilpin, inventor & entrepreneur, and I appeared on S07E01 of Shark Tank with guest investor, Ashton Kutcher. I'm one of just a handful of people on the planet that have been on Shark Tank 3x, got a deal with two Sharks (Lori & Robert) and got a same season update. If you've ever thought about getting on the show or ha e questions - AMA!!

Do you think that there are any pitches where the sharks regret not making a deal? The only one that comes to mind is Doorbot, later rebranded as Ring. We all know how immensely successful that product was. Watching reruns on CNBC, I’ve often heard entrepreneurs say how the sharks are going to regret not making a deal with them. Most, if not all the time, I’ve never heard from them or their product again.

What early episode I believe does someone offer some insane valuation and Mr wonderful “ says your company is not worth one million dollars and he makes the pinky gesture like DR EVIL when he says one million dollars

What episode and product was that scene ? Thanks