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ShamWow Vince, a true inspiration story

January 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment

While I may have recently sort of made it a point with tongue-in-cheek to proclaim Vince of ShamWow fame my personal hero, this time I might actually mean it. As it turns out, Vince Offer is not only an infomercial master, but a victim and subsequent comeback story of the abuses of the Church of Scientology. (Like me! No? Not really, no.) It should be noted that all the information I’m typing here is a virtual copy-paste from this magnificently crafted blog. But seeing as how you’re too lazy to click on a hyperlink I’ll give you the rundown: In the late 90s, Vince Offer was a recently converted and devoted member of CoS when he decided to try his hand at film making and began crafting the god-awful “Underground Comedy Movie.” … Read entire article »

Filed under: Links, Scientology Sucks

HEY THIS IS VINCE with my favorite infomercial EVER

January 8th, 2009 | 7 Comments

We’ve all seen the ubiquitously weird and creepy looking Vince from those Shamwow commercials, which are definitely some sort of meta-self-aware-unintentionally-funny. But it’s offical, Vince is now my absolute hero with this new infomercial for the BRAND NEW PRODUCT: The Slap Chop (not an actually brand new product). It’s utterly brilliant, hilarious, I’ve watched it ten times already. Don’t have boring tuna! Don’t have a boring life! Fetuccini, Linguini, Martini, Bikini!! Good god, the sparkles on the fruit had me in tears. Here’s the longer version, it’s still totally hilarious but didn’t make me guffaw and chortle quite like the 2 minute version. Billy Mays, you’ve been put on notice; Vince already has a strong following on the internet, and it’s only getting larger. Beware. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Consumerism, Entertainment