Posted on 07/01/2009 4:42:56 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
"Hi, Billy Mays here!"
Unfortunately we won't be able to hear Billy Mays say that again in person but that recorded line is destined to live on for as long as there are people. The untimely death of Billy Mays inspired numerous accolades from around the country including this tribute video, one of many that you can find on YouTube. However, in contrast to the almost universal admiration of Mays, there was one discordant note sounded on the opinion page of the Christian Science Chronicle in the form of this sneering column written by one Darryl Campbell. You can almost hear the elitist condescension dripping as Campbell looks down his haughty nose at Billy Mays:
It's almost impossible to go a full day without hearing the words "Hi, Billy Mays here" at least once. For over a decade, Billy Mays pitched everything from laundry detergents to Mighty Putty, Hercules Hooks to health insurance, to the television-viewing public. He was neither an inventor-salesman like Ron Popeil nor a celebrity endorser like Suzanne Somers; instead, he used his talent for working a crowd and an infinite capacity for shouting (he insisted that it was "projecting") in order to become the best-known and by far the loudest practitioner of the old-school hard sell.
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PING!
No it's not. All ya gotta do is kill your television.
Billy Mays figured out how to become successful... and for that I give him his props... the writer of the article has wealth envy... be afraid... the next step of course is Communism...
“...the old school hard-sell...” Maybe it’s because of my retaill background but this doesn’t strike me as sneering.
God could use some Mighty Putty
Unlike 0, he could speak without a teleprompter.
Shame on them. This man had a family and seemed to be a decent sort of guy. No I could no listen to the commercials. But it did seem from what I have read that he would only pitch those things that worked the way they were advertised.
I hope that he gave my grandma an awesome digging tool thingy. Between the two of them, heaven’s gardens will have lovely produce.
I don’t think George Foreman invented anything either...
“Mays was annoying but I absolutely want to KILL this guy... “
Apparently so did a Hooker
Because of his commercials or because he got arrested for punching a prostitute?
The guy fulfilled a need. He had nothing to be ashamed of, as it relates to the items he hawked. A cheap shot at him on this topic is nothing but a despicable cheap shot.
Imagine, if you’re a personality like Suzanne Summers, it’s okay. If you’re a nobody like Billy Mays, why you’re persona non gratis.
What a ass this P.J. Gladnick is.
I had been watching Pitchmen on television. A great show! After watching a few episodes, I realized that Billy was a great guy all around, rags to riches, he was the American Dream. I have a couple of product ideas that I was _seriously_ thinking of pitching to Billy and Sully (as in Pitchmen), I had the commercial written in my mind, with Billy as the salesman. Sadly, he has passed away, and this by far, for my, is the saddest of the celebrity passings..
Someone needs to shove a ShamWow down Vince’s throat. He ranks at the top level of the most annoying sellers of crap products.
I just read an article written by a friend of his.
Said BM was very low keyed, soft spoken unless he was pitchng something in front of a camera.
P,J. is just reporting on what the A**hat at the Christian Science Chronicle wrote about.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
I know who Billy Mays was, know what he looked like, knew what he did.....who the hell is P.J. Gladnick? Never heard of him before now.
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