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Billy Mays not here
Posted by Reeve on July 4, 2009
June was a tough month; here’s the short list.
David Carradine: Kill Bill.
Barry Beckett: Muscle Shoals legend.
Bob Bogle: Ventures guitarist.
Ken Reusser: ass-kicking Marine aviator in three wars; I would take this guy and a knife into a gun fight.
Ed McMahon: the #1 2nd banana.
Farah Fawcett: that poster that I never had.
Billy Mays: after going through IBM’s sales school, I became interested in the art of the sales pitch, and Billy Mays was the best. The pitchmen at the Annapolis Boat Shows hawk their “miracle towels” were smooth, and they always appreciated the sale and a compliment. Even today, I’ll listen to a pitch for some completely bullshit product, knowing what’s coming, just for the visceral pleasure of it. And I never could click through a Billy Mays pitch for anything (and he pitched some really crummy products): I’d watch just to see his craftsmanship. At only 50, he closed his biggest order ever, and basic cable at 11:30 PM will never be the same.
Billy Mays: a-MAY-zing. “Just pay a separate shipping and handling. Here’s how to order!”
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