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"I've done a dozen or two dozen infomercials"

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The charm of Matthew Lesko's line is how casually it shrugs off the embarrassment most people would feel admitting theyve made their living in the neon-lit side alley of American media. "A dozen or two dozen" is deliberately imprecise, a folksy hedge that signals both abundance and a kind of low-stakes honesty: he has done so many of these things they blur together. That vagueness is the point. Lesko is selling volume as credibility, the way a street vendor might say, "Ive been here forever", not to provide a resume but to establish youre not being scammed by a newcomer.

The intent is practical and self-mythologizing at once. Lesko, the question-mark-suit pitchman of government grants and hidden benefits, has always operated in the space where information and performance overlap. Infomercials are built on the promise that the audience is one simple trick away from beating the system, and Lesko has made a brand out of translating bureaucracy into opportunity, with enough showmanship to keep the channel from being changed.

The subtext is a quiet defense of a career path that traditional taste would dismiss. Hes not claiming prestige; hes claiming effectiveness. In a culture that worships authenticity but consumes marketing all day, Leskos admission reads like a wink: you can laugh at the format, but the format works. And so, apparently, does he.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lesko, Matthew. (2026, January 16). I've done a dozen or two dozen infomercials. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-done-a-dozen-or-two-dozen-infomercials-97289/

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Lesko, Matthew. "I've done a dozen or two dozen infomercials." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-done-a-dozen-or-two-dozen-infomercials-97289/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've done a dozen or two dozen infomercials." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-done-a-dozen-or-two-dozen-infomercials-97289/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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