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Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show's first season--broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays. It continued for one more season thereafter.
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Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show's first season--broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays. It continued for one more season thereafter.
thereafter, hosted by his son, William Darrel Mays III.
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* {{BattleRapping}}: Is seen one with Benjamin Franklin for ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', though he dies of a heart attack, prompting Creator/VinceOffer to take over.
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* {{BattleRapping}}: {{Battle Rapping}}: Is seen in one with Benjamin Franklin for ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', though he dies of a heart attack, prompting Creator/VinceOffer to take over.
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* {{BattleRapping}}: Is seen one with Benjamin Franklin for ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', though he dies of a heart attack, prompting Creator/VinceOffer to take over.
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* CatchPhrase: '''"ButWaitTheresMore"'''
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* CatchPhrase: '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"''' and '''"ButWaitTheresMore"'''
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* TheFunInFuneral: His pallbearers wore his iconic [=OxiClean=] blue shirt/khaki pants outfit.
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* TheFunInFuneral: His pallbearers wore body was buried in his iconic [=OxiClean=] blue shirt/khaki pants outfit.outfit, which his pallbearers also wore.
* {{Hammerspace}}: If fans came up to him and asked him if he really used the products he endorsed, he'd enthusiastically say yes and start pulling out a seemingly impossibly large collection of samples out of his pockets and give them away.
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* {{Hammerspace}}: If fans came up to him and asked him if he really used the products he endorsed, he'd enthusiastically say yes and start pulling out a seemingly impossibly large collection of samples out of his pockets and give them away.
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On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants,]] [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers.]]
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On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180105212509/http://www2.readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=146663 buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants,]] [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180105212509/http://www2.readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=146663 which were also worn by his pallbearers.]]
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Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show--broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays.
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Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show--broadcast show's first season--broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays.
Mays. It continued for one more season thereafter.
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* AlliterativeName / RhymesOnADime: Notice a pattern in the product name list up there?
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* AlliterativeName / RhymesOnADime: AlliterativeName: Notice a pattern in the product name list up there?
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* TheRival: When Vince Offer got a lot of internet buzz for his [=ShamWow=] commercial, there were signs that Mays (who promoted a competing product, Zorbeez) considered Offer a "challenger" to his pre-eminence among informercial pitchmen, and even cut a new Zorbeez commercial with several [[TakeThat Take Thats]] aimed at Offer. He was vocal in accusing Offer of copying his... well, copy, with both [=ShamWow=] and, later, [=SlapChop=] (a competitor to [=QuickChop=], which Mays promoted). This "rivalry" ended with Mays' death shortly thereafter although it probably wouldn't have lasted even if he ''had'' lived as Offer would not promote another product for some years thereafter, partly due to issues in his personal life.
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* TheRival: When Vince Offer Creator/VinceOffer got a lot of internet buzz for his [=ShamWow=] commercial, there were signs that Mays (who promoted a competing product, Zorbeez) considered Offer a "challenger" to his pre-eminence among informercial pitchmen, and even cut a new Zorbeez commercial with several [[TakeThat Take Thats]] aimed at Offer. He was vocal in accusing Offer of copying his... well, copy, with both [=ShamWow=] and, later, [=SlapChop=] (a competitor to [=QuickChop=], which Mays promoted). This "rivalry" ended with Mays' death shortly thereafter although it probably wouldn't have lasted even if he ''had'' lived as Offer would not promote another product for some years thereafter, partly due to issues in his personal life.
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* TheRival: When Vince Offer got a lot of internet buzz for his [=ShamWow=] commercial, there were signs that Mays (who promoted a competing product, Zorbeez) considered Offer a "challenger" to his pre-eminence among informercial pitchmen, and even cut a new Zorbeez commercial with several [[TakeThat Take Thats]] aimed at Offer. He was vocal in accusing Offer of copying his... well, copy, with both [=ShamWow=] and, later, [=SlapChop=] (a competitor to [=QuickChop=], which Mays promoted). This "rivalry" ended with Mays' death shortly thereafter although it probably wouldn't have lasted even if he ''had'' lived as Offer would not promote another product for some years thereafter, partly due to issues in his personal life.
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William Darrell "Billy" Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958-June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for giving his enthusiastic endorsement to Fix-it, [=OxiClean=], Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc. If the world of {{infomercial}}s and late night advertising can be said to have stars, this guy was one of the biggest. [[LargeHam Large, loud and impossible to ignore]], this pitchman was a familiar face and voice to anyone who watches TV in the United States and Canada. Even if you didn't want him to be.
Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show --broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays.
On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants]], [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers]].
Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the show --broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays.
On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants]], [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers]].
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William Darrell "Billy" Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958-June 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for giving his enthusiastic endorsement to Fix-it, [=OxiClean=], Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc. If the world of {{infomercial}}s and late night advertising can be said to have stars, this guy was one of the biggest. [[LargeHam Large, loud and impossible to ignore]], this pitchman was a familiar face and voice to anyone who watches TV in the United States and Canada. Even if you didn't want him to be.
Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of theshow --broadcast show--broadcast two weeks after his death--was a tribute episode to Mays.
On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khakipants]], pants,]] [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers]].
pallbearers.]]
Beginning in April 2009 and alongside his best friend and equally recognizable pitchman Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, he co-hosted a reality show on the Discovery Channel titled ''Pitchmen'', which showed how his company chose the products they pitch and how they created their ads. The final episode of the
On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki
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* BerserkButton: As shown on ''Pitchmen'', you should not mention Shamwow or Vince around him...
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* BerserkButton: As shown on ''Pitchmen'', you should not mention Shamwow or Vince around him... and he absolutely ''loathed'' Barry Scott.
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* '''[[RidiculouslyLoudCommercial RIDICULOUSLY LOUD COMMERCIAL]]'''
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* '''[[ShoutOut SHOUT OUT]]''': WesternAnimation/SouthPark season 13, episode "Dead Celebrities". Full stop.
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* '''[[ShoutOut SHOUT OUT]]''': ShoutOut: WesternAnimation/SouthPark season 13, episode "Dead Celebrities". Full stop.Celebrities".
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->"''BILLY MAYS - the only TV spokesman allowed to [[NoIndoorVoice speak in all caps.]]''"
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->"''BILLY MAYS - -- the only TV spokesman allowed to [[NoIndoorVoice speak in all caps.]]''"
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William Darrell "Billy" Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958-June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting Fix-it, [=OxiClean=], Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc. If the world of {{infomercial}}s and late night advertising can be said to have stars, this guy was one of the biggest. [[LargeHam Large, loud and impossible to ignore]], this pitchman was a familiar face and voice to anyone who watches TV in the United States and Canada. Even if you didn't want him to be.
He gave his enthusiastic endorsement to such products as Zorbeez, [=OxiClean=], Kaboom, Orange Glo, Hercules Hooks and a plethora of late night merchandise.
He gave his enthusiastic endorsement to such products as Zorbeez, [=OxiClean=], Kaboom, Orange Glo, Hercules Hooks and a plethora of late night merchandise.
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William Darrell "Billy" Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958-June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting giving his enthusiastic endorsement to Fix-it, [=OxiClean=], Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc. If the world of {{infomercial}}s and late night advertising can be said to have stars, this guy was one of the biggest. [[LargeHam Large, loud and impossible to ignore]], this pitchman was a familiar face and voice to anyone who watches TV in the United States and Canada. Even if you didn't want him to be.
He gave his enthusiastic endorsement to such products as Zorbeez, [=OxiClean=], Kaboom, Orange Glo, Hercules Hooks and a plethora of late night merchandise.
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He gave his enthusiastic endorsement to such products as Zorbeez, [=OxiClean=], Kaboom, Orange Glo, Hercules Hooks and a plethora of late night merchandise.
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* '''[[IncomingHam INCOMING HAM]]''': '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
* '''[[LargeHam LARGE HAM]]''': He was remarkably cool and collected in most of the interviews he gave; his giant hamminess was explained as somewhere being [[MoneyDearBoy pragmatic about what attitude sells]] and [[HamAndCheese having fun in his job]].
* '''[[LargeHam LARGE HAM]]''': He was remarkably cool and collected in most of the interviews he gave; his giant hamminess was explained as somewhere being [[MoneyDearBoy pragmatic about what attitude sells]] and [[HamAndCheese having fun in his job]].
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* '''[[IncomingHam INCOMING HAM]]''': IncomingHam: '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
*'''[[LargeHam LARGE HAM]]''': LargeHam: He was remarkably cool and collected in most of the interviews he gave; his giant hamminess was explained as somewhere being [[MoneyDearBoy pragmatic about what attitude sells]] and [[HamAndCheese having fun in his job]].
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* '''[[NoIndoorVoice NO INDOOR VOICE]]'''
** Averted by the show Pitchmen - when not on camera, his voice is quite average.
** Averted by the show Pitchmen - when not on camera, his voice is quite average.
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* '''[[NoIndoorVoice NO INDOOR VOICE]]'''
**NoIndoorVoice: One of his most notable traits. Averted by the show Pitchmen - ''Pitchmen'' -- when not on camera, his voice is quite average.
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''ButWaitTheresMore Call now and we'll send you [[SelfDemonstrating/BillyMays this self-demonstrating page]], absolutely free!''
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''ButWaitTheresMore! Call now and we'll send you [[SelfDemonstrating/BillyMays this self-demonstrating page]], absolutely free!''
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''ButWaitTheresMore! Call now and we'll send you [[SelfDemonstrating/BillyMays this self-demonstrating page]], absolutely free!''
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* CatchPhrase:
** '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
** '''"ButWaitTheresMore"'''
** '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
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** '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
**CatchPhrase: '''"ButWaitTheresMore"'''
** '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"'''
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!!Products BILLY MAYS hawked:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLDXfYDAziI Awesome Auger]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBXcpJfmj4 Big City Slider]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JGXbIfeuRY Ding King]]
* [[http://youtu.be/InGiAr3CPSw Grab-It]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF-IWJEQuEQ Hercules Hooks]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7d85T4OfqA iCan Health Insurance]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7yuoXU_QJs Jupiter Jack]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dvzgLXa-dI Kaboom!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_IBGQIo9EE Liquid Diamond]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuReA-AGa8 Mighty Putty]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNv2oiWdRU Oxi Clean]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPh-qgW8L4w Samurai Shark]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFpIQPxxaGA Steam Buddy]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25oCWDHnQI Zorbeez]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLDXfYDAziI Awesome Auger]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBXcpJfmj4 Big City Slider]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JGXbIfeuRY Ding King]]
* [[http://youtu.be/InGiAr3CPSw Grab-It]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF-IWJEQuEQ Hercules Hooks]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7d85T4OfqA iCan Health Insurance]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7yuoXU_QJs Jupiter Jack]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dvzgLXa-dI Kaboom!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_IBGQIo9EE Liquid Diamond]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuReA-AGa8 Mighty Putty]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNv2oiWdRU Oxi Clean]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPh-qgW8L4w Samurai Shark]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFpIQPxxaGA Steam Buddy]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25oCWDHnQI Zorbeez]]
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I don't think including salacious rumors about his death involving cocaine use is appropriate here, especially if the autopsy said otherwise.
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On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants]], [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers]]. A coroner's autopsy reports suggest cocaine may have contributed to Mays' death by accelerating the development of heart disease. His family believes that the autopsy mistook his back medication for cocaine. A second medical examination in October confirmed that cocaine was not a factor in his death.
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On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was 50 years old. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his]] [[IconicOutfit trademark blue shirt and khaki pants]], [[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm which were also worn by his pallbearers]]. A coroner's autopsy reports suggest cocaine may have contributed to Mays' death by accelerating the development of heart disease. His family believes that the autopsy mistook his back medication for cocaine. A second medical examination in October confirmed that cocaine was not a factor in his death.
pallbearers]].
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* ApprovalOfGod: Not at first. According to his friend and fellow spokesman Anthony Sullivan, Billy Mays didn’t like Jaboody Dubs portrayal of him, thinking that he was being mocked but then started to enjoy after realizing that it was an AffectionateParody, even watching each dub until his death.
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More accurate.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal / RhymesOnADime: Notice a pattern in the product name list up there?
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal AlliterativeName / RhymesOnADime: Notice a pattern in the product name list up there?
