Members tremolounge Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 Seriously: Cops: TV pitchman Billy Mays found deadMays best known for his hawking of products such as Orange Glo, Oxiclean http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31596003/ns/us_news-life/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 His commercials used to annoy me, but I really liked his Discovery Channel show, "Pitchmen". Too bad, he seemed like a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolounge Posted June 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 Yeah, his commercials annoyed me at first too -- but after a while you end up kinda liking the guy... which was a big part of his success. Contagious enthusiasm, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 More info:http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/28/490127.html?title=TV+pitchman+Billy+Mays+has+died Apparently he had a close call landing in a US Air jet yesterday, maybe the stress of the incident had something to do with his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 Guess, I'm odd. I liked him. "The Web site TMZ.com is reporting that Mays was struck in the head by something that fell from a luggage rack during a rough landing Saturday aboard a U.S. Airways flight." Source - KMWZ.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 Betcha it is a closed head injury...probably went home with a headache, fell asleep, never woke up.... Sucks, cause, I thought he was annoying, but I admired his spirit...I would have done what he did if given the chance... Gotta go use my Shamwow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 His facial image will be all over cardboard boxes at your local supermarket for years to come. How odd will that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted June 28, 2009 Members Share Posted June 28, 2009 I thought he was annoying, but I admired his spirit...I would have done what he did if given the chance.Very well stated. I changed the channel every time his ads came on, but I did admire what he accomplished as a "pitchman". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bp Posted June 29, 2009 Members Share Posted June 29, 2009 Gotta go use my Shamwow... Don't use a SHAMWOW if you wish to pay tribute to Billy. He did a similar product and a competitor of his did SHAMWOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted June 29, 2009 Members Share Posted June 29, 2009 I wonder if his eulogy will be shouted ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 29, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 29, 2009 Master salesman. My 12 year old girl always cringes when he comes on. She asked me once, "Dad... why does he have to shout?!?!?" I asked her, "What's he selling?" Oxy Clean. Why? That's why he shouts. You know what he's selling right? That's his job, to get you to remember the product he's selling. You remembered it. You. A 12 year old girl who has no need for Oxy Clean. You remembered it... His voice became a regular sound around our house. Both my daughter and I do respectable Billy Mays impersonations. We do Billy at the most silliest of times, "I'M GOING UPSTAIRS AND TAKING A SHOWER!!! RIGHT NOW, AN INCREDIBLE SHOWER. AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOWER, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I'LL BE BACK DOWN IN 15 MINUTES. I'M INCREDIBLE AND SO IS MY SHOWER!!!!" Billy Mays. Master salesman. At first you think WTF, then you start actually digging his shtick. RIP Billy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted June 29, 2009 Members Share Posted June 29, 2009 My son, who just turned ten, was much more shocked by Billy Mays' passing than Michael Jackson's. In the time frame in which he's been alive, my son has had much more exposure to the guy screaming at him on TV than the guy moonwalking in old videos. RIP Billy. He definitely made an art form of selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted June 29, 2009 Members Share Posted June 29, 2009 News update: According to a CNN report, Billy Mays died of heart disease and not a bump to the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted June 29, 2009 Members Share Posted June 29, 2009 News update: According to a CNN report, Billy Mays died of heart disease and not a bump to the head. Well, US Airways just breathed a big sigh of relief. Man, the idea that you could so bad off that you're ready to die from an ailment and not realize it is pretty sobering. RIP Billy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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