No More Tony the Tigers
BySo I was told about the Shamwow guy by a friend of mine and then saw it on The Soup. For those of you who don’t know, Vince Shlomi is the annoying guy on those Shamwow commercials who tries to sell a towel that can magically soak up anything. The commercial is so unbelievable that I would not be the least bit suprised if they threw a Shamwow in a pool and there was nothing left but a skate park. Anyways, he got busted for allegedly punching a hooker after she bit his tongue and would not let go. Hilarious. Goodbye Shamwow. They even released a new food processor thing that nobody knows about because this scandal has basically ruined their image.
My word of warning to advertisers: spend the time to know your representatives. The days of wholesome cartoon characters have run dry and you can’t control your pitchmen like you used to. It’s like the whole Michael Phelps ordeal with pot, some of his sponsors didn’t care but a few major ones did and dropped him. Next thing you know the Snuggie dad will be found OD’ed in the bathroom of a nightclub (still looking like Merlin with his Snuggie on of course). And it wasn’t too long ago the “Dude You’re Getting a Dell,” guy was caught for weed as well. Advertisers, please don’t be dumb and embarass your whole company and have to pull your ads just because of your idiot pitchman. Is it really that hard to find someone not stoned or addicted to sex?
Here is a funny skit Jimmy Kimmel did regarding the Shamwow guy
2 Comments
April 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
That is absolutely horrific and hilarious at the same time!
I had heard about the Phelps scandal from content posted on this site, but this ordeal with the Shamwow guy seems much worse! Do we know if he has made a public statement? Has Shamwow?
Also, the video isn’t working because it is private on YouTube. Can we get a similar version posted?
April 24th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Hmm.. I tried redoing it and it works for me. I never found any public statement by him. I couldn't possibly imagine what you could say back to the public lol. But yes, this is way worse than Phelps. I was also informed about the "Dude you're getting a Dell guy" having the same issue Phelps had with marijuana but much earlier. I'm sure there are many more companies who have faced similar issues but my only advice would be basically what I said earlier, be smart about who you choose or perhaps consider going a different route than a spokesperson. There are plenty of different venues advertisers can use to promote their products.