Showing posts with label Billy Mays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billy Mays. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2009

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:

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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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