The item (like this one) may never have actually been ever seen on TV!
"Uncle Norman's Pet Sponge" was on CNBC a few times, usually in the early morning before the market opened, from what I saw....I think a few others reported seeing it on a couple other channels as well.....this was during the heydays of the sponngetech P&D.....
and I did see a Spongebob sponge (just one) in a Walmart once......at the "impulse buy" checkout section....
the products existed, but so did massive Co fraud (especially concerning the phony sales)......the sponges were just a widget to enable the true business, selling stock......