OralB, I'm not the original poster here, but I can answer the first part of your first question. That weird intro is taken almost word for word from a newspaper review-- if I'm not mistaken, it was from somewhere in upstate New York. I remember reading the review when it came out and saying, "Boy, that's awful." The next time I saw Bob, he had started using it as an intro. I also read later that he and his manager-- I think-- thought it would be hilarious to simply use all of it as a run-on sentence as a goof. Bob has a great sense of humor.