Wow, who know? The "ShamWow" guy is a hero!

[Pale Blue Dot]

There's a fascinating post about him, and his battles with the Church of Scientology, over on the Skepchick blog. Here's an excerpt:

The next Deniro he’s not, but he’s certainly managed to turn things around for himself. If only other cult refugees could do as well.

But Vince isn’t just accepting that this is what the universe had planned for him. He’s not just moving on and leaving the whole CoS ugliness behind him. He’s fighting them. In fact, fighting the Church of Scientology is his new life’s mission.

He filed suit against them in 2004 for ruining his movie, his life, his business, and being dickholes. I couldn’t find any information on the outcome of this lawsuit, but according to ESPN, Vince is still fighting the good fight. And he is using every dime he makes from selling ShamWows and SlapChop as well as all the proceeds from Underground Comedy to fight them.

Taking on Scientology is one of the bravest things a former member can do. The Church doesn’t take kindly to dissent. Though they claim that fair game is no longer a Scientologist policy, there are plenty of stories to indicate that fair game is still alive and well, if technically “unofficial”.

My guess is that this probably is the last we’ll ever hear of Headset Vince’s fight against Scientology. But if I can drop $20 on towels that could save me and my shag carpet in the event of a Fresca tsunami, and at the same time help fund one guy’s shot at taking down the bad guys, it’s worth it.

So go, right now, and buy your ShamWows. Get your SlapChop. Buy what is arguably the worst movie ever made. Do it for the good guys. Do it for the little guys. Do it for skepticism. Do it for Vince.

This almost, almost makes me want to go out and buy a shamwow.

[Joe the Liberal]

1. Lol.......

I never thought that Shamwow guy was anything more than........well, just "that Shamwow guy". What a surprise to see him fighting the Church of $cientology, lol how interesting.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Wow, you can sue someone...

for being a dickhole? I better buy some lawsuit protection insurance.

[ihavenobias]

7. Ha!

:)

[beac]

3. No extra money for fancy slop towels, BUT I will definitely stop

reporting the 200 Shamwow emails I get a day as spam. ;)


Nice to know someone is willing to take on that nutso cult. He's a brave guy.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

4. I dig that guy

I'm not even sure why I like him so much - most people hate his guts. But he fascinates me for some reason - I watch every single ShamWow commercial that comes on even though I've seen them a million times before. I dunno - maybe I have a repressed man-crush on him. :shrug:

This is just one more reason to like him.

[ZombieHorde]

6. I've fucked him and I have to say, your man-crush is well justified.

[Nevernose]

5. And very well-written

It was really a pleasure to read the whole thing.

[frogmarch]

8. It's icing on the cake for me.

Kudos to the ShamWow/SlapChop guy for sticking it to the CoS, but for me, it was love at first sight anyway. I don't know why, but I'm really attracted to him.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. There is something oddly intriguing about him...

just cannot put my finger on it. Maybe it is just as simple as being 1000% less annoying than Billy Mays.

[frogmarch]

10. haha! That's it!

It's probably just that he's much, much less annoying than Billy Mays. :-D

[Kolesar]

11. In snowboarder vernacular, what you have to in freestyle is "Sham-wow" the judge

I was watching the X-games on ABC/ESPN last week in all their glory. Snowboarders were doing freestyle jumps that were scored on style and difficulty. In the second round out of three, one of the competitors turned in an impressive 96 when he did a lateral jump from one ramp to a parallel ramp. The pressure was on last year's champion to beat him in round 2 or round 3 and the commentators said it was obvious what he had to do: he had to "Sham-wow the judges".

So this has become my favorite thing to say when I am out skiing with my sweetie and she is first to take the big hill: "I want you to Sham-wow me".

https://www.shamwow.com/ver8/index.asp

P.S.: I hate Billy Mays.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. I think Vince...

should stangle Billy with a sham wow. Might have to sneak up behind him, Billy looks a bit larger :)

[oedura]

13. If any of this is true...

...I think it's great that he's striving to be a thorn in the Church of Scientology's side, but knowing that he was stupid enough to join them in the first place only makes me respect him even less.

[Synnical]

14. Reads like a scam to me, too. n/t