1. Vince Offer's family immigrated to the US when he was a child and he grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.
19 Facts About Vince Offer
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Vince Offer dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and moved to Los Angeles.
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Vince Offer changed his name to Vince Offer in 1986 and started appearing on public access television.
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In 1996, Vince Offer directed and appeared in The Underground Comedy Movie, which was met with negative reviews and led to several lawsuits.
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Many of the sketches were remade from when Vince Offer appeared on public access television around the 1980s.
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The film has sold in excess of 100,000 copies and Vince Offer has used the proceeds from sales to file a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology.
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In 2013, Vince Offer released the universally panned InAPPropriate Comedy, which he directed, wrote and appears in as a character called 'Peeping Tom'.
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Vince Offer says that he has sold millions of the towels.
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In December 2008, Vince Offer, who had previously sold kitchen utensils at swap meets, appeared in another kitchen gadget infomercial, advertising the Slap Chop and the Graty.
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Mays said in the same Adam Carolla radio show interview in February 2009 that Vince Offer stole not only the Zorbeez product idea, but the Quick Chop idea.
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An excerpt from a televised Slap Chop commercial featuring Vince Offer is briefly on screen during the 2013 blockbuster Marvel superhero movie Iron Man 3.
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In 2012, Vince Offer returned to television selling the "Schticky", a reusable lint roller that comes in three sizes: little Schticky, Schticky, and big Schticky.
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The commercial makes many references to his other two commercials for the ShamWow and the Slap Chop, with Vince Offer saying many of his catchphrases.
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Vince Offer pokes fun at his 2009 arrest by posing for a fake mugshot.
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In December 2015, Vince Offer appeared in a Crank Chop infomercial demonstrating the abilities of the product that slices and dices food with the pull of a nylon cord.
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Vince Offer claimed that 14 scenes from Mary were lifted from his film.
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In October 2000, Vince Offer sued Anna Nicole Smith for $4 million, claiming that Smith had agreed to be in his movie, but backed out in 1996 over fears that appearing in the movie would be detrimental to her career.
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Vince Offer claimed that as a result of her backing out of the film, the crew lost $100,000.
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Vince Offer married Melody Claire Mandate on April 18,2014.