RIP Pitchman - Billy Mays

[ZahZoo]

News is reporting Pitchman Billy Mays age 50 has died unexpectedly...

WTF?

50 year olds dropping like flies?

If you're not familiar with Billy here's a reference...

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[Diamondjimi]

Hmm, could it be he developed a cleaning chemical reaction?

R.I.P.

[Kristy]

Odd story - something about him hitting his head on a "bumpy plane ride" that may have lead to his mysterious overnight death. I'm kid of with Diamond on this one, too much exposure to all those chemicals.

[Douglas T.]

Shocker! R.I.P. Billy! TV will not be the same without ya!

[sadaist]

WOW! Man, this has been one trippy week. I'm really beginning to hate having Yahoo! as my home page. First thing I do every morning, open the Internet and smack, crazy news story. Late night commercials won't be the same. Maybe we'll see more of Vince, I kinda like him...but dang, I didn't want Billy to die.

[GAR]

This is the most tragic death of the week... I am shocked.

I loved this man! He inspired me to be the salesman I am today. Night after night, I would salute Seig Heil at the television while reciting his speeches the remaining 30 seconds at the top of my lungs while my ex-galpal cringed yelling at me just as loudly to STFU throwing anything in reach at me to sit down.

G-D I honor you Billy. You sonovabitch. I loved you like, more than rocky road ice cream. I would have voted you for President.

Billy Mays was a good man. He had energy, he got the stains out. His junk did everything..

[GAR]

Why Billy G-d? Why take the crappy people out of life like Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and that old drunken bastard Ed McMahon - and you can't leave old Billy Mays?

"LONG LIVE YOUR LAUNDRY"

You know, my ex-galpal bought some of that Oxyclean bullshit, and it didn't work. But the opportunity that beloved man provided for me to do my Billy Mays impression and totally destroy the evening's makeout session - that was gold.

Billy you are gold. Were gold. I will remember you forever. You are in my heart - your shit didn't work so the fuckin' soaps still in my clothes but I still got your speeches - the oxycrap will wash out but the speeches won't.

[Nickdfresh]

Odd story - something about him hitting his head on a "bumpy plane ride" that may have lead to his mysterious overnight death. I'm kid of with Diamond on this one, too much exposure to all those chemicals.

It is an oddball story -Plausible, but still a bit sketchy- I would think a potentially fatal head injury would be pretty apparent even before he got off the plane...


As for the thread, I'm really sorry this guy died and my condolences to his family. But I won't miss his loud, annoying commercials exaggerating the effectiveness of crappy products. I'm pretty sure if he posted on the internet, he posted in all caps as in: "HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!!! LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS NEW DOUCHE THAT WILL GET YOUR VAGINA ULTRA CLEAN!!!!...."

[LoungeMachine]

Odd story - something about him hitting his head on a "bumpy plane ride" that may have lead to his mysterious overnight death. I'm kid of with Diamond on this one, too much exposure to all those chemicals.

Natasha Richardson, anyone?

:gulp:

[Va Beach VH Fan]

It is an oddball story -Plausible, but still a bit sketchy- I would think a potentially fatal head injury would be pretty apparent even before he got off the plane...

Gonna take a wild guess here... I DVR the medical examiner shows.... :D

It's either the same type of brain injury that Natasha got, or the other possibility is that the hard landing caused a thrombosis (blood clot) to get loose and lodge in one of his arteries, causing a heart attack....

[VH Drummer]

This is bullshit! Bring him back! I don't even think he made GAR's death pool this year.

[GAR]

Didn't the Death Pool Thread die with Vonnie's site?

I was thinking "embollism" VABeach.. I think "thrombosis" is the actual disease what happens to the brain vessels after playing the thrombone without proper breathing.

[thome]

Thank the powers that be that I am free of that horrible anoying screaming ,my nuts haven't dropped yet, Peter Brady impersonator.

I have never clicked my remote with such vengence as the last year or so, to remove this criminal from my site and ears, of this con artist snake oil salesman , of probably dangerous junk that isn't worth the plastic it was made of.



I cannot believe this jerk had a tv show about how to rip off people by screaming at them into submission .

The writers must really be dry.

EDIT : I guess he may have been a great guy at the BBQ around the block but I guess you get my point............ Free at Last....

Like alot of jerkoffs I feel for his family not ..him...I guess I do not have to worry when his 15 min will be up.

Everything these hacks sell is available across the street for half the price AND.. there are no claims to insanity in order to want to purchase the items.

My condolences to his family and RIP after my post.

[fryingdutchman]

This is the most tragic death of the week...

You're fucking kidding....right?


I loved this man! He inspired me to be the salesman I am today.

Is there really a market selling copies of "Boy's Life" magazine to the other guys on your "Megan's Law" watch list?

[fryingdutchman]

Natasha Richardson, anyone?

:gulp:

That's exactly what I said to my wife after hearing about his "bumpy plane landing" in Tampa.

If that's the cause, US Airways is going to get leveled. Which ultimately could be Billy's final (and biggest) contribution to making life easier for people....because US Airways SUCKS.

KA-BOOM!;)

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Didn't the Death Pool Thread die with Vonnie's site?

I was thinking "embollism" VABeach.. I think "thrombosis" is the actual disease what happens to the brain vessels after playing the thrombone without proper breathing.

Actually, the "deep vein thrombosis" results in a "pulmonary embolism", yes....

[Douglas T.]

I understand that if the families places their caskett order today they can take advantage of the one time only buy one get one free promo!:biggrin:

[Nickdfresh]

Incidentally, the autopsy showed no sign of head trauma...

And I wonder if they're going to use "Ka-Boom" as his embalming fluid...

[fryingdutchman]

Incidentally, the autopsy showed no sign of head trauma...

The media is reporting that Billy had a heart attack during the night and died "in his sleep."

Although I'm sure if his heart went apeshit then he probably woke up at one point...

[GAR]

My respect was not for him because he became a celebrity, but because he had the gift of creating in people the desire to buy which is a rare gift, like chemotherapy.

[sadaist]

The media is reporting that Billy had a heart attack during the night and died "in his sleep."



I feel so bad for his wife. Can you even imagine waking up in the morning & your husband/wife/partner is next to you just stone cold dead? Horrible. The 911 call was released and she was saying things like he's cold, his lips are purple, etc... I can't imagine the pain & scar that would leave.

[fryingdutchman]

I feel so bad for his wife. Can you even imagine waking up in the morning & your husband/wife/partner is next to you just stone cold dead? Horrible. The 911 call was released and she was saying things like he's cold, his lips are purple, etc... I can't imagine the pain & scar that would leave.

The 9-1-1 tape is brutal to listen to.

Especially the part where she says "we can't get him up.....he's gone."

[FORD]

McMahon, Farrah, MJ, and OxyClean man all dead within 72 hours, and still Dick Cheney walks the earth.

OK, Jackson was a pedophile, but Darth is definitely worse than the rest of them.

[GAR]

McMahon, Farrah, MJ, and OxyClean man all dead within 72

Dude it was nuts - me and my chick went to a club in Hollywood, and all the NUTJOBS were out on Hollywood Blvd. so we couldn't drive thru Saturday Nite.

Finally we leave, lucky we found a rare spot right on the blvd with a meter that was good - and she says "Gar, how bout we drive past I just wanna see" cuz you know, they had La Brea roped off with barricades and to get ON the blvd. you had to make a big U turn up past it then down Orange to get in. So when we left the club, we had to leave goin' east, past the insanity of 3 celeb shrines on the sidewalk.

I just wanted to get OUT. But I give in, we drove past Farrah's star, wreaths, floweres, candles... then MJ's star.. in front of Gromans Chinese they had it roped off with iron gate barricades penning people thru one at a time to view the star then shove 'em off. Tons of people, tons. All round the block, down the street and around the corner.

You'd think Michael Jackson was fucking assasinated on his star. Then another "flower shrine" on Ed McMahon's star..

The sidewalks were choked with all the sick people who wanted to view the shrines on the stars in the sidewalks to satisfy their sick curiosities. I told my gal "you know what, the stars were in the cement one year ago like they were ten years ago, like the will likewise be twenty years from now and these people out there have no life, nothing better to do than go into Hollywood and weep and do the moonwalk in the courtyard of the Chinese Theater.

We drove past and there were thousands in that small courtyard, I counted 4 maybe 5 black dudes in red leather jackets wearing white gloves held up doing moonwalks. I was just fucking disgusted, they were lucky I wasn't armed I tell you that much.

Then we got into another argument over the matter, one of several over the course of the weekend, with "you know, I don't see Emmanuel Lewis on nobody's shoulder.. here Lefty check n see - do you see him? NO you want me to tell you why?" and so forth.

She shouldn'ta had me drive thru that bullSHIT

[FORD]

I heard half the flowers and shit were actually left on the OTHER Michael Jackson's star. The LA news dude, I guess. Good thing the beer critic Michael Jackson and the ex Seahawk Michael Jackson didn't have stars down there too, or the whole goddamn city would have been paralyzed.

[hideyoursheep]

McMahon, Farrah, MJ, and OxyClean man all dead within 72 hours, and still Dick Cheney walks the earth.

OK, Jackson was a pedophile, but Darth is definitely worse than the rest of them.

I was saying the same thing.

At least Farrah was an angel at one time.

[hideyoursheep]

What?!?! He had high blood pressure? No fucking way!

Never would have guessed that as many times as I had to hit mute whenever his spots were aired.

"Big Shitty Sliders" could break glass.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I heard half the flowers and shit were actually left on the OTHER Michael Jackson's star. The LA news dude, I guess. Good thing the beer critic Michael Jackson and the ex Seahawk Michael Jackson didn't have stars down there too, or the whole goddamn city would have been paralyzed.

Right, because the recently deceased MJ's star was covered up by red carpet for that Bruno premier...

[Igosplut]

then MJ's star.. in front of Gromans Chinese

You mean Grauman's Chinese Theater Pinhead??

You get mad because they kicked you outta there for panhandling change?

[Nitro Express]

Kaboom was a horrible cleaner. I bought a bottle of it at the store and it was horrible. Simple Green actually dissolves and cleans better.

[Nitro Express]

Ron Jeremy is still my favorite sleazy pitchman. I would take classic porn over Billy Mays products any day.

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[lesfunk]

The fact that that guy's death made national headlines is proof that we as a society are truly doomed

[Nitro Express]

The fact that that guy's death made national headlines is proof that we as a society are truly doomed

I think we are doomed because porn has gotten boring and has lost it's luster.

[chefcraig]

Apparently, this guy was a walking pharmacy. http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-ashamed-smileys-705.gif (http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/Free-Character-Smileys/)

Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death

By MITCH STACY (AP) – 41 minutes ago

TAMPA, Fla. — An autopsy report shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.

The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office previously determined that the bearded, boisterous TV spokesman had a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive in bed in their Tampa condo June 28.

Mays was a pop-culture fixture with his energetic commercials pitching gadgets and cleaning products like Orange Glo and OxiClean.

While heart disease was the primary cause of death, a report released Friday by the medical examiner listed cocaine as a "contributory cause of death."

The medical examiner "concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and thereby contributed to his death," the office said in a press release.

The office said Mays last used cocaine in the few days before his death but was not under the influence of the drug when he died. Hillsborough County spokeswoman Lori Hudson said nothing in the toxicology report indicated the frequency of Mays' cocaine use.

Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause thickening of the left wall of the ventricle and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries, the release said.

The toxicology tests also showed therapeutic amounts of painkillers hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol, as well as anti-anxiety drugs alprazolam and diazepam. Mays had suffered hip problems and was scheduled for hip-replacement surgery the day after he was found dead.

The McKees Rocks, Pa., native developed his style demonstrating knives, mops and other "As Seen on TV" gadgets on Atlantic City's boardwalk. For years he worked as a hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds with his booming voice and genial manner.

He got his start on TV on the Home Shopping Network and then branched out into commercials and infomercials. He developed such a strong following that he became the subject of a reality TV series, Discovery Channel's "Pitchmen."

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[Nickdfresh]

Boy, I didn't see that comin.' (yeah, actually the massive screaming in everyone of his commercials pretty much indicated a coke-fueled rage)....

[FORD]

Let that be a lesson, coke heads..... Never cut the shit with Oxy Clean!:smiley-sniffer:

[Hardrock69]

I never was a gakhead. Had some fun with it. Saw a documentary once in the late 80s about how they use Acetone to extract the powder form from the plants.

Acetone is a heavy-duty industrial solvent. Like gasoline, methy-ethyl ketone, toluene, or any one of those kinda things.

That really did it for me. Have not done any blow since.

I am into the natural stuff that requires no chemical refinement. Anyone got a reefer?

This is another incident (like with John Entwistle) where coke is a contributing factor to DEATH.

[Sucker of Satan's Penis]

Boy, I didn't see that comin.'

I did.. (yawn) thanks. All behold my predestinance, all fear my forebeance!

[Sucker of Satan's Penis]

The fact that that guy's death made national headlines is proof that we as a society are truly doomed

Listen all to my servant Lesfunk, he has the Gift of the Foreseeing Eye.

(btw tuesday they're gonna call you on that dispatch job you applied for - oh but you knew that.. yknow, Gift and all - but you knew I knew that anyw.. aw you know..)

[Little Texan]

No wonder he always acted so hyper and energetic in all his commercials...he was coked up! Makes perfect sense now.

[Hardrock69]

LMAO! Yes it does! :D

[Little Texan]

It's a real shame that he's gone, as I was digging that new show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery Channel.