Writer Sneers at Billy Mays in Death

NewsBusters ^ | July 1, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

I can picture him at St. Pete's Gate saying, "Hi, Billy Mays here!"

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[Viking2002]

OK, now that was funny......

[don-o]

It's almost impossible to go a full day without hearing the words "Hi, Billy Mays here" at least once.

No it's not. All ya gotta do is kill your television.

[John123]

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...

[grellis]

“...the old school hard-sell...” Maybe it’s because of my retaill background but this doesn’t strike me as sneering.

[woofie]

I can picture him at St. Pete's Gate saying, "Hi, Billy Mays here!"

God could use some Mighty Putty

[rickmichaels]

Mays was annoying but I absolutely want to KILL this guy...

[maggief]

Unlike 0, he could speak without a teleprompter.

[BallyBill]

Billy Mays didn't invent, unlike the writer of that article, who's groundbreaking writing style will surely get him a Pulitzer. /s

[lovesdogs]

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.

[John123]

I don’t think George Foreman invented anything either...

[DAC21]

“Mays was annoying but I absolutely want to KILL this guy... “

Apparently so did a Hooker

[Pan_Yan]

I absolutely want to KILL this guy...

Because of his commercials or because he got arrested for punching a prostitute?

[DoughtyOne]

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.

[Paradox]

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..

[Brytani]

Someone needs to shove a ShamWow down Vince’s throat. He ranks at the top level of the most annoying sellers of crap products.

[Shyla]

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.

[alfa6]

P,J. is just reporting on what the A**hat at the Christian Science Chronicle wrote about.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Snurple]

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.