Spirited TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead at his Tampa home earlier this morning, police said.
Mays, 50, lent his trademark booming voice to infomercials for products like OxiClean and Orange Glo.
His wife, Deborah Mays, found him at their home Sunday morning, the Associated Press reported. Tampa police said there were no signs of a break in or foul play.
An autopsy will be done by Monday afternoon to determine the cause of death.
"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days," Deborah Mays said in a statement. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."
Mays, who got his start peddling products to passersby on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, has plugged Mighty Putty, the Ding King dent repair kit, and, most recently, the website ESPN360.com
"With every product you see me on TV with, I've turned down 100, 150 more," Mays told the News earlier this month, while in New York for a look alike contest. "I've been on TV for 11 years, and all I have is my good name."
"I compare myself to a big-league slugger, a quarterback, the doctor who delivers the baby," he said. "I'm not an inventor, but I'll take your product to the next level."
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
Okay forgot something important. RIP Billy Mays, I think he was a true professional at his job and even though there are a lot of jokes about him and etc. I think it's because he was so good at what he did that he was so well-known.
I think everyone should tone it down on the jokes, it's rude and not to mention Manifesto7 will ban-hammer all of you.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
2. Why do you even know who Billy Mays is? Why is some guy from commercials making headlines? Because he was good at what he did, even if it was annoying or seems simple to you. I'd like to see you be as successful at doing what either of these two individuals did. He is not responsible for the product he sells, but how he sells it, and he sold it well. Why? Because he wasn't used in just Oxyclean and he is famous (or infamous, an irrelevant distinction though).
3. Nice, using the death of one person to insult an unrelated other. No one cares what you think by the end of the post you just made, unless they are people like you.
4. Learn some respect, if not for what they did in their lives, then at least have the decency to not DISrespect them when they die.
Heard he got hit on the head during a rough landing from an airplane flight yesterday. Could that have cause for this? Will be interesting to hear more.
Man that guy was rly cool. On that discovery show they always showed his kids and his daughter is like really young. At least he's done all that he could for her wellbeing
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
None of us know the truth but 0 convictions is pretty damn convincing. It's hard to cover up/defend molestation, especially multiple times. The physical and mental infantilism would be fucking impossible to fake for so many decades just for the sake of a few sleep-overs with little kids, which he ended up not getting off to anyways. Childhood trauma is a fact. His contributions are a fact. I am not pretending to have definitive evidence, I was stating my informed opinion.
omg...just yesterday one of my friends showed me all the parodies of his commercials on youtube for the first time, then I wake up to find that he is dead?! WTF!?
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
losing my hope for humanity everyday, make a blog or something and get the fuck out.
Chill with the fucking jokes in this thread, just because a moderator hasn't made it an oficial announcement you guys should know better. Save it for some pic dump thread or some shit.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
i believe it's 3s and 7's, so there's 3 more to die
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
None of us know the truth but 0 convictions is pretty damn convincing. It's hard to cover up/defend molestation, especially multiple times. The physical and mental infantilism would be fucking impossible to fake for so many decades just for the sake of a few sleep-overs with little kids, which he ended up not getting off to anyways. Childhood trauma is a fact. His contributions are a fact. I am not pretending to have definitive evidence, I was stating my informed opinion.
You were stating your opinion but he should get banned for stating his?
NOO! I just watched his show Pitchman for the first time last week. I was gonna post "wow, another celebrity's dead?" before I realized who he was. His voice was instantly recognizable.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
None of us know the truth but 0 convictions is pretty damn convincing. It's hard to cover up/defend molestation, especially multiple times. The physical and mental infantilism would be fucking impossible to fake for so many decades just for the sake of a few sleep-overs with little kids, which he ended up not getting off to anyways. Childhood trauma is a fact. His contributions are a fact. I am not pretending to have definitive evidence, I was stating my informed opinion.
You were stating your opinion but he should get banned for stating his?
It's more slander than stating an opinion. Free speech has consequences.
OMG I SWEAR TO GOD YESTERDAY I WAS LIKE GOD DAMN MJ IS DEAD, WHOS NEXT BILLY MAYS? I WAS TOTAL JOKING WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILLY MAYS WAS THE GREATEST MEME EVER!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
Have you seen the show pitchmen?? Have you seen all the testing and the stuff they do to ensure they're not selling pieces of shit? I used to think like you, but his business is legit, and Billy Mays was the best at what he did.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
This is why he is awesome. Watching his infomercials makes you feel good that you arent actually stupid enough to buy his products. Its just entertainment.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
Have you seen the show pitchmen?? Have you seen all the testing and the stuff they do to ensure they're not selling pieces of shit? I used to think like you, but his business is legit, and Billy Mays was the best at what he did.
RIP
Actually from what I've seen Oxyclean doesn't really work well at all...
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
I hope you get banned.
1. There have been 0 convictions on Michael Jackson of child molestation. He has physical and mental infantilism (Russian term idk the English equivalent) which means he was probably incapable of sex or maybe even romantic feelings. He never touched the kids with any pedo or sexual intent. Childhood trauma fucked his life, yet he still managed to revolutionize the music business and become the King of Pop, with music that bridged genres that millions enjoy to this day. You are no one to talk down to him. He deserves to be mourned, he deserves to be remembered.
They say celebrities die in 3's. I guess that means 2 more celebrities are going to die since Mays is #4
None of us know the truth but 0 convictions is pretty damn convincing. It's hard to cover up/defend molestation, especially multiple times. The physical and mental infantilism would be fucking impossible to fake for so many decades just for the sake of a few sleep-overs with little kids, which he ended up not getting off to anyways. Childhood trauma is a fact. His contributions are a fact. I am not pretending to have definitive evidence, I was stating my informed opinion.
You were stating your opinion but he should get banned for stating his?
Did you read his? Did you see what he said about people who are not criminals, how it's ridiculous "People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen?" Are you trolling? None of us know the truth, so arguing back is just as silly.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
Have you seen the show pitchmen?? Have you seen all the testing and the stuff they do to ensure they're not selling pieces of shit? I used to think like you, but his business is legit, and Billy Mays was the best at what he did.
RIP
I'll check it out, but from I've seen Oxyclean, Ding King, Fix It, and Kaboom don't work or don't work nearly as good as they say they do.
The only product he advertises that I actually know does work is the oder eliminator one.
On June 29 2009 03:20 fanatacist wrote: Chill with the fucking jokes in this thread, just because a moderator hasn't made it an oficial announcement you guys should know better. Save it for some pic dump thread or some shit.
I don't think you can have someone banned for thinking michael jackson is a pedophile since it's suspicion, not slander. By that argument, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Mark McGwire, and Sosa should have been outraged at Southpark accusing them of taking steroids when there was no public proof at that time.
I couldn't believe it, I thought it was a bad lampoon of the MJ death.
NO! I MADE THAT REFERENCE IN THE MJ THREAD! FUCK YOU FOR STEALING MY THUNDER. <3
But seriously. This is sad. Billy Mays was a nice guy, he was excellent at what he did and he did not deserve to die. Making a cute reference to Death note is fine, but diminishing his accomplishments and taking away his right to be respected during death is sick.
There seems to be a lot of strong opinions here ...
Michael Jackson was very influential across the entire world, as well as someone who frequently utilized dance moves. But he was also very controversial, did strange things that are clearly unacceptable, and some that are debatably unacceptable.
Billy Mays was a good salesman. Yes he was on infomercials, and yes products from infomercials are overhyped and typically do not work particularly well, but he did help countless old ladies to find something to spend their social security checks on, and was a generally loud celebrity.
It is possible to have positive or negative opinions about either, but you cannot deny there are both positive and negative aspects about both.
On June 29 2009 09:34 Cyrkulous wrote: Wtf is going to happen when Chuck Norris dies? After the whole facts lists and everything, I wonder how crazy stuff is going to be ...
But now that he's dead, what's going to happen to that Discovery Show, "Pitchmen." Are they going to cancel it, or are they just going to stick with the other pitchman that was involved in the show too?
Hope this isn't a repeat of that last 3 death week. That was horrible. >.<
On June 29 2009 03:20 fanatacist wrote: Chill with the fucking jokes in this thread, just because a moderator hasn't made it an oficial announcement you guys should know better. Save it for some pic dump thread or some shit.
Hmm
Yea that was such an offensive joke bro. Stop trying to start something.
What the fuck is this world coming to indeed? People mourning the death of pedophiles and now sleazy salesmen? Seriously his technique for selling shit was:
Step 1: Yell a lot. Step 2: Use camera magic to make shit look like it works (or in the case it actually does work make it look like it doesn't suck as much as it actually does). Step 3: Yell some more.
(Co-incidentally step 1 and 3 are the same approach taken by Dane Cook for his comedy acts)
Lol, someone is very, very bitter. For no good reason either.'
He may have just been a "sleazy salesman" to you, but he was a person.
On June 29 2009 07:05 FlamyDeath wrote: Billy Mays was 100x as awesome as MJ. Can't believe he's getting so little attention.
wow I'm not American so I didnt even know about this guy until he died, then I watched some vods and whoa he was annoying,yelling like all his viewers are deaf I'm so confused why people are so shocked about his death. I mean death is always sad but people die every second so why particularly moan about him? Cause he sold some mediocre products? That doesn't even sound like a profession to be proud of in the first place, no matter if he sucks at it or is absolutely amazing at it. Oh boy this post probably sounds very offensive but honestly I'm just curious, as I said I don't know much about him. If he actually was superamazing for some other reason go ahead and tell me.
About MJ the pedophile I always thought it was just disgusting how these greedy freaking people just smelled the money and started jumping on the bandwagon like decades after their kids had gone to neverland. What a coincidence, some more people sueing MJ, mhhhhh our kid was there too... lets make some ez money. Doesn't matter that this guy is like the friendliest person on this planet and that this is gonny destroy his reputation forever and that our kid had an amazing time with him.
That guy just really really liked kids, in a quite weird, but not in a sexual way.
Ages ago this friend of mine wrote him some fanletter, I think with a little picture he had drawn (I would guess he was like ... 8 years old? hard to tell, it was ages ago, I must have been like 5 years old or something) -> A while later he gets a package with an answer from MJ and a brandnew freaking playstation with a whole bunch of games. What do you think how many artists nowadays even read their fanmail?
And I'm not even a fan of his at all, I never connected to his music that much, I just respected him for it.
On June 29 2009 07:05 FlamyDeath wrote: Billy Mays was 100x as awesome as MJ. Can't believe he's getting so little attention.
wow I'm not American so I didnt even know about this guy until he died, then I watched some vods and whoa he was annoying,yelling like all his viewers are deaf I'm so confused why people are so shocked about his death. I mean death is always sad but people die every second so why particularly moan about him? Cause he sold some mediocre products? That doesn't even sound like a profession to be proud of in the first place, no matter if he sucks at it or is absolutely amazing at it. Oh boy this post probably sounds very offensive but honestly I'm just curious, as I said I don't know much about him. If he actually was superamazing for some other reason go ahead and tell me.
Clearly you've never seen any parodies on his commercials. They gave me more joy then any joke made about MJ ever. Frankly MJ had 0 impact on anything in my life (and no I'm old enough to have been around when he was populair). I don't like his music nor anything about him.
Anyways not much point in this. Clearly you don't understand the concepts of irony or sarcasm.
Wow, this actually makes me really sad. Billy Mays commercials, while gimmicky didn't leave you a frustrated bored feeling and I never regretted trying Oxyclean =[.
Even tho he was just a commercial personality he seemed so likable.
On June 29 2009 07:05 FlamyDeath wrote: Billy Mays was 100x as awesome as MJ. Can't believe he's getting so little attention.
wow I'm not American so I didnt even know about this guy until he died, then I watched some vods and whoa he was annoying,yelling like all his viewers are deaf I'm so confused why people are so shocked about his death. I mean death is always sad but people die every second so why particularly moan about him? Cause he sold some mediocre products? That doesn't even sound like a profession to be proud of in the first place, no matter if he sucks at it or is absolutely amazing at it. Oh boy this post probably sounds very offensive but honestly I'm just curious, as I said I don't know much about him. If he actually was superamazing for some other reason go ahead and tell me.
Clearly you've never seen any parodies on his commercials. They gave me more joy then any joke made about MJ ever. Frankly MJ had 0 impact on anything in my life (and no I'm old enough to have been around when he was populair). I don't like his music nor anything about him.
Anyways not much point in this. Clearly you don't understand the concepts of irony or sarcasm.
Well you're wrong, I did see them, theyre pretty funny. But it's not like they are his work is it. Or are you telling me youre just mourning about his loss because now that he's dead some youtube guys can't make fun of him anymore? And I said myself I didnt really like MJs music that much so...
But yeah thanks for saying I don't understand the concepts of irony or sarcasm based on ....... what, that your comment wasn't serious? It obviously was kind of true as you just pointed out. And there's obviously people in this thread who really are sad about his death so... yeah but thanks for thinking I'm an idiot.
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