I watched Billy Mays on infomercials for over 10 years. I still have the very old partially filled bucket of OxyClean under my kitchen sink. It got so I trusted everything he said and would frequently buy whatever he was selling (provided I needed it). I was very sad when he passed away. In fact, more sad than I thought I would be. Somehow he wormed his way into my heart. I grew to be very fond of him. The world is a little less brighter and a little more quieter now. I am actually glad to see his commercials still. It's a little comforting somehow and yet I still get sad from seeing/hearing him. I stop whatever I'm doing and watch his commercials because I know now they won't be around forever.

This is a little off topic but I think they should change the next season of Pitchmen to have a contest (a la the Apprentice) to find a new pitch man. Nobody will ever take the place of Billy Mays, nobody will ever be able to put Sully in his place the way Billy did, but it would be interesting television and a good legacy of his spirit to continue on to find someone who could carry the torch. The blue shirt, however, is retired.

There were these TV commercials here in Portland, for I think auto glass. The guy in the commercials got killed by a hooker in some hotel somewhere, and right after the local news reported on that, they went to commercial and there he was. It was hilariously creepy.

Because Vince owns Shamwow, he isn't just their pitchman... That's the only reason he's still on tv.

It's more going to be sad, knowing what he likely died from, and then hearing him scream at the top of his lungs at me.

But look at Vince from ShamWow. He beats women and I never expected his commercials to continue airing once that was confirmed...

I saw him in a Mighty Putty ad last night on MSNBC.