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Enchanted_Stevi
06-28-2009, 12:26 PM
Thats right guys...the OxyClean, Orange Glo screaming infomercial king has passed away this morning.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html
Macfanforever
06-28-2009, 12:35 PM
thats too bad,i just read that on a radio broadcasting forum board I belong too,he was 50 too.also was menttioned on that board Newsman Walter Cronkite is not doing that will .he is 93 years old.
gldstwmn
06-28-2009, 01:52 PM
The Grim Reaper sure has been busy lately. It's being reported that Mays was hit in the head last night during a hard landing of a US Air flight landing in Tampa. I'm wondering if it was something along the same line as Natasha Richardson.
Meanwhile the Cronkite family has released a statement:

"In order to dispel false rumors, Walter Cronkite's family wants it known that he has apparently suffered for some years with cerebrovascular disease and he is not expected to recuperate. He is resting comfortably at home with family, friends, and a wonderful medical team. We thank you for your prayers and good wishes."
nailatixela
06-28-2009, 02:43 PM
I was shocked to hear this one too. Billy must have sold more products than anyone else on TV. I just saw him on TV recently, so this is very strange. TV commercials won't be the same without him.
Moz
06-28-2009, 02:44 PM
That's crazy. I saw him on Conan just the other day.
Chrislit18
06-28-2009, 05:31 PM
I think this is so sad...Like Jackson, he wasn't very old at all.

He's the OxyClean guy :(
SteveMacD
06-28-2009, 08:26 PM
That'll learn 'im! Should never try to make infomercials for Jacko's ablums.
David
06-28-2009, 09:52 PM
I like the gal -- the rather plump, older gal -- who does her hair mid '60s, & generally sells devices for the kitchen that enable the busy consumer to chop, dice, fry, bake, or otherwise prepare quick & easy appetizers, entrees, & desserts.

Her voice is kind of squeaky, high-pitched. Her "assistant" in the infomercials -- typically a plump middle-aged man -- only stands there & tastes a bite of everything she cooks. That's his job, I guess.
HejiraNYC
06-28-2009, 11:28 PM
http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shamwow-vince-punches-hooker.jpg

But that evil Sham Wow guy lives on... :distress: It's true when Billy Joel says only the good die young...

RIP, Billy Mays.
JWS
06-29-2009, 02:17 PM
They're saying heart attack now.
GODDESS6
06-29-2009, 02:23 PM
http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shamwow-vince-punches-hooker.jpg

But that evil Sham Wow guy lives on... :distress: It's true when Billy Joel says only the good die young...

RIP, Billy Mays.

the shamwow guy seriously freaks me out~ & did you see the pics online of the hooker he punched in the face?~ seems he not only looks freaky, but is freaky too~

i bought shamwow as a gag, & was pleasently surprised when my son accidently spilled bright purple grape juice on my beige carpet & it soaked it right up, the purple color & all~
gldstwmn
06-29-2009, 03:02 PM
They're saying heart attack now.

Probably a pulmonary embolism brought on by flying like Tim Russert...
gldstwmn
06-29-2009, 03:04 PM
http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shamwow-vince-punches-hooker.jpg

But that evil Sham Wow guy lives on... :distress:


If it makes you feel any better, he was beat up by a prostitute last month.
Macfanforever
06-29-2009, 04:51 PM
I think the Sham Wow Vince details are still on the Smokinggun website. along with the documents.
Zombie
06-29-2009, 07:24 PM
I enjoy the ShamWow guy's SlapChop commercial. "You're gonna love my nuts!" he says.

And "Stop having a boring tuna! Stop having a boring life!" he says.

:lol:

They have ShamWows on sale at the Wal-Mart now. I am always tempted to buy one.
JWS
06-29-2009, 08:57 PM
Probably a pulmonary embolism brought on by flying like Tim Russert...

I don't know what that means about the flying, but I believe you