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Iconic TV pitchman Billy Mays is dead at 50He was the man with no inside voice, the man who seemed to be on every late-night cable channel at once, the man who comprehensively convinced us we don't need a cabinet full of cleaners. And now, sadly, infomercial icon Billy Mays is dead. Details were scarce Sunday, though there were apparently no signs of foul play, so that probably rules out the Yakuza gangsters who were stalking Mays in the hilarious self-parody above. It's always been hard to pin down what made Mays so good at selling cleaning products, dubiously necessary inventions and just about anything else. Was it the beard? The wildly gesticulating hands? The tone that straddled the line between evangelism and straight-out screaming? Obviously it was all of the above that catapulted Mays from hawking wares at local garden shows to reality TV stardom on the Discovery Channel's PitchMen. So here's to Billy Mays, a one-man sales juggernaut who, like
fellow commercial legend Ed McMahon, was never afraid to laugh at his own public persona. |
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June 28, 2009 in Griner, Infomercials, Obituaries | Permalink |
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NOV.5/09
BILLY MAY'S-GREAT! BUT NOW GONE-
IN A PLACE CALLED WINNIPEG-MANITOBA-CANADA.
THERE'S THIS MAN- A "CLONE" IF YOU WILL-
RE. MAY'S.
HE DOES THE SAME THING!
NO BEARD-GOOD-LOOKING-AND ALL THAT RIGHT STUFF.
HE TELL'S THE WORLD-I GAVE THE CASINO'S-
THE WORD GAMING!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT-IT'S TRUE!
IN THE EARLY 80'S-WHILE PITCHING A CASINO TAPE-AGAIN--THE ONLY TAPE OF IT'S KIND-AT THAT TIME-ON HOW TO PLAY THE CASINO'S.
IN LAS VEGAS-NV. HE CALLED PLAYING THE CASINO'S-"GAMING".
THIS GUY'S GREAT-AROUND 50-OR SO-BLACK-HAIR
COOL DUDE.
YOU CAN GET HIM AT:
SCOTLEND@MTS.NET
I KNOW BILLY WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS GUY!
ROBIN
Posted by: ROBIN | Nov 5, 2009 3:26:53 PM
NOV.5/09
BILLY MAY'S-GREAT! BUT NOW GONE-
IN A PLACE CALLED WINNIPEG-MANITOBA-CANADA.
THERE'S THIS MAN- A "CLONE" IF YOU WILL-
RE. MAY'S.
HE DOES THE SAME THING!
NO BEARD-GOOD-LOOKING-AND ALL THAT RIGHT STUFF.
HE TELL'S THE WORLD-I GAVE THE CASINO'S-
THE WORD GAMING!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT-IT'S TRUE!
IN THE EARLY 80'S-WHILE PITCHING A CASINO TAPE-AGAIN--THE ONLY TAPE OF IT'S KIND-AT THAT TIME-ON HOW TO PLAY THE CASINO'S.
IN LAS VEGAS-NV. HE CALLED PLAYING THE CASINO'S-"GAMING".
THIS GUY'S GREAT-AROUND 50-OR SO-BLACK-HAIR
COOL DUDE.
YOU CAN GET HIM AT:
SCOTLEND@MTS.NET
I KNOW BILLY WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS GUY!
ROBIN
Posted by: ROBIN | Nov 5, 2009 3:26:53 PM
