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Monday, June 29, 2009 10:22am PDT
Remembering Billy Mays Infomercials with DC Snowboards
By: Adryan Roane Ritter
Man, these celebrities have been dropping like flies. First Ed, then Farrah and MJ, and now Billy Mays.
For those of you who don't quite remember Billy Mays right off the bat, just think back to the last time you woke up on the couch to blaring infomercials after falling asleep watching Late Night. Yeah, that obnoxious guy selling OxiClean and Mighty Mend-It... that is Billy Mays.
Awhile back DC Snowboards actually hired Billy Mays to help them sell stuff. They turned out pretty funny. Check out the infomercial spoofs below. It's our small way of paying tribute and saying thanks to Billy Mays.
Channels: Snow
Tags: billy mays, Devun Walsh, DC Shoes, rip
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Posted by rishik June 29, 2009 04:39pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
haha. these videos are hilarious. RIP Billy.
Posted by Skateboarding Explained June 29, 2009 09:33pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
Those were some funny commercials. I saw Billy Mays on Conan O'brien last week and he seemed to be a nice guy. RIP
Posted by Fiddies Fo Life June 30, 2009 06:38pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
AWESOME!! Gonna miss ya Billy!!
Posted by iotone June 30, 2009 11:32pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
The boots one is awesome. God bless Billy Mays for keeping me up all of those nights with selling those crazy products. RIP Billy.
Posted by think sucks July 1, 2009 09:27pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
RIP billy one of the best and loudest sales person i know
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