Posts Tagged ‘Infomercial’

Billy Mays. RIP

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

No Zorbeez can sponge these tears.
No amount of Mighty Putty will heal my broken heart.
RIP u midnight stallion haired prince of sales, Billy Mays…

the Mays Family and Co-host Anthony Sullivan with Conan

I am pretty close with Billy Mays Jr, by which of course I mean that I follow him on Twitter, and he had the following to say for his late father:

# This feels like one of those times when I would call my dad and say “What should I do?” He’s still answering but now it’s from within.about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter

#wearblue4billy – Wear blue tomorrow in memory of Billy- I didn’t come up with this but it made me smile and my dad would surely be honored.about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter

All your replies and messages are a great comfort to me. Thank you all for the condolences.about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter

I’m thankful I got to talk to my dad last night. I miss him immensely already. But I feel him with me.about 5 hours ago from UberTwitter

With the family. Um… Not quite sure what to say right now. All the support from you guys does help.about 8 hours ago from UberTwitter

On my way to the house. He’s gone. I’m gonna be strong for him. Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers everyone.about 8 hours ago from UberTwitter

it seems to be all too real at this point. Thank you.about 9 hours ago from txt

My dad didn’t wake up this morning.. I’m sure you’ll all hear about it. It hasn’t yet hit me but it’s about to.about 9 hours ago from UberTwitter

Mays was unique in the infomercial world for not being a shameless huckster. None of his endorsed products, that I am aware of, have been shown to be junk that is incapable of performing the tasks claimed on their advertising. In addition to just appearing to be a pretty pleasant and genuine guy, Mays had a sense of realness about him that is lacking in both sales and showbiz, and he was holding a commanding lead in both arenas before his passing.

I would never condone violence against the ShamWow guy Vince, but I do feel us Mays fans are called upon to do SOMETHING to avenge his final wishes via “shamPow”…

I last saw Billy on the Tonight show talking to Conan with his co-host Anthony Sullivan about their new show Pitch Men.

Berman on the Magic Bullet Infomercial

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

In fairness, the Magic Bullet IS kind of the best thing ever and I use mine every day.


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