<![CDATA[I always thought of the Shamwow Guy as kind of a lovable sleazy punk. Positioning himself firmly between "smarm" and "charm," he weaponized his fast-talking flim-flam act to make a killing in the infomercial biz. He rocketed to gadget stardom in 2007, with his hypnotic sales pitch of the ShamWow!, which was basically just a shammy cloth that he convinced America was the textile equivalent of magic beans:]]>