Whatever Happened To The ShamWow Guy?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • The ShamWow Guy was once everyone's favorite smooth-talking towel salesman, but it's been a number of years since his infomercials blew up the Internet. What has Vince Offer been up to ever since his fame dried up?
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  • @andreww1212
    @andreww1212 Год назад +213

    His commercials remind me of simpler and better times. They give me a surge of nostalgia.

    • @mypronouniswtf5559
      @mypronouniswtf5559 Год назад

      I guess simpler times from today but even then I wished it was the 1970's or 1980's..Even though not perfect like the 50's like my Dad was a teen in,but nonetheless today sucks dystopian,dictators on the left are ruining our World!

    • @redbarchetta8782
      @redbarchetta8782 Год назад

      Short term memory?

    • @dethray1000
      @dethray1000 Год назад +2

      cal worthington and his dog spot...

    • @subsamadhi
      @subsamadhi 10 месяцев назад

      Getting a life would help

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 10 месяцев назад

      Low standard for culture huh? I get it...

  • @firstname__lastname
    @firstname__lastname Год назад +351

    I've always thought this dude was just a pitch guy, but when I found out he created the shamwow.. that takes guts and ingenuity

    • @deansmith6593
      @deansmith6593 Год назад

      Did you not watch the clip? He did not create the shamwow. Are you really that over eager to kiss someone's butt?

    • @SouthernSteeler
      @SouthernSteeler Год назад +21

      he didn't, nor did he ever own the company

    • @Freddy_Confetti
      @Freddy_Confetti Год назад +16

      @@SouthernSteelerya what is this person talking about? This is probably the shamwow guy himself commenting

    • @JohnnyUtah-71
      @JohnnyUtah-71 Год назад +2

      I rec'd a Shamwow as a gift. It sucked. It actually repelled water when dry.

    • @gkail6980
      @gkail6980 Год назад +19

      he didn't create shit, he's repackaged a cheap product, that was a rip-off of another product, branded it as Shamwow and sold it at inflated margins. He did create Shamwow brand, but since it was never been a brand in a significant way, talking about formative powers here is akin talking about creating a turd every morning on the toilet. The guy is awesome show, and probably good businesman, I'll give him that

  • @jcman240
    @jcman240 Год назад +76

    He looks like he's always got some blow in his pocket

    • @seanpaul9859
      @seanpaul9859 Год назад +5

      Because he does. The quality’s still a amazing

    • @RobertHillman-lh9sj
      @RobertHillman-lh9sj Год назад +4

      Yeah and he also looks like he's on that blow too.

    • @mac11daddy6
      @mac11daddy6 2 месяца назад +2

      Billy Mays did coke

  • @Katie_Jo_21
    @Katie_Jo_21 Год назад +70

    I got septic sick in highschool to the point that I homeschooled for auto immune issues and it took a couple extra years to finish.
    Whilst doing that I became an infomercial specialist and memorization girl during my nightly homework.
    Seriously. I knew every variation of his and Cindy’s pitches. Glowy dewy, wait they’re more!!! Sham Wow Sham WHAT!!!
    I ended up in College taking, you guessed it, … digital production and editing.
    😂
    Vince is a legend. 👍🏻
    Thanks for keeping the couch kids company.

    • @uberedblackwolf4438
      @uberedblackwolf4438 Год назад +2

      I loved his infomercials
      and i do like editing...maybe he did have an impact
      id probably still buy whatever he sold next to...so damn...that smooth talking salesman

    • @Katie_Jo_21
      @Katie_Jo_21 Год назад +1

      @@uberedblackwolf4438 hahahaha I know right? I can clean my toilet just fine with 0.99 cent bleach. But he could sell me a spray for $11.99 and I would be convinced that I needed it 😂

    • @mor9n243
      @mor9n243 Год назад +1

      Im attorney Bob Goldwater have you been injured call my lawfirm NOW 😅
      Miss those ads too

  • @mikeglading9532
    @mikeglading9532 Год назад +62

    He also created the "Bitch Slap Chop", which landed him in jail. 😂

    • @CEOkiller
      @CEOkiller Год назад +12

      He got Sham Wowed in jail…

    • @jeffbrubaker5228
      @jeffbrubaker5228 Год назад

      @@CEOkiller He was right. They do love his nuts!

  • @KimberlyLetsGo
    @KimberlyLetsGo Год назад +56

    You have to hand it to him that he's got tenacity.

  • @mikeg3439
    @mikeg3439 Год назад +100

    I knew him in the mid 90s when I worked in Hollywood. He hung around artists like a remora fish, was totally crude and vulgar and a jerk, and seemed to pride himself on being repulsive. His attorney sent me a notification that I was going to be sued over something, I let him know he (very obviously) had completely the wrong person (I had zero idea what he was even talking about is my dim recollection of it) and his response was a personal written letter saying "oh my bad" basically. It was beyond weird. I never called him friend and avoided him. That I even made it onto his radar made me feel vaguely dirty.

    • @indiosveritas
      @indiosveritas Год назад +8

      Good for you , Mr. Morality.

    • @TheYarcob
      @TheYarcob Год назад +35

      @@indiosveritas It's a story weirdo, not a treatise on morality.

    • @indiosveritas
      @indiosveritas Год назад +5

      @@TheYarcob
      But you are the one being sanctimonious and not shy with the ad hominum attacks, aren't you .
      Think before you text .

    • @marckcf9600
      @marckcf9600 Год назад +4

      Everyone make mistakes bro, is like if you get hit by another car and you just ask the police to ban the drive for ever and call that an "intentionally" murder attempt

    • @mikeg3439
      @mikeg3439 Год назад +14

      @@marckcf9600my point was more an opinion I formed of him over time. I was around him for a while, I want to say 18 months, because he was hanging around friends of mine, but I refused to hang out with him if I didn't have to. During that time, I got to know him, even though I didn't want to. It wasn't about one mistake. That was just an odd anecdote of the only time I ever really interacted with him.

  • @trinomial-nomenclature
    @trinomial-nomenclature Год назад +28

    It looks like he had a stroke or something, the right side of his face seems paralyzed. Noticable in his right eye and the right side of his mouth.

    • @bigdaddy7119
      @bigdaddy7119 Год назад

      Could be nerve damage from birth or something. That’s what happened to Sylvester Stallone, the doctor that delivered him messed up with the forceps on his head resulting in nerve damage which is why his eye and mouth droop on one side of his face, and why he talks the way he does

    • @K9River
      @K9River Год назад +7

      Yeah. It's weird that the elephant in the room wasn't addressed.

    • @amethystdeceiver6874
      @amethystdeceiver6874 Год назад +8

      Yes, he had a stroke. The headset is there to partially obscure the fact.

    • @trinomial-nomenclature
      @trinomial-nomenclature Год назад +1

      @@amethystdeceiver6874 Oh, I never thought about that 🤔. Thanks for the info.

    • @jewel65
      @jewel65 Год назад +1

      I thought the same thing!

  • @moonchildluvsbobcrane
    @moonchildluvsbobcrane Год назад +27

    Every time I think of him it reminds me of the time my daughter yelled you're gonna love my nuts at Wal-Mart.

  • @jessiehughes9432
    @jessiehughes9432 Год назад +31

    Ah those 12 hour drinking binges do it every time!

    • @codafett
      @codafett Год назад +3

      They always bring you down

    • @jessiehughes9432
      @jessiehughes9432 Год назад +1

      @@codafett "Just like Rainy days n Mondays" 😄

    • @JerryDaPlatypus
      @JerryDaPlatypus 11 месяцев назад +1

      As a heavy drinker, not even I would last through such a binge. So yeah, I gotta say, good on him for cleaning up his act

  • @keithe.bilitsky833
    @keithe.bilitsky833 Год назад +54

    If hes making a living, eating, and has a few things, hes doing ok

  • @DH-.
    @DH-. Год назад +4

    I was a little kid when i saw the commercial for sham wow. i didn't know needed one but I wanted one

  • @LoLoLifeinFlorida
    @LoLoLifeinFlorida Год назад +12

    My daughter use to run around the house performing shamwow Comercials for us 😂 she was really cute doing that!!

  • @PS-hv7on
    @PS-hv7on Год назад +5

    The Dollar Store Willem Dafoe.

  • @williamwarner3982
    @williamwarner3982 Год назад +16

    Love the self deficating humor. "I have been nastier situations than this." [Hands in yuck liquid]

  • @Grandizer8989
    @Grandizer8989 Год назад +6

    I saw him do his Shamwow pitch at a 2-3 day boat show in Rhode Island before he got famous on TV. I was impressed with his stamina and enthusiasm since he was on his feet talking while doing his demo all weekend.

  • @BIZKITJODE
    @BIZKITJODE Год назад +14

    If they do a Popeye remake, he's your guy...😉

  • @michellecrocker2485
    @michellecrocker2485 Год назад +8

    I’m surprised SNL hasn’t parodied this guy yet

    • @infinitejest441
      @infinitejest441 Год назад +4

      He parodied them.

    • @SKINLE55GRAVY
      @SKINLE55GRAVY Год назад +2

      They kind of did in that show “the whitest kids you know”

  • @mor9n243
    @mor9n243 Год назад +8

    I miss the days of Shamwow and Attorney Bob Goldwater late night tv ads 😂

  • @tiffanymints215
    @tiffanymints215 Год назад +9

    I miss the slap chop my grandma had when I was growing up 😔

  • @Austin8thGenTexan
    @Austin8thGenTexan Год назад +9

    He always reminded me of the comedian Jerry Lewis. 🤪

  • @jordanhill5238
    @jordanhill5238 Год назад +11

    I hope he bounces back and wish him well

  • @krogdog
    @krogdog Год назад +3

    He looks like Stripe from Gremlins

  • @stuka97
    @stuka97 Год назад +13

    Hès worked hard apparently for his own success can't fault the guy for that.

  • @gmintraining4597
    @gmintraining4597 Год назад +4

    Vince was the best salesman to ever exist!

    • @chi7818
      @chi7818 11 месяцев назад +2

      Billy mays is here with a special TV offer.

  • @gilbertcanul9537
    @gilbertcanul9537 Год назад +11

    I wish him luck.🤞

  • @ricj7517
    @ricj7517 Год назад +2

    And here I always thought he got his tongue caught in a slap chop 😅

  • @afoolandhismoneychannel
    @afoolandhismoneychannel Год назад +2

    Don't have a boring salad, don't have a boring life!

  • @drbobsnightmare2521
    @drbobsnightmare2521 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Sham Wow guy is back on tour.

  • @the1only467
    @the1only467 Год назад +2

    The most wholesome comment section ever. Keep it up everyone.

  • @spursnation4737
    @spursnation4737 8 месяцев назад

    His commercials remind me of simpler times when cable tv was around. I love the streaming options now but there’s something nostalgic about running to the bathroom during a commercial break so you wouldn’t miss a second of your favorite show

  • @dabidibup
    @dabidibup Год назад +4

    Sham-Wow only started in 2007???
    Also apparently he has a website that acts like Shark Tank (pitch ideas, get distribution deal)

  • @thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504
    @thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504 Год назад +1

    I remember only him Advertising the ShamWow and Slap Chop Commercial and heard of him going to Jail but that's all I heard of him I don't watch TV much anymore now! I kinda slowed down since I moved out and I haven't seen him in any Infomercials since then!

  • @mattmojo105
    @mattmojo105 Год назад +2

    I actually never saw his mugshot so this is interesting. Maybe I did but I forgot I don't know. But interesting to see what is life also had install for him even before informorcials. I like how I made a joke though about him being prison with his sticky commercial when I first saw it. I thought it was hilarious! He just brushed it off like it was no big deal and I'm glad getting his life a bit more together.

  • @tobiojo6469
    @tobiojo6469 Год назад +2

    I remember these commercials

  • @MrCHAIRMANOFTHEBORED
    @MrCHAIRMANOFTHEBORED Год назад +2

    The makers of this video,forget his most successful product, the shampon!!!!! Shout out to Bob and Tom!!!!!

  • @CinemaDemocratica
    @CinemaDemocratica Год назад +1

    I thought this guy was a completely imagined creation of the Aqua Teen guys.

  • @OperationNonsense
    @OperationNonsense Год назад +2

    Rumor has it he is now a card room dealer in Las Vegas. Some had alleged to have spotted him working at aria poker room. Go see for urself, you might be lucky enough to spot him.

  • @EmeraldView
    @EmeraldView 11 месяцев назад +2

    Our legal system is trash.

  • @E.M.A
    @E.M.A 10 месяцев назад +4

    I remember watching a college humor video making fun of this guy... i honestly didnt know the hooker thing was real good lord i cracked up laughing

  • @healinghands884
    @healinghands884 Год назад +4

    Steve Porter does a great remix of this guy...

  • @GeneralsAlert
    @GeneralsAlert Год назад +5

    It's a shame he and Billy Mays never did a proper crossover together
    Unless I'm wrong of course

    • @FatherHeathen
      @FatherHeathen 11 месяцев назад +1

      They've done coke together at a party, but that's about it.

    • @JohnSmith-dm1wo
      @JohnSmith-dm1wo 10 месяцев назад

      Throw in the black guy from Mr microphone and it’s gold

  • @sheend
    @sheend Год назад +5

    Quicky was the best commercial!!!

  • @SideShowOnTheGo
    @SideShowOnTheGo Год назад +2

    Hard drinking makes for some funny stories.
    But, Other people have to tell them.
    Because you can’t remember.

  • @indiosveritas
    @indiosveritas Год назад +8

    Crazy guy , but a good guy.
    Wonder if he's developed some facial paralysis 😢.
    Wish him best of luck.

  • @brianoconnor9105
    @brianoconnor9105 Год назад +1

    I found out what happened to him because of the CollegeHumor video lol.

  • @Nothing-zw3yd
    @Nothing-zw3yd 11 месяцев назад +1

    My company had a booth a few booths down from one of his salesmen back in the day at a state fair. His girlfriend had a booth directly next to mine, I can't remember what she was sellilng. We chatted all day, hit it off pretty well, and while Shamwow Jr was peddling his wares, I was making out with her in the family bathroom. I have no regrets!

  • @lisahoshowsky4251
    @lisahoshowsky4251 Год назад +1

    Omg, the schticky😂
    I was watching another RUclipsr who bought a lint roller like that as like a new thing from tik tok and I was like those have been around for forever but I wouldn’t quite place my finger on what I knew them from. This!! It’s this!!😂

  • @wxman2003
    @wxman2003 Год назад +1

    That freaky right eye.

  • @govholocaustal4432
    @govholocaustal4432 Год назад +4

    I admire him for poking fun of himself in the newer infomercials for his past mistakes

  • @davidjsaul
    @davidjsaul Год назад +1

    He has some kind of podcast starting soon.

  • @SteveBrownRocks2023
    @SteveBrownRocks2023 Год назад

    Legend has it that he kept a sham wow in his pocket & it dried him completely up. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @armageddonready4071
    @armageddonready4071 Год назад +2

    So he grew up and had life experiences? He sounds like a motivated human

  • @didickcheeseburger
    @didickcheeseburger Год назад +2

    he looks like moe from the simpsons

  • @DSplatter
    @DSplatter Год назад

    I don’t even have to watch this nor see the thumbnail to have assumed that this guy got into some kind of trouble at some point lmfao.

  • @csnide6702
    @csnide6702 Год назад

    Vince looks like someone gave him the Slap Chop..... 🤣😂😅

  • @ejhickey
    @ejhickey Год назад +1

    I hope he makes it and is big again

  • @619R3D
    @619R3D Год назад +2

    Looks like he's been smoking some sham wow!!!!😅

  • @nunyabusiness3832
    @nunyabusiness3832 Год назад

    Cable television is nearly dead, I don't see him making a comeback to his primo days.

  • @donwilcox728
    @donwilcox728 2 месяца назад

    On a hot, humid day, a shamwow in your underwear is a godsend.

  • @connorstandingready6312
    @connorstandingready6312 5 месяцев назад

    You following me, camera guy?

  • @BloomingHeathers
    @BloomingHeathers Месяц назад

    There's no way dude's real name is Offer

  • @Capt-Intrepid
    @Capt-Intrepid Год назад +1

    Moral of the story: Alcohol stinks. Use pot instead.

  • @nicks.12
    @nicks.12 Год назад +1

    I hope his nuts are doing OK.

  • @Saltinator
    @Saltinator Год назад

    The best chamois will always be made of deer skin

  • @donniebradshaw4802
    @donniebradshaw4802 Год назад +2

    Sounds like he needs to take to social media.

  • @sagetechnology4913
    @sagetechnology4913 9 месяцев назад

    The first time I heard about the hooker incident was from the "Shamwow Guy in Jail" parody by collegehumor, I didn't think that was a real incident.

  • @larrymondello8475
    @larrymondello8475 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @jasonsharpbucks
    @jasonsharpbucks Год назад +1

    why would that simple commercial cost $20k to produce? maybe thats including their ad budget

  • @RajHK8
    @RajHK8 Год назад

    He turned into the ShamOW! guy

  • @Fearl3ss234
    @Fearl3ss234 7 месяцев назад

    Anyone else get reminder of Moe from the simpsons??😂

  • @purplemicrodot58
    @purplemicrodot58 Год назад +3

    Yeah, but what's up with his face? Did he develop Bell's Palsy or something?

  • @MrD3000
    @MrD3000 7 месяцев назад

    He just went on the PGL podcast a few weeks ago. Interesting and wild life story.

  • @BigMoney23223
    @BigMoney23223 Год назад +1

    His last name is “offer”
    Lmao

  • @shigshug8581
    @shigshug8581 Год назад +1

    Tortellini, Linguini, Zucchini, Bikini

  • @morgancatherwood5665
    @morgancatherwood5665 Год назад

    Did Bill Hader ever do a skit as this guy on SNL? If not, missed opportunity

  • @wheelmanstan
    @wheelmanstan 9 месяцев назад

    it's crazy but just put yourself in his shoes, super famous for a rag commercial and everywhere you go they want you to be that guy and repeat the lines..it's tough

  • @adjaxon7412
    @adjaxon7412 9 месяцев назад

    I think this dude finally lost his shit after all then late night commercials

  • @braddorcas9363
    @braddorcas9363 Год назад +1

    Who would have thought that the guy who thought putting "you're going to love my nuts" into a tv broadcasted infomercial was a weird dude?

  • @jedahn
    @jedahn 9 месяцев назад

    I heard about this dude through the movie. They would sell it on late-night TV. We listened to the same sort of music so took a chance. The movie is absolutely terrible but charming in it's own way.
    I was so confused by everyone who called him the coked out shamwow guy.

  • @guitarandotherthings6090
    @guitarandotherthings6090 11 месяцев назад

    "Hi, ith Vinth with thamwow!"

  • @angeladouglas7561
    @angeladouglas7561 Год назад +2

    Love sham wow ❤❤❤

  • @kenfu9334
    @kenfu9334 Год назад +1

    hmmkay thanks for the info i have to go now

  • @armancz
    @armancz 10 месяцев назад

    Wishing him best.

  • @Nuttyirishman85
    @Nuttyirishman85 Год назад

    Jamaican slap chop will live in infamy.

  • @CyanideSublime
    @CyanideSublime 7 месяцев назад

    This is just a vid about the Shamwow guy and it has views. Of course, the world wonders what happened to him. I bet you not many people knew about the Jack and Jill cameo.

  • @nerrade
    @nerrade Год назад +1

    He ain't much to look at but the kid's got moxie.

  • @omnipresencetv8929
    @omnipresencetv8929 3 месяца назад

    just encorage him to make more podcasts

  • @mikeb359
    @mikeb359 Год назад

    It's concerning that anyone on TV that isn't on TV any longer always end up on drugs or some sort of sex related scandal.

  • @MarkMclaughlin-qm8kq
    @MarkMclaughlin-qm8kq Год назад

    I hope he makes a comeback entertaining guy.

  • @dbl8656
    @dbl8656 7 месяцев назад

    The movie he directed wasn't nearly as bad as "Water World"

  • @Tacocabra
    @Tacocabra Год назад +1

    I bought a knockoff shamwow and came with 3 large shamwows for half the price of the original lol

  • @carlitocool8393
    @carlitocool8393 Год назад +2

    This guy looks like a poor man's Michael Shannon without the acting skills

  • @Bone8Daddy
    @Bone8Daddy 4 месяца назад

    Keeps bieches in check still from what I hear.

  • @_Scyber
    @_Scyber Год назад

    Jizzle! 😂

  • @Gogogordy1
    @Gogogordy1 Год назад

    What even motivates someone to even wonder about the whereabouts of a guy like the (never famous) ShamWow guy some decades later anyway?

  • @briantimko3225
    @briantimko3225 Год назад

    WOW

  • @kevlar7669
    @kevlar7669 Год назад

    He looks like Harry Styles

  • @brianchristenson6055
    @brianchristenson6055 Год назад

    Found his calling and should have stuck with it.

  • @mrthomas7511
    @mrthomas7511 Год назад +3

    Shamwow is a glorified paper towel. The absorber brand shammy is the best by far