# ShamWow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622 "2008-10-19T07:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622/41 "2008-10-20T20:15:25Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Same here. Specifically, I thought it was a parody of [Billy Mays’ Zorbeez commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiQr30HXcmA). Man, if somebody could split-screen that and ShamWow and use Dueling Banjos for the soundtrack, it’d be an instant internet sensation! Followed by a death match between Billy Mays and Vince Offer where they both lose, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622/42 "2008-10-20T20:19:50Z")
Every time he say “we can’t do this all day” my seven year old goes “Yes you can. You’ve been doing it for months!” ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622/43 "2008-10-20T20:43:48Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > You all must not go to home shows. I love home shows. > > The headset is the microphone at the home show. And it looks just like a presentation at one of those. > > It just looks goofy because it’s on TV, but is very reminiscent of the presenter at a home show. And all the presenters are like that. They talk just like that. He doesn’t seem more over the top than any of the others I’ve seen. > > btw, I’ve had one of those from many years ago. . . maybe ten. Works great! > > ETA: went to go look at the tag on mine and it’s called Super Shami. I did go to a home and garden show this past weekend, and strangely enough, I actually got in a fight with the Shamwow guy. True story. It went something like this: Wife and I walk bast Shamwow booth. Me “Hey, it’s the Shamwow booth. I need to see Vince!” Shamwow guy “Vince is an idiot, I’m much better” Me “I just like his presentation” SWG: “You don’t know what your talking about, Vince doesn’t know much about this” I stop and stare at the guy, then speak slowly and clearly: “I know he’s a better salesman than you, because he makes me want to buy the product. You insult me, I wouldn’t buy from you on a bet”. SWG “Asshole” Me, to vendor with the booth next to Shamwow, looking on in amazement. You have to understand that the Shamwow guy was surly and combative, on his little mic, through this whole thing. “Wow. This guy wants to sell me something by calling me an asshole” and that vendor shook his head and said “No kidding!” So I walked away, Shamwowless. Too bad, cuz I just might have bought one, I’ve been interested in seeing one in person for a while now. I don’t have any type of Shammy at all anymore, and they are handy to have. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622/44 "2008-10-20T20:46:54Z")
Wandering through the MN state fair earlier this year, there was a booth selling these things. The guy hawking them must have been Vince’s brother or cousin or maybe both. It definately wasn’t the same guy, but he sure was trying out for the same part in the play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shamwow/468622.md?page=2)