Tuan "Tommy" Vu, was better known in the late '80s and early '90s as, "Tom Vu, King of the Infomercials." He spawned the well known expression, "Don't be a loser," and was recently parodied on Fox's, "The Family Guy.".
On the Beastie Boys classic album, Check Your Head, Tom Vu is mentioned on the song, Professor Booty with the line, "I'm like Tom Vu with yachts and mansions.".