From the ShamWow to the Slap Chop, Vince Offer is a one-of-a-kind spokesperson. Heck, this guy could convince me of buying crack cocaine. But who this marfan-looking enigma? From Wikipedia:

In 1999 Offer released the Underground Comedy Movie to scathing and extremely negative reviews. Lawrence Van Gelder of the New York Times described the movie as “a series of sketches built around subjects like masturbation, defecation, alienation, urination, necrophilia, voyeurism, casual brutality and mockery of the unfortunate.” He added that Offer “makes the common mistake of equating the recognition of comic potential for comedy itself. For the successful, talent bridges the gap, but here it is absent.” DVDs of the film were marketed via television infomercial.

Read his (very brief) biography here. And if you haven’t seen either infomercial before, check them out below.

Slap Chop:

ShamWow:

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Courtesy of Engadget:

Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening’s long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery — a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store, “it’s so sterile,” gasps Lisa upon entering. Perhaps the best exchange comes from Bart’s dubbing of a Steve Mobs’ product announcement in front of a crowd of gaping nerds, “You think you’re cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!” A Mapple store employee then angrily responds, “Who dares question the boss we fired 10 years ago and then brought back!”

Click here to read the rest and see the videos.

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ABC has just released a promo for Lost season 5, giving us our first look from the highly anticpated season. Don’t forget to check out Jason Hunter’s Theory on Time Travel for a very interesting (and plausible) explanation of the events thus far.

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