TV Pitchman Billy Mays Dead at 50

BleedBurgundy · 06-29-2009, 03:53 PM

With all that screaming, no wonder he had bp issues.

RobH4413 · 06-29-2009, 07:34 PM

Its weird the amount of death that's in front of our faces this past week or so. Metro crash, celebs, and last week I witnessed a teenager get hit by a truck and killed in OC.

Kind of forget sometimes how temporary life is.

SmootSmack · 06-29-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RobH4413

Its weird the amount of death that's in front of our faces this past week or so. Metro crash, celebs, and last week I witnessed a teenager get hit by a truck and killed in OC.

Kind of forget sometimes how temporary life is.

Wow, that must have been a crazy thing to witness

DynamiteRave · 06-29-2009, 11:35 PM

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With all that screaming, no wonder he had bp issues.

Guess that stock market guy on CNBC must be about to bust a vein soon then (Don't know his name). I always see that guy going nuts on TV.

hooskins · 06-29-2009, 11:46 PM

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Guess that stock market guy on CNBC must be about to bust a vein soon then (Don't know his name). I always see that guy going nuts on TV.

Jim Cramer.

tryfuhl · 06-30-2009, 04:35 AM

Monkeydad · 07-02-2009, 01:30 PM

Billy Mays is the only of these latest celebrity deaths that really was sad to hear about. He was actually a great person.

My son (19 months) loved when his commercials came on. He'd stop whatever he was doing to watch.

firstdown · 07-02-2009, 03:16 PM

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Billy Mays is the only of these latest celebrity deaths that really was sad to hear about. He was actually a great person.

My son (19 months) loved when his commercials came on. He'd stop whatever he was doing to watch.

With his show he gained my respect and it seemed he really cared to help people. Before his show I figured he would sell any kind of junk if he could make money but from watching his show it seem he really believed in the products he sold. Funny how kids pick up on some things and I bet it was his loud voice that caut his attention.

hooskins · 07-02-2009, 07:53 PM

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With his show he gained my respect and it seemed he really cared to help people. Before his show I figured he would sell any kind of junk if he could make money but from watching his show it seem he really believed in the products he sold. Funny how kids pick up on some things and I bet it was his loud voice that caut his attention.

Not only did he believe in his products but he really cared for others as you said. I saw one episode where he was pitching his buddy's product who was a former pitchman( couldn't pitch anymore because of being disabled). His human side really showed.

The other guy, Sully(sp) comes off as a real ass.

firstdown · 07-03-2009, 09:51 AM

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Not only did he believe in his products but he really cared for others as you said. I saw one episode where he was pitching his buddy's product who was a former pitchman( couldn't pitch anymore because of being disabled). His human side really showed.

The other guy, Sully(sp) comes off as a real ass.

I saw that and in another episode he waved his fee because the guy was out of money trying to get his product to market.

hooskins · 08-03-2009, 09:56 PM

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I saw that and in another episode he waved his fee because the guy was out of money trying to get his product to market.

I am glad we can agree on something in the Parking Lot.

SmootSmack · 07-02-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Buster

Billy Mays is the only of these latest celebrity deaths that really was sad to hear about. He was actually a great person.

My son (19 months) loved when his commercials came on. He'd stop whatever he was doing to watch.

Billy Mays was absolutely a great person. But how do you know the others weren't? We'll leave MJ out of this discussion but he's understandably a polarizing figure. But who's to say Ed McMahon or Farrah Fawcett weren't good people too.

JLee9718 · 07-06-2009, 06:35 PM

I'll bet none of you know Gail Storm, a "B" movie actress who also died last week. However, she was 89 so I can't see anything odd about her death except that it dcame at a time when so many other celebrities also died.

Gail Storm was also a singer who recorded several oldies (real oldies) such as "Come down from your Ivory Tower." Who can remember that song?

SmootSmack · 07-06-2009, 07:02 PM

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I'll bet none of you know Gail Storm, a "B" movie actress who also died last week. However, she was 89 so I can't see anything odd about her death except that it dcame at a time when so many other celebrities also died.

Gail Storm was also a singer who recorded several oldies (real oldies) such as "Come down from your Ivory Tower." Who can remember that song?

What about Karl Malden? Think he was like 97 though

firstdown · 07-10-2009, 01:59 PM

Last night the DC had a show devoted to Billy and he really did seem like a great man. After he made his money it seemed he turned his focus to helping others.

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JLee9718 Impact Rookie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 573	Re: TV Pitchman Billy Mays Dead at 50 I'll bet none of you know Gail Storm, a "B" movie actress who also died last week. However, she was 89 so I can't see anything odd about her death except that it dcame at a time when so many other celebrities also died. Gail Storm was also a singer who recorded several oldies (real oldies) such as "Come down from your Ivory Tower." Who can remember that song?

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firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 62 Posts: 15,817	Re: TV Pitchman Billy Mays Dead at 50 Last night the DC had a show devoted to Billy and he really did seem like a great man. After he made his money it seemed he turned his focus to helping others.