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2 edits | [OT] TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
"Billy Mays, the loud, fast-talking pitchman who epitomized the infomercial spokesman, died Saturday at his home in Tampa. Mays, who would have turned 51 Sunday, was found by his wife. Police do not suspect foul play.
Wow, now how are we going to know what super-duper product we should buy? And we're just left with "You're gonna love my nuts" Vince.... A sad day indeed! | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home He was involved in a very hard plane landing on Saturday. It's too soon to say if they are positively linked, but it would be a pretty big coincidence if they weren't. With as much energy he puts into his commercials, it's not hard to imagine the stresses on his body... | |
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| said by mattmag  :Wow, now how are we going to know what super-duper product we should buy? And we're just left with "You're gonna love my nuts" Vince.... A sad day indeed! There's that annoying english guy too.
But wow, that was unexpected. More so for him probably..... | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Jon :There's that annoying english guy too. Anthony Sullivan. He was actually Mays' business partner, and the co-star of the Discovery Channel show "Pitchmen". Not sure how many episodes they have already filmed. | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by mattmag :Anthony Sullivan. He was actually Mays' business partner, and the co-star of the Discovery Channel show " Pitchmen". Not sure how many episodes they have already filmed. Yeah that guy. Couldn't remember his name but saw the Point & Paint commercial just this morning. | |
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clubs: | Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home I thought celebrities went in 3's... this is bucking the trend... hmmm
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clubs: | Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home They did go in 3's. Micheal Jackson, Farrah Fawcet, Billy Mays.
Although I wouldn't put Billy Mays in the same category. | |
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clubs: | Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home You forgot Ed McMahon. Ed, Farrah, Michael. Billy must be the start of a new three.
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Carradine, McMahon, Farrah
Jackson, Mays, ??? | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Ken :But do we go back an include David Carradine? Carradine, McMahon, Farrah Jackson, Mays, ??? Oops. I forgot David!
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2 edits | said by Ken :But do we go back an include David Carradine? Carradine, McMahon, Farrah Jackson, Mays, ??? Swayze | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by marti :Swayze is still living, as far as I know. He is, I think that person was saying Swayze will close this set of 3.
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1 edit | Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by alanisrox69 :said by marti :Swayze is still living, as far as I know. He is, I think that person was saying Swayze will close this set of 3. -Derek- That is what I was saying. Either way, the inevitable is pretty sad. I really like Patrick Swayze. | |
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| I didn't realize Patrick Swayze was in such failing health.
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Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, he is publicly battling the disease. He claimed to Barbara Walters in January 2009, that he is "kicking it".[1] He is the lead in an A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. However, due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze has been unable to promote, or even appear in the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight reported that the show has been canceled.
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00000 | Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home Swayze is very lucky to have lived as long as he has. Usually once someone is diagnosed there is very little time left. | |
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| said by Ken :But do we go back an include David Carradine? Carradine, McMahon, Farrah Jackson, Mays, ??? Apparently it's no longer safe to be over 50 and a celebrity.
...somebody call and check up on Sean Connery. I'm worried.
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| said by Ken :But do we go back an include David Carradine? Carradine, McMahon, Farrah Jackson, Mays, ??? Walter Cronkite. | |
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| Billy Mays was a loud pitchman (Oxy Clean, The Awesome Auger, Mighty Putty), but Ed McMahon was really dedicated.
Once, Johnny was holding a bottle of beer as he was introducing a Budweiser commercial. Then, it slipped out of his hand and-crash! Next thing, Ed was on his knees picking up the broken glass. Johnny quipped- "Are you licking the floor?".
Another time, Ed was doing a live Alpo commercial, but the dog wouldn't go near the food, like he did during rehearsals.
So, Ed got down on his hand and knees, crawled over to the bowl of dog food and barked.
As Billy might've said, that's awesome!
Too bad Ed and Johnny's funniest stuff isn't shown on TV.
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home You could be right, it was quite a while ago. Still, we've lost two great pitchmen recently.
But, maybe the larger-than-life guy in the Extendeez commercials will have a mishap that gets him off the air? Or, the annoying Kevin Trudeau? Or, the shamwow/slapchop guy?
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Mark F :But, maybe the larger-than-life guy in the Extendeez commercials will have a mishap that gets him off the air? Or, the annoying Kevin Trudeau? Kevin Trudeau can't be sent back to prison fast enough, IMHO.
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Shamayim :said by Mark F :But, maybe the larger-than-life guy in the Extendeez commercials will have a mishap that gets him off the air? Or, the annoying Kevin Trudeau? Kevin Trudeau can't be sent back to prison fast enough, IMHO. Had to do a search, as I didn't know the dude by name, but of course I'd seen him before.
Check out his wikipage....you weren't kidding, dudes a scumbag.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trudeau
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So was Billy Mays!!! | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by teanick :dudes a scumbag. So was Billy Mays!!! Care to site some links or provide a factual reason you believe that to be true? | |
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| He actually sent a tweet while he was stuck on the runway in the plane. Notice he doesn't even mention being hit on the head. I can only assume that since he didn't mention the blow to the head, he must not have considered it that big of a deal.
said by »twitter.com/REALBILLYMAYS :
Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Ken : said by »twitter.com/REALBILLYMAYS :
Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.
Count on Billy to be right, even on his last day in this life. USAirways sucks big time. I quit flying America West when they hooked up with that east coast waste matter circling the toilet right before it went down. | |
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| 1. You know those guys who can sell ice to the Eskimos? Well Billy Mays sells ice to THOSE guys.
2. When Billy Mays asks a clerk to break a $20 bill, he gets two $50s back.
3. Billy Mays fired The Donald. In pre-production.
4. Billy Mays can make Simon Cowell cry tears of beauty.
5. Billy Mays interrupted Bill O'Reilly once, causing O'Reilly to profusely apologize for talking out of turn.
6. Chuck Norris once tried to roundhouse kick Billy Mays. Before his foot even left the ground, Chuck was already on his first of three easy payments of $29.95.
7. The GDP of Billy Mays is greater than the entire European Union. Before the recession.
8. In 2006, a man in Arkansas accidentally hit the bass boost button on his home theater remote during a Billy Mays infomercial. We only know this because last December, a team of forensic experts dressed in radiation-proof suits had finished their meticulous examination of the blast crater.
9. Narwhals wash their tusks with OxiClean.
10. Billy Mays attributes the power of his on-screen persona to an incident during his teenage years when he accidentally ingested a Caps Lock key from an IBM PS/2 keyboard.
11. Billy Mays talked Lindsay Lohan into playing for the other team.
12. A Nigerian scammer once emailed Billy Mays. He is now on his 400th package of Mighty Putty.
13. Chuck Norris and Billy Mays once had a beard-off. The winner was to get a bucket of OxiClean, and the loser's penalty was to perform in an ultra-neocon radio show.
14. Vin Diesel waxes his head with Liquid Diamond.
15. Billy Mays sold a lifetime of pity and a warehouse full of fools to Mr. T.
16. Mr. T once tried to throw Billy Mays. Instead of grabbing Billy, however, Mr. T found only a bucket of OxiClean in his hands. He immediately sought atonement through cleaning his gold chains.
17. After hearing a Billy Mays infomercial, R. Lee Ermey reconsidered his own personal commitment to perpetually yelling.
18. Billy Mays was the chief component of President Obama's 2009 stimulus package until the Republicans demanded he be replaced with tax cuts for the stinking rich. Billy made out just as well.
19. If you act now... hahaha, just kidding! Only Billy Mays has the power to compel you to act now.
20. Not only did Billy Mays sell ice to the Eskimos, he also sold them the extended warranty.
21. Billy Mays once sold pain to Chuck Norris.
22. Joe Piscopo tried to outsell Billy Mays once. ONCE.
RIP Billy!
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The Federal Aviation Authority has yet to provide a comment on the accident or Mays' death, said spokeswoman Laura Brown. US Airways spokesman Jim Olson said the company would not speculate before more information was made available
Can you say Lawsuit......
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| Having watched Pitchman since it comes on after Mythbusters and having an interest in inventions, I thought the show was good and Billy seemed like a decent guy - which was not exactly what I expected having watched his commercials in the past.
Too bad to hear about the news. I'll miss Pitchman since I'm guessing that will end. Billy did most of the pitches and the show probably won't be the same without him. | |
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| Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home said by Beachie :I can't help but think how similar this is to Natasha Richardson's death earlier this year. I thought the same thing. | |
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1 edit | Do you think when he got to the gates of heaven he stood there and said "HI BILLY MAYS HERE".
No but really R.I.P. Billy | |
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