first one was good... second two were crap.

Hahaha! Those are great. I hate his commercials. Someone needs to do a remix with the Shamwow guy.

@thefezman: Shamwow guy = the coolest guy ever.

I DEFINITELY want the one that lets me shit anywhere!

@toddiot:

Vince the meth-voice loony .. love him!

I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself! I don't know, it sells itself!

Then there is Billy Mays Spamming, which is hilarious in it's own way.

Holy crap those were funny. I almost fell off my chair with the last one.

@thefezman: His name is Vince Offer. Did you know he was a ex- Scientologist?
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@Alice Arrington Radley: Don't forget his microphone.

@thefezman: This is my favorite one so far

@thefezman: You ask and shall receive.

I like the Vince guy better than Billy Mays. At least he doesn't SCREAM at you.

@SonyCEO_SirGitEmSteveDave: Sham F*ing WoW! Remember people, don't smother babies. Good night!

I has a happy

I RESPECT Billy Mays, man. He does his job and he does it well. He's become a celebrity based on his voice and beard alone. That's a gift.

Hats off to you Billy Mays.

Even though I mute the TV every time you come on and have never bought a single product that you push (with the exception of some of the Oxyclean stuff at the local store because it *works*!), I salute you, semi-crazy infomercial man.

He's living the American Dream.

@weakdome: i thought the 1st and 3rd were good, but you're right, the 2nd does suck

Not an informercial, but they do have 30 minute ads for their stores...

White Porcelin!

Nothing beats the Appliance Direct 30 minute-long commercials...

WHITE PORCELIN!

@Nettwerk: Yay for Vince Offer, the new, much less annoying Billy Mays.

"You followin' me, camera guy?"

@HogwartsAlum: "You're gunna love my nuts."

@Nettwerk: oh! almost forgot:
"Tacos, fettucini, linguini, martini, bikini."

@weakdome: I agree the first was the only good one

@thefezman: He's no longer the Shamwow guy to me. He's now the Slap Chop guy. You're gonna love his nuts:

It looks like it's part of something called "Youtube Poop." What the heck?

Let's make Billy and Vince fight to the death and feed the winner to Tom Vu.

@Ghede: Is it bad that I knew it was Garry's Mod without even clicking on it? Also, The Sims 1 Buy Mode music for the win!

Say what you will about the man, but I would love to have his job. Getting paid tons of money to sell (mostly) junk.

@purplesun: That beard and crazy voice even got him his own cooking implement! Watch out, George Foreman!

Also, Billy May has the advantage of not being the supercreepy Shamwow guy -- I'd Mace that guy on sight.

I will, out of principle, never buy anything Billy Mays advertises.

I pause the TiVo for 30 seconds, then skip it if I am watching live.

The sound of this guy's voice reflexivly causes me to change the channel in about half a second.

The only thing worse was the old "Head On" commercials.

@thefezman:

The scout from Team Fortress 2 sells the shamwow

@TeJay Guilliams:

He can do it with one finger. You can do it with your whole hand.

Billy Mays is the man. First one is good, others sucked.

@SonyCEO_SirGitEmSteveDave:
You seem to enjoy the most vapid content of this otherwise substantive website.

Mays' commercials are so obnoxious that I make a point of never buying anything he advertises.

@weakdome: That's what Billy does. He usually pitches one good product, and tries to clear the warehouse of two shitty ones that he tosses in FOR FREE!

See also: Woot's bag of crap, minus the flatscreen TVs.

Case in point: Oxyclean is a good product, and was originally only available through the TV, but Orange Clean is a pretty lousy project that just smells good and nothing more. However, you can get OxyClean in a real store now, so we're out of the dark ages.

For a deep character analysis of infomercial sellers, including Louis, check out Louis Theroux's "Weird Weekends: Infomercials." It's episode eight. Here's one: [www.veoh.com]

Watch it fast! Vimeo cannot keep this video up forever! Actually, that is true, because BBC tends to take them down. Still, if "Great Moments in Commercial History" is Consumerist's version of Hollywood, then this documentary is "Inside the Actor's Studio." But Louis rocks, better than Lipton any day.

May I just say... Billy Mays is the man.

@J.T Dabbagian: Its a trend what's popular with the kiddies.

I've never understood it and 99% of it lives up to its name.

So which one of these was NSFW? Maybe if you teach kindergarten it's NSFW, but I don't see any of these offending an adult.

@HogwartsAlum: Every time I hear Billy May, I ask why is he yelling at us, and cover my ears. Man is he loud.

Shamwow Remix

@IrvCrapper: "Thanks very much, you're like the 100th person who told me that."

@Nettwerk:
My favorite is "Stop having a boring tuna. Stop having a boring life."

Let's not forget his Ride Snowboard commercial!

You've got to give credit to a guy who's willing to make fun of himself!

@Matthew Gay:

Oops, it's actually a DC board commercial. My bad.

@purplesun:
You respect him? What has he ever produced?

@weakdome: Add another vote for number 1. The problem with "remixing" is while the authors are trying for flow / story, they can wind up sounding like crap. Perfect for the "big city toilet".

Mace the Shamwow guy--LOL--Classic.

I laughed so hard, my mother-in-law thought I was crying! My wife and I hate that guy, but I'll never look at another one of his commercials the same again!