Billy Mays Uses a Quick Chop to Bust a Move on Vince Offer’s Slap Chop
May 21st, 2009 Paul Lucas
It looks like Billy Mays is following where Vince Offer has boldly gone before—and I don’t mean into the mouth of a hooker.
In the latest battle royal of the pitchmen, Billy is countering Vince’s Slap Chop move with a Quick Chop of his own.
Billy’s newest commercial has him pitching a product called the The Original Quick Chop™, which looks like it is exactly the same kind of product as Vince Offer’s Slap Chop. And they both even offer cheese graters as a free bonus (Quick Grater vs. Graty). But Billy tries to put the hurt on Vince with a “Buy 1, Get 1 Free” offer.
Here is Billy Mays for QuickChop:
And Vince Offer for Slap Chop:
With apologies to all you Billy Mays fans, I think Vince’s ad is the more interesting because of the notable lines (“You’re gonna love my nuts.” “Stop having a boring tuna. Stop having a boring life.”) and tossing the chopper over his shoulder.
Of course, Vince Offer may have been the first one to copy Billy Mays. In this February appearance on the Adam Corolla radio show, Billy accuses Vince of ripping off his Zorbeez product with the ShamWow:
Compare the ads for yourself:
Now if Billy Mays could get himself arrested for beating up two hookers, then he’ll really show Vince who’s boss!
This makes me remember when Billy was on the Adam Carolla Show and he called the Slap Chop the “Crap Chop”.
Comment by Emilin8r — May 21st, 2009 at 7:28 pm
That’s a great head-to-head matchup!
Comment by euGene — May 24th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
For a high quality spoof on Billy Mays vs Shamwow on You Tube – Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjRBigXsZc
Comment by Stewart — May 28th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I’ve never liked the bear, he’s just screaming, Vince Offer is much more creative, so many one liners, plus the genius line of “Fettuccine, linguine, martini, bikini.” who would ever come up with that? Plus in the spanish version he breaks the blinds when he throws the generic chopper over his shoulders. Infomercials used to be entertaining back in the 90’s and it’s good to see Vince bringing the fun back.
Comment by Pete — June 5th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Man, Billy is SCREAMING! A bit too noisy for me.
Comment by Christian — June 6th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Vince Offer is VULGAR, DISGUSTING, and is on a 1 way trip to HELL!!!!
Pretty soon we won’t be able to turn on the TV without seeing hardcore porn on the Viagra commercials.
Comment by Sonnyboy — June 10th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I think vulgar and disgusting is a bit of an overstatement. I mean, we DO love his nuts!
Comment by Devika — June 19th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Vince rocks.
Comment by znkp — June 22nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm