WILLIAM "BILLY" D. MAYS WAS A SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION INFOMERCIAL PITCH MAN! HE GARNERED MUCH RECOGNITION FOR HIS TECHNIQUE OF YELLING REALLY LOUDLY WHEN PITCHING THE "AS SEEN ON TV" PRODUCTS LIKE OXI CLEAN AND ORANGE GLO... AND HIS BEARD!
HE WAS BORN ON JULY 20, 1958 AND WOW! DOESN'T HE LOOK YOUNG FOR FIFTY-PLUS YEARS OLD?! HE WAS BORN IN MCKEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA AND GOT HIS START WORKING AS A SALESPERSON ON THE ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK! WOW WHAT HUMBLE BEGINNINGS HE HAD!
FROM THERE HE BEFRIENDED MAX APPEL OF THE ORANGE GLO INTERNATIONAL AND BOY! LOOK AT HOW HIS CAREER TOOK OFF AFTER HE STARTED PITCHING THE ORANGE GLO PRODUCTS ON THE HOME SHOPPING NETWORK IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA!!! GRANTED, SOME REVIEWS OF BILLY MAYS AND HIS SCREAMING WERE NEGATIVE, BUT THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE!! AS SALES OF THE PRODUCTS INCREASED SHARPLY AFTER HIS DEBUT!
BILLY MAYS COULD NOT ONLY SELL ORANGE GLOW CRAP BUT HE CAN ALSO SELL ANYTHING FROM EASY OFF BAM! TO MIGHTY PUDDY TO - ARE YOU READY FOR THIS??? - HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE iCAN BENEFIT GROUP, LLC!!
BUT IT WAS THE ORANGE GLOW SUCCESS THAT DEFINED HIS CAREER AND THAT SUCCESS LED TO ORANGE GLO INTERNATIONAL BEING NAMED BY INC. MAGAZINE AMONGST THE TOP TEN PRIVATELY GROWING COMPANIES FROM 1999 - 2001! AFTER ITS BUYOUT BY CHURCH AND DWIGHT, THEY CREDITED MUCH OF THE COMPANY'S SUCCESS TO MAYS. NOW WHAT OTHER SCREAMING, BEARDED TELEVISION PITCHMAN CAN CLAIM THAT?!
IN ADDITION TO THE OXI AND ORANGE GLO PRODUCTS, BILLY MAYS HAS HELPED SELL DOZENS OF PRODUCTS, LIKE:
- AQUAPEL
- AWESOME AUGER
- BEDAZZLER
- "BLOOMIN' ONION" MAKER
- BUDDY PUTTY
- CURRIE MOTORS CHRYSLER CREDIT HOTLINE
- DING KING DENT REMOVER
- EASY OFF BAM!
- FIXIT CAR SCRATCH REMOVER
- HANDY SWITCH
- HERCULES HOOK WALL HANGERS
- KABOOM!!!
- SAMURAI SHARK KNIFE SHARPENERS
- ZORBEEZ ABSORBENT TOWELS
- ...and MORE!!!!!
WE'RE SO CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TV PITCHMAN THAT IF YOU ACT NOW, WE'LL ALSO THROW IN THAT BILLY MAYS IS THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF MAYS PROMOTIONS, INC. WHICH IS BASED IN NONE OTHER THAN DUNEDIN, FLORIDA!
BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!
IF YOU CALL WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE SECONDS WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE THAT BILLY MAYS CLAIMED TO BE AVID USERS OF ALL THE PRODUCTS HE USES....
...ABSOLUTELY
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Update 6/28/09
BUT WAIT... THERE'S EVEN MORE!!!! THIS MORNING BILLY MAYS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS TAMPA, FLORIDA HOME AFTER HAVING APPARENTLY DIED IN HIS SLEEP, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER BEING CONKED ON THE HEAD BY SOME LUGGAGE AFTER A TIRE POPPED ON THE PLANE HE WAS FLYING IN AS IT LANDED AT THE AIRPORT!!!
(Pre-death update)
Lucy-S says: BILLY MAYS ALSO BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN! OR VICE VERSA! BUT CHRIS WILL STRIKE YOU WITH GREAT FORCE IF YOU TELL HIM THIS AT A CONVENTION!
avalyn says: YOU FORGOT TO MENTION BILLY'S HABIT OF GESTICULATING WILDLY DURING EVERY ONE OF HIS COMMERCIALS! WOW! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GESTICULATE SO WILDLY!
(Post-death)
alex says: DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!!! FOR ONLY NINETEEN NINETY-FIVE!!! BILLY MAYS KICKED THE BUCKET!!!
BUT WAIT... THERE'S EVEN MORE! THIS IS REALLY FREAKIN' FUNNY!!!!