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Sold by Billy Mays
Sold by Billy Mays
He begins all of his many, many TV commercials by announcing/shouting, “Billy Mays here!” My immediate response has always been, “So what?” But since I unintentionally spend more time with this leather-lunged pitchman than I do with members of my family, I decided to do a little research on him. (Thank you, Wikipedia.)
His full name is William D. Mays. He was born in 1958 in McKees Rocks, PA. His birth sign is Cancer. He lives with his wife, Candace, in Odessa Florida. Their home is rumored to be worth $1.8 million.
Billy began his career a salesperson in Atlantic City, selling the “Washmatik” to passersby on the Boardwalk. His big break came when he met Max Appel, the founder of Orange Glo, in the 1993. Max hired Billy to sell their cleaning products on The Home Shopping Network. Today he is the CEO and major star of Mays Productions, Inc.
Here are 13 of the products he has promoted on TV:
1) Awesome Auger
2) The Bedazzler
3) Bloomin’ Onion Maker
4) Fixit Car Scratch Remover
5) Foodsaver
6) Hercules Wall Hook
7) Kaboom!
8) Lint-B-Gone
9) Oxi Clean
10) Never Scrub
11) Swiffer Sweeper Cleaner
12) Zorbeez
13) Mighty Putty (the only one I’ve ever purchased)
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Thanks for shedding some light on just who this Billy Mays character is. I use Kaboom! myself and that stuff really works!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is the guy that does those commercials. Thanks for the info. I have a few of his products I use at home. Great idea for your TT. Happy TT!
ReplyDeleteHe's like the "Call Murray Hill Five..." voice of a previous age. We I Love Lucy watchers remember....
ReplyDeleteI had no clue ... and now I do:--)
ReplyDeleteClever idea for your T-13. Mine's experimentally 'pictorial' at Small Reflections this week.
Hugs and blessings,
Never heard of the guy. I don't watch that much TV and I don't think I'm sad about that after reading your post. I think I'll keep avoiding him. Thanks! I can't stand hard sell anything.
ReplyDeleteThat was interesting. And BTW- that Oxy Clean works pretty good!
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever to find out just who that guy is! I never would have thought of looking him up you're so funny! I see him all the time and just kind of never wondered...
ReplyDeleteGood stuff!
It's funny he started out on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. I once had a friend who did magic tricks there before he got into acting.
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Thank you! I was beginning to think I was crazy! I'm glad to know he really does hock all of those products and it's not just my imagination.
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
ever buy any?
ReplyDeleteI've heard of him, but coming from the UK, I've never seen one of his ads.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm, don't know of him nor any of the commercials. Interesting research you've done.
ReplyDeleteMy 13 are listed, I do hope you can find time to stop over! happy thursday
I like Kaboom too. But I hate the way Billy yells at me! Happy TT! THis was a fun idea.
ReplyDeleteWhen he would say, "This Billy Mays" I would wonder, "and you would be...?" Thanks for answering that question!
ReplyDeleteI have used Swiffer and Oxi Clean myself, but I had no idea he hawked so many products and has made such good money doing so!
Happy TT.
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This might be my favorite of your Thursday Thirteens! Tee hee...
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