The Lamentations of Lowry – Chapter 13: InfoWars!
February 12, 2009
I just read this post about the rivalry of Billy Mays and Vince Offer. Mays is well known for his enthusiastic pitchman skills and Offer was profiled in an earlier Chapter on this blog.
Vince’s latest success comes from the “SlapChop,” a knockoff of the “Quickchop.” Vince’s product seems superior for the very reason he claims in the video below. We received a QuickChop as a wedding gift but threw it away after a while because it was impossible to clean. The miraculous SlapChop seems to solve that problem.
Whatever the merits of the product, Vince can sell. Watch the pitch if you want- “You’re gonna love my nuts”
Can you possibly think anything but that this infomercial war is good for America? In an age of commodization and consolidation these video warriors may be a YouTube-era VHS and Betamax, battling their way into and out of our homes. In their coming we will find promise and hope. In their going deliveries of Shamwows and Oxy-Clean.
Oh brave new world.
Entry Filed under: Commentary, Current Events, Pop Culture, Random, Shopping. Tags: Billy Mays, Lowdogg, Shamwow, Vince Offer.
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lemare | February 14, 2009 at 11:23 am
how do you “accidentally” say “you’re gonna love my nuts”???
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