Afterwards, Offer is considering a move behind the camera and producing infomercials starring others. Attempts to reach Vince's co-defendant were unsuccessful. Mays noted that the "ShamWow!" With direct TV marketing, he didn't have to please the gatekeepers of taste to make a sale. The Graty is a cheese grater operated by placing the cheese inside and then turning the outside housing of the utensil which causes the cheese to be grated. Lazy he wasn’t, though. The comedian was born 25th April 1964 in Beersheba Isreal As per he is 55 years old now. [2] The police report stated that the escort had bitten onto Offer's tongue and refused to let go, at which point Offer began beating her on the head and left her with lacerations and fractures. "[14] During the episode, it was suggested that the Popular Mechanics tester did not use the Zorbeez correctly. Offer Shlomi (Hebrew: עוֹפﬧ שלוֹמי; born April 25, 1964), better known as Vince Offer, Vince Shlomi, "The ShamWow Guy", or "The Slap Chop Guy", is an Israeli-American infomercial pitchman, director, writer, and comedian. The L.A. hustleTo make money, he sold an early version of the “Slap Chop” food chopper at flea markets. Vince Offer, or the ShamWow Guy –- otherwise known as the Slap Chop Guy for his equally iconic infomercial pitch for the titular vegetable chopper, certainly … Get the Graty Cheese Grater free with you Slap Chop Instead, he thought of the name first and designed a product around it. He has also officially advertised other products that he does not own, such as Quicky Grass. initially featured Offer claiming that the product held "20 times its weight in liquid". DVDs of the film were marketed via television infomercial. Looking for something "less foreign," he started going by "Vince Offer" in 1986. "Fame didn't change me," said Offer in a 2013 interview with NBC News, responding to the incident. Every slap triggers the 3 blades below to chop and cut the food. Hipsters weren't the only hard sell. "[31], Vince Offer married Melody Claire Mandate on April 18, 2014. "Hopefully I won't make another mistake.”. On February 2009, Vince was arrested for fighting with a prostitute in his room. "[6][12] The title of the product derives from the French pronunciation of the chamois, often shortened to "shammy" in English. You never need to switch blades and the Slap Chop™ is easy to clean. Title character Jill, played by Sandler, referred to him as "the ShamWow guy". In 1997, while production on The Underground Comedy Movie was in progress, the Church of Scientology had allegedly begun a large-scale smear campaign against Offer and his film. View the profiles of people named Vince Slapchop. In an interview with NBC News, the infomercial star talked about his rise, his tumble, and his hopes for a return. Within a few months, he had earned enough to resume production, and the movie was finally completed, released, and marketed entirely on late-night infomercials that Offer paid for with his earnings from the swap meet vegetable chopper sales.