# ShamPOW!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057 "2009-03-28T02:13:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057/1 "2009-03-28T02:13:09Z")

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> **[ShamWow Guy In Slap, Chop Bust](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/shamwow-guy-slap-chop-bust)**
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> 4/8 UPDATE: Crime scene photos show bloody aftermath of ShamWow slugfest
> MARCH 27--Meet Vince Shlomi.
> He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has b

**Ya followin’ me camera guy?**  
MARCH 27–Meet Vince Shlomi. He’s probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers. Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057/2 "2009-03-28T02:19:38Z")

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I’ll bet she didn’t [love his nuts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbWjIKxrrs).

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057/3 "2009-03-28T03:33:41Z")

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44? You’re kidding. That guy should sell aging cream, because I’d card him if he tried to buy a drink.

edit: well, after seeing the mug shot I take it back. Hell of a makeup artist that guy must have.

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampow/491057/4 "2009-03-28T19:51:58Z")

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I wonder if Billy Mays is going to try to one-up him now by killing a hobo or something.