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Title: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: methanolcereal on June 28, 2009, 04:12:21 PM

They can take Farrah Fawcett, but Billy Mays (http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/)?

I'm going to miss getting yelled at all the time.

Why God, why?

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: Kim Kelly on June 28, 2009, 04:24:15 PM

I KNOW.

(http://17.media.tumblr.com/G6b9rviFvp9kk50e9O8OFLlho1_500.jpg)

CAPSLOCK IN HONOR OF BILLY MAYS.

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: yesno on June 28, 2009, 04:25:57 PM

I enjoyed his weirdly aggressive appearance on Conan the other day.  A man with a healthy beard like that should be indestructible!

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: chrisfoll577 on June 28, 2009, 04:30:04 PM

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9895/bmh.jpg)

Too Soon?

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: Sploops on June 28, 2009, 04:38:41 PM

Worst Week Ever!

(http://www.myorkutglitter.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/baby-cry.gif) (http://www.greetingspring.com/files/anims/thumbnails/733_sm.gif) (http://www.miniclip.com/games/sketchstar/images/animation_sources/2009/05/06/00/3201947/1241570692/animation_3201947.gif)
(http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/runningwolf/chero_t-o-t_tear_ani.gif) (http://www.nchpra.org/resources/Crying+Eagle.gif)

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: nec13 on June 28, 2009, 04:39:33 PM

Yeah this sucks. He was one of the great pitchmen of our time, a more overbearing Mike Levey (remember him?). Oddly enough, I'll miss Billy Mays the most of all the people that passed this week. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson may have had a greater cultural impact, but they hadn't been relevant for awhile. Billy Mays, however, was ubiquitous in American pop culture.

He was the Ron Popeil of his generation and he will be missed.

RIP.

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: daveB from Oakland on June 28, 2009, 04:43:14 PM

Quote from: Sploops on June 28, 2009, 04:38:41 PM

Worst Week Ever!

(http://www.nchpra.org/resources/Crying+Eagle.gif)

Crying Eagle, I love you.

So, in my vague awareness of junk culture, I thought Billy Mays was the ShamWow guy ... second hand knowledge. How wrong I was! Vince the Shamwow guy was his archenemy, I guess ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YetveXGE94

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: Scot on June 28, 2009, 05:05:43 PM

Quote from: TRG on June 28, 2009, 04:39:33 PM

Yeah this sucks. He was one of the great pitchmen of our time, a more overbearing Mike Levey (remember him?). Oddly enough, I'll miss Billy Mays the most of all the people that passed this week. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson may have had a greater cultural impact, but they hadn't been relevant for awhile. Billy Mays, however, was ubiquitous in American pop culture.

He was the Ron Popeil of his generation and he will be missed.

RIP.

sky saxon, already forgotten.

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: nec13 on June 28, 2009, 05:09:23 PM

Quote from: Scot on June 28, 2009, 05:05:43 PM

Quote from: TRG on June 28, 2009, 04:39:33 PM

Yeah this sucks. He was one of the great pitchmen of our time, a more overbearing Mike Levey (remember him?). Oddly enough, I'll miss Billy Mays the most of all the people that passed this week. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson may have had a greater cultural impact, but they hadn't been relevant for awhile. Billy Mays, however, was ubiquitous in American pop culture.

He was the Ron Popeil of his generation and he will be missed.

RIP.

sky saxon, already forgotten.

Sorry. I didn't even know that he had died.

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: dave from knoxville on June 28, 2009, 07:23:03 PM

[youtube]MThEoxSWURA[/youtube].

Title: Re: They Can Take Michael Jackson
Post by: fonpr on June 28, 2009, 07:36:45 PM

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sky saxon, already forgotten.
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Sorry. I didn't even know that he had died.
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Sky Saxon had been musically dead for quite some time as far as I know.

I understand that at one point in the 70s (before he started bugging Redd Kross)he was going to put the entire bible to music and record it onto 8-track tapes.

Maybe Pastor Josh could upload it.