Keth Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 the famous pitchman known for boisterous selling techniques of products like oxi clean & orange glo has died. he was only 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I just say him as a guest on Conan this week. He had a new cable TV in the works about pitching products. Here it is. It was from this Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I don't think it's too much of a stretch to suspect the ShamWow guy. Apparently Billy Mays didn't love his nuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Man, this sucks. I had a love hate relationship with that guy, but more love than anything. http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/ Mays had just returned from Philadelphia, where he shot a new OxiClean commercial. He was a passenger aboard a plane that suffered a blown front tire upon landing. He told a local TV station, "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head." We're told Mays was at his home around 6:00 PM last night, and according to a source Mays was "acting fine and normal ... he was talking business with his father-in-law." What a way to go. I'm assuming after the blow to the head, he came home, went to sleep and never woke up. So sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 We were talking about all the celebrity deaths today and someone brought up this guy's name. I argued he wasn't a celebrity, but I conceded that he was "technically" a celebrity. Not to start an MJ thread kind of dramaz, but I could seriously give a rats arse if the guy died. Yeah, sorry to his family and all--as sorry as an absolute stranger can be for such a thing--but I'm playing the apathy card here; pitchmen/women are about as useful to society as smog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Well, he did have his own 1-hour tv show about being a pitchman that came on right after mythbusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 We were talking about all the celebrity deaths today and someone brought up this guy's name. I argued he wasn't a celebrity, but I conceded that he was "technically" a celebrity. Not to start an MJ thread kind of dramaz, but I could seriously give a rats arse if the guy died. Yeah, sorry to his family and all--as sorry as an absolute stranger can be for such a thing--but I'm playing the apathy card here; pitchmen/women are about as useful to society as smog. His name and face are recognized, technically a celebrity. Besides, Billy Mays was more of a celebrity than Fitness Celebrity Jonathan Basedow (whom we know is a celebrity because he calls himself Fitness Celebrity Jonathan Basedow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^^I've never heard of that fitness guy. Does he post in the gym thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^^I've never heard of that fitness guy. Does he post in the gym thread? Nobody has, but he seems to think he did, he had a series of infomercials that were on pretty much constantly about how to get sculpted abs or something. It featured, among other ridiculous things, a picture of him standing shirtless rubbing himself as water ran down his chest. It was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^^Weird...or totally awesome? I think you just gave me an idea for this years Christmas Card pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 This is one version of the commercial but in the original he actually referred to himself as "FITNESS CELEBRITY John Basedow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpunkyMonkey Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 This is one version of the commercial but in the original he actually referred to himself as "FITNESS CELEBRITY John Basedow" he's weird looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 That guy is creepy looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpunkyMonkey Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Totally, I'd rather be a fatass with a beer gut than look like him. He looks like a gecko that I once sqooshed where his eyes all bugged out of his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 So the coroners said enlarged heart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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