Billy Mays and the ethics of pitching

I'm going to miss Billy Mays. It was refreshing to have a pitchman who was out front about being a pitchman. From the WaPo:

"TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home

By MITCH STACY

The Associated Press

"TAMPA, Fla. -- Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. "

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