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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:billy_mays.jpg\|frame\|'''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE FOR TVALL THE TROPES!"''']] {{quote\|"''BILLY MAYS - the only TV spokesman allowed to speak in all caps.''"\|'''[[YouTube]] Commenter'''}} Line 12: Not to be confused with the baseball player Willie Mays. Before his death he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPLrm3Omkjg called out] [[Vince Offer]]. And then [[The ~~G Mod~~Gmod Idiot Box\|someone]] made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2rD322UR4 an awesome video] of what their "pitch-off" would be like. On June 28, 2009, BILLY MAYS was found dead in his home in Tampa Bay, Florida due to hypertensive heart disease. He was age 50. His funeral was on July 3, 2009 and he was [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm buried in his] [[Limited Wardrobe\|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 feels 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. {{creatorworks\|Products\|hawked}} ~~[[Trope Pantheons/Commerce\|Ascended to]] [[Trope Pantheons/Craft\|the Pantheon]] shortly thereafter as the God of Advertising.~~ ~~----~~ ~~=== Products BILLY MAYS hawked: ===~~ * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLDXfYDAziI Awesome Auger] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBXcpJfmj4 Big City Slider] Line 32 ⟶ 30: * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFpIQPxxaGA Steam Buddy] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25oCWDHnQI Zorbeez] ~~----~~ {{Creatortropes}} ~~=== BILLY MAYS demonstrated examples of the following: ===~~ * [[Adam Westing]]: He occasionally had some fun with this trope - his Shakespearean skit on [[The Tonight Show]] was one of the better examples. {{quote\| "It's out, [[Macbeth\|out damned spot]]! With the power of new Oxy Clean!"}} * [[~~Added Alliterative Appeal~~Alliteration]]/[[Rhymes Onon a Dime]]: Notice a pattern in the product name list up there? * [[And ~~Ninety Nine~~99 Cents]]: Most of his products tended to be $19.99. * [[Author Existence Failure]]: His death effectively ended production on ''Pitchmen''. Discovery Channel began the second season with Sullivan and Mays's son. ** After his death, it was reported that he was going to appear in a series of ads for Taco Bell which will either be scrapped or feature Anthony Sullivan instead. Line 45 ⟶ 43: * [[Berserk Button]]: As shown on ''Pitchmen'', you could not mention Shamwow or Vince around him... * [[Catch Phrase]]: '''"HI, BILLY MAYS HERE!"''' ** '''"[[But Wait! There's More!]]"''' * [[Flanderization]]: He got CONSIDERABLY LOUDER over the years. [[Early Installment Weirdness\|It's weird watching his old, normally-spoken commercials]]. ** '''[http://kdka.com/seenon/Billy.Mays.infomercials.2.1015019.html HE'S NOT SHOUTING HE'S]'''{{Dead link}} '''''[http://kdka.com/seenon/Billy.Mays.infomercials.2.1015019.html PROJECTING!]'''''{{Dead link}} * [[Full -Name Basis]]: Maybe. He's almost always referred to as "Billy Mays". ** Or BILLY MAYS * [[Gag Dub]]: Up until his death, and even after, he was the constant ([[Affectionate Parody\|affectionate]]) target of [http://www.youtube.com/jabo0odydubs Jabo0ody Dubs.] * '''[[Large Ham~~\|LARGE HAM~~]]''': He was remarkably cool and collected in most of the interviews he gave; his giant hamminess was explained as somewhere being [[Money, Dear Boy\|pragmatic about what attitude sells]] and [[Ham and Cheese\|having fun in his job]]. * [[Limited Wardrobe]]: His wardrobe seemed to consist solely of blue shirts and tan pants, indeed to the point that this was parodied in an ad he did for ESPN360.com in which he's on the run and his suitcase is entirely filled with just blue shirts and tan pants. This is taken to an almost illogical extreme, since, as mentioned above, he was buried in that particular outfit. Furthermore, his pallbearers wore the same outfit. * '''[[No Indoor Voice~~\|NO INDOOR VOICE~~]]''' ** Averted by the show Pitchmen - when not on camera, his voice is quite average. * [[~~Names~~Name's the Same]] / [[Legacy Character]]: His father's name? BILLY MAYS, Sr.(Senior) His son's name? BILLY MAYS III (the Third). On the televised memorial service, BILLY MAYS III mentioned that he might name ''his'' son BILLY MAYS IV. * [[Refuge in Audacity]] - Some of the memes and jokes immediately following his death (with surprisingly few proceeding into [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]) were enough to make you laugh and hate yourself for it simultaneously. A good example? Images of Vince Offer holding up the [[~~Death Note (Manga)\|~~Death Note]] with his usual wild-eyed stare. * '''[[Ridiculously Loud Commercial~~\|RIDICULOUSLY LOUD COMMERCIAL~~]]''' * [[Self -Deprecation]]: His ESPN 360 commercials seem to be a self-parody. ** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtYdDK1uTDI the video he made of himself] ordering McDonald's breakfast. * '''[[Shout -Out\|SHOUT OUT]]''': [[South Park]] season 13, episode "Dead Celebrities". Full stop. ** "With just two easy steps, I can jump over these seats and [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|kick you right in the fucking balls!]]" * [[~~Youtube Poop (Web Animation)\|Youtube~~YouTube Poop]]: He is a favorite subject, along with [[Vince Offer]]. {{quote\| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}y23RSIZZMng& I'll put 'em both in the rinse cycle! I'll put 'em both in the rinse cycle! I'll put 'em both in the rinse cycle! I'll put 'em both in the trash.]}} [[Love It or Hate It]]: After his death, many continue to find BILLY MAYS poops funny, while others [[Dude, Not Funny\|changed their minds]]. This was enhanced further by the discovery of an outtake reel in which Billy Mays curses. His sudden "are you shittin' me?" blurt ended up used quite heavily, probably most appropriately for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfrwHHScxg Big City Toilet]. ---- '''[[Running Gag\|HERE'S HOW TO ORDER!]]''' <small>To order the [[Billy Mays]] TVAll The Tropes page, call 1-800-[[~~Five Five Five~~555\|555-5555]].</small> {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Advertising Tropes]] [[Category:Actors]] [[Category:~~Billy~~Pages ~~Mays~~with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Memetic Creators]]