Someone once lent my a video about options trading, it was either by Lee Gettess or Don Fishback. From the cover it sounded like it would unveil some fantastic strategies that would give you guaranteed profits.
I found the video absolutely useless. It provided basic information about the mechanics of options, and little else. I fast forwarded most of it. He described some half baked strategy at the end that in reality would provide no edge whatsoever.
On a side note, I went to a 1 hour seminar with Larry Williams where the audience were all professional traders. Looking around the room, it was obvious not many impressed by the disinterested faces. He showed us some new indicators that made no sense at all, of course with a lot of well chosen examples. As this was a freebie presentation, he mentioned that the real meat and potatoes was in his "master class" or whatever over the weekend.
Afterwards, a lot of the traders were having a good laugh about it.