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Old 06-28-2009, 01:23 PM
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Another one bites the dust...
Police: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at home - Yahoo! News

*shakes head*
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Old 06-28-2009, 01:26 PM
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My gosh. This week has been crazy. I'll miss those OxiClean commercials
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Old 06-28-2009, 01:33 PM
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^ what does that mean for the tv show pitchmen?
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Old 06-28-2009, 02:19 PM
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^They haven't decided yet. I just started watching that a couple weeks ago and really liked it, probably because I love marketing and it's something I'm very interested in. I don't really see how the show can go on without him.

Billy might have been annoying to a lot of people, but he was the best at what he did, and he got a lot of people to pick up the phone and order products.
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Old 06-28-2009, 02:41 PM
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Well, I looked at his twitter, and he had a hard landing on an airplane yesterday, but I doubt that really played into it. He did mention that he was to have hip replacement surgery Monday.

Billy Mays (realBillyMays) on Twitter
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Old 06-28-2009, 03:13 PM
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Old 06-28-2009, 03:34 PM
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You never know about the landing, he did say he was hit on the head, and for him not to be feeling good later on sounds alot like what happened with Natasha Richardson when she feel after skiing...This has just been a really bad week for people of celebrity status....I feel really bad for his little girl....Nuts I tell you, just nuts...
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Old 06-28-2009, 04:43 PM
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Who's gonna yell at me to buy random stuff now!
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Old 06-28-2009, 05:40 PM
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Wow...that sucks. Billy Mays was awesome. RIP.
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Old 06-28-2009, 06:00 PM
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I think he was the most respectable of those sappy people, though they really don't deserve any. No more Oxyclean or whatever it's called. Why couldn't it be that guy that sells "50 amazing cures..." or that new book in which he talks to Playboy playmates on the housing market, economy? Sure, I'm listening to the Playmate in yellow in that infomercial. My head is totally there.
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BAM and the dirt is gone...forever.
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Old 06-29-2009, 12:24 AM
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I think Vince from ShamWow and the computer learning guy had him whacked.

Will they use a big Garden Auger to bury him? It's that easy! But! If you act now, we'll double the offer and bury him TWELVE feet under!

He had a great sense of humor- he'd have laughed at that.
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Old 06-29-2009, 01:28 AM
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One of my most favorite things is how he took how people made fun of his pitch and style and how he ran with it. That takes humility and confidence!

My favorite is when Billy Mays goes to the drive-through...

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Old 06-29-2009, 01:07 PM
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That's fantastic James, thanks for sharing that one!!
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Where;s the marathon of infomercials? If I have to sit through VH1-Classic showing three MJ music videos over and over again, I should be treated to the full length infomercials of Billy Mays!
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I'm growing a Billie Mays beard, at least my excuse at work.
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