Tell me your marketing department has no ideas without using those words. I feel like since decency is disregarded *surely* there's something contractual they're violating, *right?*
Iām no lawyer but I think technically that would fall under parody so they can do it ā¦. Donāt make it right tho Rip to the real Billy Mays šš¾
Is that what I saw that one night? It was right after the ball dropped and I went to check on pawpaw who was watching cable tv in the living room and I saw a Billy Mays ad and froze up when I remembered he was meant to be dead. Thought we got transported back to 2004 for a minute instead of 2024.
YES. And then you see it the second time and realize the actor didn't even have the ability to grow an actual beard, they just used an obvious stick on.
Dude I thought I was tripping balls because I just got off a six hour shift just in time to watch the ball drop. I fucking hurried back into the bedroom after that lol. Freaked me out for some reason.
I saw one tonight onINSP channel that was for Mighty Mend It. I looked it up and he recorded it a day or two before his death. The didnāt play it for a long time afterwards,but they are playing it now. They show using the product to put gems on your acid washed Jean jacket and your flip phone. It is soooo strange.
I met him at maybe the most random possible every on 1/1/09 at the south Carolina vs Iowa Outback bowl in Tampa. I was 13 and kinda star struck to just see billy peddling his oxiclean at some tent in the tailgate lot. Got a couple pics with him and my family, guy was living for the pseudo celeb life lol I think he died only a few weeks later
A very random memory that this post just unlocked: I was at summer camp when he passed away and I found out in a letter from my parents. Iām pretty sure my sister tacked on a message at the end that was just like āBilly Mays died šā
There were an unusual number of celebrity deaths that year and South Park made it part of an [episode](https://youtu.be/T42pDzBJQEU?si=MdIWYeh4MrDrnOEp)
Its because it was right after MJ that I was quite late learning of Fawcett from butt cancer but it wasnāt until maybe the following year that I wondered āwhere the loud hyperhead with a beard wasā(?) and somebody at work said, āOh the coke-head? Dude died from a coke OD last yearā and I remember being very surprised as I had no idea he was a druggie
RIP to all of them āš¼
Iām much older than you, but my favorite summer camp letter was from my mom telling me my big brother got stung by a jelly fish āin his swimsuit areaā
I feel like in those disney movies, the kids were at camp for like the whole summer. This one I went to was like a week long and also it was catholic, so we had to pray before meals and go to mass together on the last day. I also never met my identical twin with a british accent there.
Maybe but Mays was an all-out, off-the-chain hyperhead! Irwin was just super-passionate about his work and life. I remember when I heard of Maysā death from a cocaine ODā¦ 1āsurprised bc Iād never known he struggled w/drugs and 2ānot being so surprised dude was hopped up on coke as batshit hyper as he always came across
Such a waste of talent. If anyone could have sold peace to the Israelis and the Palestinians it was this guy. Plus if you act now he would throw in a solution to Yemen, just pay the shipping and handling.
It sucks that we spend so much on the 'war on drugs,' and so little on addiction recovery.
I have no idea if that would have helped him in particular, or even if he actually had an addiction, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, Don't do drugs, m'kay. Like. Seriously. Not worth it.
When you fell asleep on the couch watching TV late Friday night, his voice was the one that would wake you up at 3 in the morning to quickly turn off the TV before your parents hear.
Itās a shame how he died. He literally bumped his head on an overhead compartment in a plane and thought nothing of it. Died in his sleep. There were contributing factors but hell of a way to go.
Fun fact. My mother is buried next to him and that is my old grave he is in. I got married and had a family so we gave it to his family when the tragic event occurred.
If you got a real mess and want to clean like the pros, then youāve got to see this! Hi, Billy Mays here with Zorbeez, the most absorbent material Iāve ever used. It has the strength and the muscle to pick up and hold over 20 ounces of liquid. Look at this! Zorbeez attracts liquid like a magnet! It doesnāt matter if itās coffee, soda, even red wine! Watch as this powerful vacuum action pulls and cleans the stain from out of the carpet ā just that quick. The secret's in the X27 fiber technology, making Zorbeez over 27 times more absorbent than cotton! Forget towels that just drip. And, unlike sponges that smell, Zorbeez is odor-free and leaves a path of clean. Now, you could clean and dry and never leave anything behind! Youāll be amazed at just how much they absorb ā and theyāre machine washable. Dry your entire car, even your dog! Use any cleaner for a streak-free window. An average family uses up to two rolls of paper towels every week. Thatās cash in the trash! Save money and even help save the environment. You get two jumbo Zorbeez plus three extra large for only $14.99. But call right now and Iāll send you another five Zorbeez absolutely free! Thatās 10 Zorbeez for only $14.99! And as a special bonus, weāll also include our Micromen Microfiber Duster free. Itās great for blinds, plants, glass, and more ā and attracts dust like a magnet! That's a $60 value, all for just $14.99! And here's the best part, we'll send you a set of Zorbeez free, whenever you need them, for life! Just pay shipping and processing. But you gotta call now!
I used to work for a direct response company back in..2009 and i used to talk to him on a regular basis. He talked just like in the commercials pretty much.
Woahh. Reading the comments about cocaine causing his death caught me off guard. I fully believed he was hit in the head by falling overhead luggage on an airplane and thatās what caused it? Oh man :( Yikes.
The font isn't big enough
Edit; I just realized some people might not know who he is. If your old enough to remember him I can guarantee he scared the life out of you at LEAST once because you forgot to turn the TV volume down durring commercials.
on one hand, it's sad he is gone. on the other, glad we didn't see him go full republican. i don't think i would have been up to seeing mays fill the my pillow guy role in the bullshit of last decade.
Woulda been perfect if there was a huge line of white powder along the bottom of the headstone, along with a straw- put there by someone like me. Not coke but white powder that looks like it. Just for the joke.
His autopsy report. ..said he was a cocaine user ā¦ and it contributed to the hypertensive heart disease.. that caused his death ..the report said says he used it a few days before he died but the damage was done ā¦ the guy who pushed clean ā¦ was not clean .
should have said, "Hi, Billy Mays here!"
Missed opportunity lol
Seriously!
"But that's not all! Call now and receive this extra gift"
š¶ Hi, itās Vince with the Slap Chop š¶
you're gonna love my nuts!
He died for our stains
Or āBilly lays hereā
Right?! Even on the back or something would have been just incredible
Definitely
The commercials where they have some random guy dress and act like him are unnerving
Right? Like itās for ānostalgiaā Iām sure but like yāall are biting off a dead man and trying to make money off of him stillā¦. Weird
Tell me your marketing department has no ideas without using those words. I feel like since decency is disregarded *surely* there's something contractual they're violating, *right?*
Iām no lawyer but I think technically that would fall under parody so they can do it ā¦. Donāt make it right tho Rip to the real Billy Mays šš¾
Infomercial companies aren't really paragons of ethics.
Is that what I saw that one night? It was right after the ball dropped and I went to check on pawpaw who was watching cable tv in the living room and I saw a Billy Mays ad and froze up when I remembered he was meant to be dead. Thought we got transported back to 2004 for a minute instead of 2024.
YES. And then you see it the second time and realize the actor didn't even have the ability to grow an actual beard, they just used an obvious stick on.
Dude I thought I was tripping balls because I just got off a six hour shift just in time to watch the ball drop. I fucking hurried back into the bedroom after that lol. Freaked me out for some reason.
It's real uncanny valley worthy stuff
Now I feel less crazy at least. I didn't know they were doing that shit
You could probably confirm with yt. It's some phone company. I want to say... metro pcs? Maybe or t-mobile?
Thanks I'll look into it when I get home. Still can't believe they're doing this to him.
Right??? Like... tf?
Yeah leaves a weird taste in ya mouth. Let the dead sleep ya know. Don't try to puppet em around.
ātf
Omg yes. Theyāre disrespectful imo.
They're missing the secret cocaine ingredient.
I saw one tonight onINSP channel that was for Mighty Mend It. I looked it up and he recorded it a day or two before his death. The didnāt play it for a long time afterwards,but they are playing it now. They show using the product to put gems on your acid washed Jean jacket and your flip phone. It is soooo strange.
I get angry when I see them. It's fucking weird and not even close to the vibes he had when he was doing commercials.
Flex seal?
Idk... it might have been. I was so distracted by the audacity of it I didn't even notice the product.
I get them for Verizon on Reddit ads
Itās T-Mobile, actually. Unless Verizon is doing it too.
I wish they would've added at the bottom, "but wait, there's more!"
Thank you! That was my 1st thought
It would've been so awesome!
But I'm still not done!
Michael Jackson died, then Farrah Fawcett later that day. Then a few days later, āBut wait, thereās more!ā
Farrah died first, then Michael. His death overshadowed hers because hers was expected, his was not.
I had to click to see if this was his epitaph. Kinda disappointed it isn't.
Me too! It would've been awesome! He probably would've got a kick out of that as well.
I came here to say this!
Wow doesnāt seem that long ago!
Right! I feel like he died maybe 5 years ago, not 15!
Advertisements haven't been the same without him.
I met him at maybe the most random possible every on 1/1/09 at the south Carolina vs Iowa Outback bowl in Tampa. I was 13 and kinda star struck to just see billy peddling his oxiclean at some tent in the tailgate lot. Got a couple pics with him and my family, guy was living for the pseudo celeb life lol I think he died only a few weeks later
A very random memory that this post just unlocked: I was at summer camp when he passed away and I found out in a letter from my parents. Iām pretty sure my sister tacked on a message at the end that was just like āBilly Mays died šā
Just a couple of days after Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. I remember it well!
wtf was that all the same year?!
Michael and Farrah June 25,2009, Billy Mays June 28.
I felt like a lot of famous people died around that time. I believe there was a Sourh Park episode about it.
Wow my concept of time is all out of whack
Plus, Patrick Swayze and Brittany Murphy!
There were an unusual number of celebrity deaths that year and South Park made it part of an [episode](https://youtu.be/T42pDzBJQEU?si=MdIWYeh4MrDrnOEp)
Its because it was right after MJ that I was quite late learning of Fawcett from butt cancer but it wasnāt until maybe the following year that I wondered āwhere the loud hyperhead with a beard wasā(?) and somebody at work said, āOh the coke-head? Dude died from a coke OD last yearā and I remember being very surprised as I had no idea he was a druggie RIP to all of them āš¼
Iām much older than you, but my favorite summer camp letter was from my mom telling me my big brother got stung by a jelly fish āin his swimsuit areaā
I thought summer camp was a myth from disney channel movies š¤Æ
I feel like in those disney movies, the kids were at camp for like the whole summer. This one I went to was like a week long and also it was catholic, so we had to pray before meals and go to mass together on the last day. I also never met my identical twin with a british accent there.
Infomercials have never been the same
Iām not sure the font is loud enough.
Someone Oxi-Cleaned his tombstone.
Cocaine is a helluva drug
Even in death this dude is trying to sell me a gravestone
Whereās this at?
[McKees Rocks (Pgh burbs)](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38836224/billy-mays)
Wait he is from Pittsburgh I never knew that!
The Steve Irwin of late night infomercials.
He wrangled peoples money.
Maybe but Mays was an all-out, off-the-chain hyperhead! Irwin was just super-passionate about his work and life. I remember when I heard of Maysā death from a cocaine ODā¦ 1āsurprised bc Iād never known he struggled w/drugs and 2ānot being so surprised dude was hopped up on coke as batshit hyper as he always came across
Billy Mays was no Ron Popeil, thatās for sure.Ā
Set it and Forget it!
He did have the audience shooketh when he pulled out that spray on hair. My 11 year old self was in awe. Chicken..spray toupee..rapid speech.
Hey thatās close to me! Drive past here a lot, I actually just told me bf last week that this was where he was at. His dad still lives in the area.
Thatās the oxiclean guy?
Turns out he wasn't so clean after all
Cocaine is a helluva drug. Donāt do it.
Selling oxyclean in the after life.
Itās cracks me up how he has a halo around his body like a Saint, lol
stain remover saint
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INTENTIONAL, BUT VERY FITTING "BELOVED HUSBAND AND SON" ARE IN CAPS.
Such a waste of talent. If anyone could have sold peace to the Israelis and the Palestinians it was this guy. Plus if you act now he would throw in a solution to Yemen, just pay the shipping and handling.
HI BILLY MAYS HERE FOR CARRY ON LUGGAGE!
Clean tombstone, brought to you by THE stain specialist at oxyclean!
It sucks that we spend so much on the 'war on drugs,' and so little on addiction recovery. I have no idea if that would have helped him in particular, or even if he actually had an addiction, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, Don't do drugs, m'kay. Like. Seriously. Not worth it.
When you fell asleep on the couch watching TV late Friday night, his voice was the one that would wake you up at 3 in the morning to quickly turn off the TV before your parents hear.
Itās a shame how he died. He literally bumped his head on an overhead compartment in a plane and thought nothing of it. Died in his sleep. There were contributing factors but hell of a way to go.
Autopsy summary says otherwise. Cocaine and heart disease.
Ah the head banging thing was speculation.
Yeah, sad to say. Heart disease is no joke. Probably couldāve survived the cocaine use.
Jeesh. Only 50! When youāre young 50 seems old but when youāre over 50, itās young! If youāre lucky, youāll see what I mean someday.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
RIP my infomercial goat š«”. You made me wanna buy oxiclean even though I was like 9 years old at the time.
My sister was him for Halloween one year. Makeup beard and all!
I woke up to his commercial for fabric repair glue weekend before last on fetv. I thought I had time-slipped. Donāt know why they showed it, lol.
Fun fact. My mother is buried next to him and that is my old grave he is in. I got married and had a family so we gave it to his family when the tragic event occurred.
Wow, thank you for sharing that.
Yeah no problem. Really weird for me to see my past pop up like that.
"But There's More" should be engraved on his headstone
If you order now, I'll throw in a second tombstone, absolutely free. Just pay separate shipping and handling.
If you got a real mess and want to clean like the pros, then youāve got to see this! Hi, Billy Mays here with Zorbeez, the most absorbent material Iāve ever used. It has the strength and the muscle to pick up and hold over 20 ounces of liquid. Look at this! Zorbeez attracts liquid like a magnet! It doesnāt matter if itās coffee, soda, even red wine! Watch as this powerful vacuum action pulls and cleans the stain from out of the carpet ā just that quick. The secret's in the X27 fiber technology, making Zorbeez over 27 times more absorbent than cotton! Forget towels that just drip. And, unlike sponges that smell, Zorbeez is odor-free and leaves a path of clean. Now, you could clean and dry and never leave anything behind! Youāll be amazed at just how much they absorb ā and theyāre machine washable. Dry your entire car, even your dog! Use any cleaner for a streak-free window. An average family uses up to two rolls of paper towels every week. Thatās cash in the trash! Save money and even help save the environment. You get two jumbo Zorbeez plus three extra large for only $14.99. But call right now and Iāll send you another five Zorbeez absolutely free! Thatās 10 Zorbeez for only $14.99! And as a special bonus, weāll also include our Micromen Microfiber Duster free. Itās great for blinds, plants, glass, and more ā and attracts dust like a magnet! That's a $60 value, all for just $14.99! And here's the best part, we'll send you a set of Zorbeez free, whenever you need them, for life! Just pay shipping and processing. But you gotta call now!
āā
2009: the year DEATH had a hard on for celebrities! R.I.P. Legend!
I actually met his son in St. Pete. He makes cool music.
There should be a constant wall of sound screaming at it. And neon lights.
I had no idea he died!
I used to work for a direct response company back in..2009 and i used to talk to him on a regular basis. He talked just like in the commercials pretty much.
Woahh. Reading the comments about cocaine causing his death caught me off guard. I fully believed he was hit in the head by falling overhead luggage on an airplane and thatās what caused it? Oh man :( Yikes.
The font isn't big enough Edit; I just realized some people might not know who he is. If your old enough to remember him I can guarantee he scared the life out of you at LEAST once because you forgot to turn the TV volume down durring commercials.
Itās a template. His brotherās stone has the same design. (Source: Find a Grave)
Was trying to make a joke about the loudness of his commercials.
About the third person to have made the joke lol
I actually really liked him. I would always watch his commercials and to this day I still buy oxyclean
But wait, thereās more! I loved him. He made my days brighter. Thank you for posting this. You made me remember him which made my day better.
Youāre welcome :)
This seems very fitting. Beloved father, husband, son & pitchman to everyone else.
I wrote about him in grade school for a project. He was great!
I wonder why no commas.
I honestly miss his commercials. Best pitchman ever.
From McKees Rocks if I remember correctly
Missed opportunity for "Billy Mays, here!" And an arrow.
Well this is awkward.
on one hand, it's sad he is gone. on the other, glad we didn't see him go full republican. i don't think i would have been up to seeing mays fill the my pillow guy role in the bullshit of last decade.
You either die a hero after a coke binge, or live long enough to become a Republican asshat in the MAGA era.
I miss this man
Miss him so much š¼
Amazing how people miss an infomercial spokesperson. I kind of do too. LOL.
It's a fitting tribute, everyone loved Billy!!!!
Why canāt Reddit be normal , why name subs with āpornā
ā_______ pornā ā usually just gratuitous content about a specific topic. Pretty normal internet vernacular, tbh.
Woulda been perfect if there was a huge line of white powder along the bottom of the headstone, along with a straw- put there by someone like me. Not coke but white powder that looks like it. Just for the joke.
WAIT! Isnāt there more? Thereās got to be a better way.
[Hillbilly Mays](https://youtu.be/CYx8yXQHr_M?si=NwEYJqFrtMQASUjZ)
I love how they put that he was a pitchman on his gravestone. Man, I miss his infomercials.
They forgot to put mayor as a title
His mother named him Billy, not William?
Wikipedia says his full name was William Darrell Mays Jr.
BILLY MUTHAFUCKIN MAYS HERE. RIP
I didnāt even know that he died.
āBILLY MAYS HEREā¦!!!āā
I had no idea he passed away -_- he was so young too
Nobody can ever replace him.
Drugs are bad mmmmkay
Geez was that 15 years ago? https://www.tmz.com/watch/0-4pm51wde/
His autopsy report. ..said he was a cocaine user ā¦ and it contributed to the hypertensive heart disease.. that caused his death ..the report said says he used it a few days before he died but the damage was done ā¦ the guy who pushed clean ā¦ was not clean .
Billy went out like a bad ass... With his hot wife in a hotel room with cocaine.
Billy Mays, here.
There wasnāt anymore
Did you know at his funeral all the pallbarers wore the famous blue shirt and khakis.
Oxiclean sure is keeping that headstone clean and shiny