Posted by
GeorgeBruno on Monday, June 29, 2009 7:14:58 AM
Hi...Billy Mays here!
Yeah..I am shocked. Billy Mays dead. Someone so "alive" and with so much enthsiasm, and so young. Anyone who tries to be him will fail miserably, but I do believe a big hole is now there and is waiting to be filled. Someone has to reinvent that role.
After watching Pitchmen for the past couple months, I saw a different side of him..one that I really liked. I especially liked it when his Dad was on and his son. Neither one was like him though.
He really was the last of a dying breed if you think about it. The younger generation, younger than 40, that is, just thought he was irritating, and I understand.
You probably "got" him, like I did.
That Jersey Shore pitchman/barker was part of our lives.
Billy Mays' "thing" was familiar to us. Anyone from New York or Philly or anywhere in between "got it".
He was a sales type from another era and region.
We could picture him saying "Step right up...see the wolf boy, the bearded lady, and the human rubber band. Real...alive...right before your very eyes!"
He's not that different than the televangelist who speaks of the miraculous and amazing as if they were everyday occurences.
Yeah, he was an act...even Billy Mays couldnt wake up and be "Billy Mays".
All he needed to hear was "3-2-1...ACTION" and he became the man you either loved or hated. There wasnt alot of room for a gray area. Not a bad strategy for life. No gray areas.
How about being enthusiastic about something?
My Dad used to say "Nothing happens till someone gets enthusiastic"
Not a bad motto...for anyone. The politician, the preacher, the shoe repair guy, the school teacher, the retired machinist, the parent, sales person, the house wife, the husband, the home schooler, the newly single, the recent graduate...and the list goes on.
I will personally say rest in peace Billy Mays. I did like you. I hope you had Peace and are walking on streets of gold now. I am sure God did not have to introduce you.
He served a purpose here....and did it with an enthusiam we all should respect.
I did not know him personally, but would have loved to have lunch with him, had a cigar with him and picked his brain.
Admit it or not, there is a hole left in the media world. From being an Atlantic City Boardwalk pitchman to being the icon of enthusiasm, you had an admirable career.
What do I get out of this? What can I extract for my life?
-He didnt work for his company. He was his company.
-He was the CEO of a very successful company called Billy Mays.
I am going to put a card above the door that I walk out of every morning that says "3-2-1...ACTION"
Maybe I can squeeze one more drop of life out of my life with that reminder.
Thanks Billy Mays. I got you.