Snuggie and ShamWow! Keeping the Economy Afloat
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602327.html
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The fact is, low budget commercials have been the staple of Adult Swim and the late-night repeats of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. But, slowly but surely, these commercials have become staples for daytime and even primetime programming. Why? Because ad-space has become dirt cheap, by advertising standards. So the next time you see that old, PTSD-riddled gentlemen yelling at you to "GET CASH NOW!" just smile and know that, thanks to him, you still get to watch four back-to-back episodes of Home Improvement.
And doesn't that give you a warm, snuggie feeling?
--St_Alia_10191
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Brendan_M
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Brendan_M
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blknight
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Current.com community is losing credibility by having this as the number 1 topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 3 years ago
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blknight
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Found_Avenue
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My favorite thing about Vince is his brooklyn accent.
"Ya get one fuddah house... one fuddah car... one fuddah boat..."
Yay, Vince! Your commercial makes me say "Sham WOW" every time! Still, I have no use for this glorified shammy cloth, but thanks anyway.
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Found_Avenue
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bigred5
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Who says theirs not work after an addiction.
seems a little (wirey) to me
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bigred5
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Crossslash_Manasa
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Vince's stuff is worth buying if you wanna kick Scientology in the nuts, check this out-
I stumbled upon it a couple of days ago
- 3 years ago
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Crossslash_Manasa
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ocanada
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I met the sham wow guy about four years ago. Same pitch for the product even then.
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ocanada
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Justin_Gunn
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Vince Offer is his name! "OFFER"!!! Seriously...
AND, he's also a writer/director. He wrote and directed a film called The Underground Comedy Movie starring Michael Clark Duncan... Seriously...
Here's his Wiki page...
- 3 years ago
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Justin_Gunn
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LookFindFree
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The funniest things I've read all day.
- 3 years ago
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LookFindFree
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msltj20
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Snuggie: great if you do not feel like getting dressed or as a back up cult uniform
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msltj20
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malathion
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to each their own , but what pisses me off about sham wow is how the commercial touts it's made in germany , as if the sham wow is such a fucking spectacular innovation that only german engineering could have given birth to it . sooo lame
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malathion
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wayseeker
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malathion:
What's wrong about it being made in Germany? Vince seems to say whatever comes to mind. Why would that upset you?
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wayseeker
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wayseeker
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Apoc, I resent you referring to me as an asshole. Why get so upset about a little commercial? Vince gets audience attention which is what he's supposed to do. He comes off as being spontaneous which is good acting. Not everything that sales on info commercials is a rip off. Some products are clever inventions. So rat and rave all you want but I hope you learn to pick your quotes with some taste.
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wayseeker
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iloveravi
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this is more apt.
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iloveravi
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justright
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iloveravi:
They look like some kind of freaky brainwashed religious clerics outfit.
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justright
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justright
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I have to invent something for these dingleberry's to sell just for the laugh.
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justright
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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Get Your purple Snuggie now before hail bop returns!
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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Ayahuasca2012
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN:
Don't forget yer Nike's! Heaven's Gate FTW!!!
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Ayahuasca2012
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Tayllerand
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Everytime I see that freaking comercial I think they are promoting a cult. Look the people with those freaky dicky robes they look like devil worshipers.
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Tayllerand
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Found_Avenue
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Tayllerand:
I was JUST going to post the same thought! I see those snuggie people, and I think KKK or Eyes Wide Shut or something. Very weird looking product.
The funniest part is the fact that they're supposedly one-size-fits-all, so to prove this fact, in the commercial they put a poor defenseless little kid in one, and she's swimming in the thing! She can't even access her hands! It looks like torture.
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Found_Avenue
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apoc
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As the late George Carlin once remarked, "Nail two things together that have never been nailed together before and some asshole will buy it." And for what it's worth the guy that sells ShamWow is now peddling a Chop-O-Matic.
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apoc
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wayseeker
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Vince is an actor and very good at what he does. I bet he's making the owners of Sham Wow a ton of money. I'm usually suspicious of these types of commercials but Vince has convinced me and I want a Sham Wow.
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wayseeker
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bertomanfred
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vince offer is the man with his crazy jersey accent i would love a celeberty death match with billy mayes hayes w/e and vince. you guys remember celebrity deathmatch amazing television
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bertomanfred
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St_Alia_10191
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bertomanfred:
yesssss
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St_Alia_10191
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Ayahuasca2012
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Seriously that Snuggie things makes everyone look like a member of a cult... Creepy...
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Ayahuasca2012
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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Vince looks like Clay Aiken and Popeye had a love child! Anyway..Shamwow looks suspiciously like Super Shammy from years back...hmmm. How inventively brand new! As for the Snuggie...great stuff if ya wanna look like Obie Wan Kenobie going to a Kriss Kross concert!
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN
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alivein85
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SHAWN_RITTIMAN:
we got one. seems to me the shamwow is just the "new and improved" version.
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alivein85
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seanalyn
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Lol Im glad to know that Im not the only one fascinated with the ShamWow guy! It looks like he stepped out of a 1998 Sugar Ray concert!
For the reals though Im saddened to see commercials lowering their quality. I know times are tough but I love looking at advertising (both print and tv) as an art form...something you can enjoy just like the TV program it helps fun. Sigh...I guess design and advertising nerds like me will just have to bite our tongues and laugh as the Head Ons of the advertorial world take main stage for a while.
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seanalyn
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judiestar
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OMG I want the ShamWow so bad. It looks like an invaluable product. Me want! But need credit card awwwww =(
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judiestar
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TheColorYellow
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judiestar:
Beware of imitators.
(Because they might be the same thing at half the price.)
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TheColorYellow
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jay_ct
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I only buy infomercial products from people with british accents.
Is it me or are the two products crying to be combined with one another. Perhaps detachable shamwow sleeves for the messy snuggie wearer.
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jay_ct
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logicpocket [removed]
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St_Alia_10191
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logicpocket:
That's the greatest comment ever! You're welcome!
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St_Alia_10191
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wintermadness90
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these snuggies are ridiculous, if you want convenient warmth and comfort wear a damn sweater, not a backwards-ass robe.
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wintermadness90
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wintermadness90:
ass robe? never heard of one... :p
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andieviacurrent
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oh and why is the shamwow spokesmen wearing a headset microphone?
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andieviacurrent:
I've wondered that myself? Is he the one "taking calls?"
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ks33182
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andieviacurrent:
He wears a mic on his head because that's how these pitch guys roll when they do their thing at product conventions. Basically, they took Vince, a convetion style product pitch guy, and just put him right on television.
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Justin_Gunn
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andieviacurrent:
He wears a mic on his head because that's how these pitch guys roll when they do their thing at product conventions. Basically, they took Vince, a convetion style product pitch guy, and just put him right on television.
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Justin_Gunn
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Dmitri_Molotov
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Shamwow here with Vince!
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St_Alia_10191
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Dmitri_Molotov:
yikes! way to freak me out!
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TheColorYellow
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Dmitri_Molotov:
Very clever. You should start applying this comedic formula to more random stories here on current.
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TheColorYellow
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andieviacurrent
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just when i gave up on shunning people for wearing pajama pants and slippers outside of their homes here comes the snuggie to cause another fashion disaster. okay, i know its not meant to be a fashion statement but wearing a sleeved blanket to an outdoor event ( as in the commercial) is just totally unacceptable.
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andieviacurrent
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thea_inthecity
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ok.. so if you don't want to buy a snuggie, just wear your bathrobe backwards... right?
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thea_inthecity
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TheColorYellow
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thea_inthecity:
You should sell that idea for $19.99 plus undisclosed S&H.
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TheColorYellow
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dankitti
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I like Vince, the ShamWow guy. You following me, camera guy? It's made in Germany. You know the Gemans make great stuff. Is it just me or does he remind anyone of Moe from The Simpsons?
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dankitti
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MornRail
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I love this article Slate did on him. So true.
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MornRail
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damnneargenius
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Interestingly enough I was about to pitch my editing class project as a remix of all the nonsensical infomercials I feel bombarded with when innocently turning on the TV...then using it to get a job working with InfoMania.
Vince (the Shamwow guy), aggressively friendly as he may be, seems like he might be a huge tool. This theory was furthered by his follow-up promo for the nut chopper thing, where he makes such witty, low-brow comments as "you're going to love my nuts."
Not in this lifetime Vince. Not in this lifetime.
I won't even get into what's wrong with Billy Mayes mic levels...
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damnneargenius
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FallenMorgan
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I hate these commercials. They're generally full of scams.
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FallenMorgan
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msltj20
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FallenMorgan:
generally?!
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msltj20
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bigloutech
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i love it
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bigloutech
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Alex_French
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if i want a snuggie, i just turn my jacket around like george carlin
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Alex_French
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crob80227
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They should use this guy to sell the Stimulus Bill.
"Ya got yer tax cuts here and add in a little foreclosure relief and -- bam! -- economy recovers. Watch this...one...two...three. It's that easy! Obviously we can't do this all day. You'd be crazy not to vote now!"
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Scott_Bromley
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crob80227:
That comment was full of WIN!
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St_Alia_10191
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crob80227:
"If I can stimulate the economy with one finger, you can do it with your whole hand. You following me, C-SPAN camera guy?"
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St_Alia_10191
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crob80227
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crob80227:
Hee hee! I'd like to see Vince asking a girl out.
"With Vince you get not one, not two, but three boyfriends in one! You're upset? I'm a shoulder to cry on. You need a lover? BAM! All night long sweetheart. And...are you following me camera guy?...I'm a musician as well. I will compose poetry that will make your knees buckle. To get all three of these boyfriends seperately would take you years, cost you thousands of dollars and a lot of headaches. But with the Vince you save time, you save money and it satisfies your needs in one simple easy to use person. I'm made in Germany which is good because you know they make quality stuff!"
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crob80227
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Lazybones
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crob80227:
Nice Crob.
"Beware of imitators, because German is the only way to go." - 3 years ago
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ChloeLu
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Apparently his name is Vince...
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ChloeLu
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St_Alia_10191
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ChloeLu:
He's got some mad skills. Move over, Billy Mays!
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ChloeLu
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ChloeLu:
...my exact feelings.
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ChloeLu
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crob80227
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ChloeLu:
I just ordered a Slap Chop.
And Tony Robbins "Get The Edge" Cd's.
And some Mighty Putty. Who needs duct tape when I can use Mighty Putty? I was going to spend upwards of $500 to get the broken heater core in my car fixed. But with Mighty Putty....
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crob80227
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marcozarco
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ChloeLu:
One slap - Salad!!!!
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marcozarco
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chelseaf89
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ChloeLu:
You're gonna love my nuts!
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chelseaf89
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ChloeLu:
LOL exactly where I started laughing!!
i love how he is totally confident that we know him by his first name and he knows how boring my life is....
we're gonna make america skinny again - one slap at a time!
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numinant
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ChloeLu:
i love infomercial showmanship, i can't help it.
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numinant
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justright
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ChloeLu:
Vince Offer is his name.
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justright
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pjacobs51
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ShamWow and pharmaceuticals what else do you need?
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pjacobs51
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St_Alia_10191
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pjacobs51:
Just Billy Mays' Big City Slider burger maker. You can put onions right in the little compartments!
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St_Alia_10191
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crob80227
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The ShamWow! guy is the greatest salesman ever.
Question: why is he wearing a headset in the commercial?
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crob80227
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St_Alia_10191
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crob80227:
I think it's because the camera guy is too proud to wear a hearing aid.
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crob80227:
it's so we know he means business, lol.. I'm so industrious I even take calls while making a commercial!
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crob80227:
because they supposedly taped it at a flea market, or expo, or wherever he does the live demos.
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Found_Avenue
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ChloeLu
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I love the shamwow! guy.... and don't forget about his newest endorsement, the Slam Chop! I think it is his greatest work yet.
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ChloeLu:
Slap Chop! You're gonna love my nuts!
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ChloeLu
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ChloeLu:
Oh, my bad. Pardon my mistake. Slap Chop, not Slam Chop. I'm so embarrassed.
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RaceBannon
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you're gonna be saying wow with the shamwow!
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RaceBannon:
its a sham?
wow. - 3 years ago
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Found_Avenue
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steaualime:
So funny!
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steaualime:
That video is amazing.
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blood77
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Oh you mean the backwards robes? Yeah i can get those fore half the price if I go into a big and tall store.
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blood77
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blood77:
lol, i never thought of that but you're so right, that's all it is.
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andieviacurrent
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Robroy1
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I can't believe people buy some of the junk these people peddle, the American consumer never ceases to amaze me.
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ermullins
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Lord knows I love the snuggie
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ermullins
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Scott_Bromley
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The Snuggie is great for a person like me that loves blankets, but also loves doing things like reading a book or answering the phone while being warm underneath a blanket. Gone are the days where I would have to adjust the blanket to do these activities! Bless you Snuggie, bless you.
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St_Alia_10191
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Scott_Bromley:
Hehe, word.
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St_Alia_10191
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Scott_Bromley:
Apple and Snuggie should team up.
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MornRail
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Scott_Bromley:
So jealous.
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MornRail
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Scott_Bromley:
It's also really easy to hold a baby now AND do homework in my drafty dorm room. Thanks Snuggie!
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Scott_Bromley:
I always wanted one but was shamed out of it, you look so, well, snuggly! I want a snuggie!
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Scott_Bromley:
I'm so JEALOUS of you right now.
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justright
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Scott_Bromley:
Are you selling them too?
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justright
