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Billy Mays 2009

Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 at 10:56 am | | Leave a comment | 42 comments | Add to Memories | Share this!

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[info]rosathome

That truly is terrifying! I can't bear that man - it's the way that he's always shouting at people through the TV screen. Someone needs to explain to him how microphones work.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:00 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - Eddie thinks he's hilarious. He'll sit at the dinner table and do his imitation: Eddie Carroll here with news from the sixth grade . . .
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:27 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]girlspell

omg!!! It's him!!! Hilarious....
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:34 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - he had fun with it.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]grandma_kate

Very funny. CNN said that "dead celebrities" was the most popular costume this year. Where is St Margarets in her Barbara Cortland costume?
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:47 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

Oh, it was too hard to drag the fainting couch *and* the little dog around, so I just wore the turtleneck, fleece vest and jeans which is my unpublished uniform.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 04:58 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]amamama

Heh. He looks great - the best part is his contagious grin. Especially as I have no idea who Billy Mays is. *g*
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 05:08 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

I can only get Eddie to smile for the camera now when he's mugging it up. He's too "cool" to smile for school pictures. Billy Mays sells laundry soap in a very loud way on TV. Eddie thinks he's hilarious.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 05:12 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]huehau

Billy Mays was a very shouty pitchman for many products. From memory, he was in commercials for OxyClean, a device that lets you hear your cellphone over your car's speakers, I seem to remember some kind of cutting device, and other things.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:36 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

Any advertiser would be happy to hear you remembered a few of his products. I just tune so many commercials out - I'm obviously not the target audience.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:41 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tdu000

We have a TV program called "The Gruen Transfer" in which people from the ad industry analyse adverts and tell us why they work, or don't. (It's actually a comedy show, although it doesn't sound like it). The technical term for that sort of advert is "A Shouty Ad!"

Is trick or treating an established event in Canada or is it just for US ex-pats?
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 06:44 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

Trick-or-treat is very popular here! I couldn't believe all of the stuff Eddie came home with.

LOL - shouty ad is it!
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:15 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tdu000

We didn't get any, thank goodness. I'd forgotten about it until it was too late to get anything in just in case. It's one of those things that a few kids do but most don't. Halloween parties are still more popular than trick-or-treating.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

My housemate's parents were staying and they are from Scotland where guising is a huge thing, so they bought in lots of chocolate. Sadly, we didn't get any trick or treaters, so we have just had to eat the chocolate ourselves. :(
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:29 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]moonette1

Eddie is so cute!

You all heard about Billy Mays' death, right? We always hear about celebs here in the greater Hollywood area, but I wasn't sure if it reached you up in Canada (or England). Very freak accident.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:08 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

Oh, yes. That death was weird - and even weirder was the photo of all of his pall bearers wearing polo shirts with the oxy clean logo on it. I guess he loved the stuff.

Eddie still loves the idea of having such an out-sized personality, since he's a fairly quiet kid.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:17 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

I was chatting on facebook with the younger son of my former landlords in the US yesterday. I asked him what he was dressing up as for Halloween (he is 12): a banana. Two years ago he was Donald Trump. I'm not sure that his aspirations are going in the right direction!
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:31 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

I didn't know. What happened?
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:30 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

There were so many rumors since he died in his sleep - first they thought he had hit his head on a airline flight and that caused an aneurysm. Then they said he had cocaine in his system and died of a heart attack. It turned out that he didn't have any drugs in his system but he did die of a heart attack. I think that was the final verdict. It was hard to keep track with all the Michael Jackson rumors. *sigh* What a media culture we live in.

*shudder* Donald Trump skeeves me out. I can't think of a more unappealing man.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:39 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

You mean you can't see what attracts women to multi-billionaire tycoon Donald Trump?!
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:42 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

Ha! The man does not have a billion dollars, unless it's a billion in debt. He's so leveraged, it's not even funny.

Oh, it's true - real life billionaires are basically trolls under a bridge. *shakes head of that image and goes back to happy Harlequin world*
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:44 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

I was having a conversation recently about how much better Harlequin/M&B world is than the real one. All the billionaires there are gorgeous, and there are plenty of them to go round. I'm scared of the secret babies, though.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:45 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - the secret babies can't get you. Don't worry.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 08:04 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

Also, I feel like I should admit that I have no idea what this means: He's so leveraged, it's not even funny.

It's okay though, you don't need to explain. Really.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:48 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

It just means he could never pay off his debts with the cash he has on hand. Even if real estate does come up in price again.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 08:03 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]moonette1

Apparently during an airplane landing he hit his head, either on the ceiling of the plane or something falling on him - I can't remember. He went to bed that night and died in his sleep. He had young children. Sad.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]rosathome

Oh, that is sad.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]moonette1

Ah, I didn't hear about the updates. I thought it was his head. Coincidental, I guess.
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 07:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]eudorahawkins

I don't remember Billy Mays either. But Eddie looks so cute in his costume. He could sell me anything. :)
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 10:05 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - as long as you gave him Halloween candy in payment!
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 10:26 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]hairy_hen

That is very frightening . . .

We don't get trick-or-treaters here, but we did get a bunch of candy for ourselves. Spent the evening watching unsettling films such as "Dead Again" with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. We were gonna watch "Alien" too, but were too tired, so I think we'll do that tonight instead. lol
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 10:27 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - he had fun with it.

We have so much candy in the house now! *sigh* Between what the trick or treaters didn't take and what Eddie brought home . . . Tis kick off for the "eating season" ending at New Years - unless you do Super Bowl parties . . .
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 10:36 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]lunalovepotter

That is too cute!! :)
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 11:02 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - I think so, too. But he might not agree. :)
Posted on Nov. 1st, 2009 11:15 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jsguardian

LOL! That is ridiculously awesome.
Posted on Nov. 2nd, 2009 04:51 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

He had a great time with it!
Posted on Nov. 2nd, 2009 10:16 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]auntiemamie

What a wonderful costume. We had a kitty and a vampire, but the vampire chose to go swimming at the hotel instead of trick or treating (we were out of town for a family wedding). Didn't Billy Mays also have a reality show called Ad Men (or something similar)?
Posted on Nov. 2nd, 2009 08:35 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

I can see why the vampire would rather stay and swim. It's not the same to trick-or-treat in a strange neighborhood. (Fewer calories,too!)
Posted on Nov. 2nd, 2009 10:24 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]auntiemamie

True, but I told her she could go as a mermaid. They did go in the hotel and got stuffed animals at the front desk.
Posted on Nov. 2nd, 2009 11:11 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]anyaxstrindberg

Will we be seeing young Eddie replacing Billy Mays on Discovery Channel's oddly hypnotic Pitchmen? He can pull hilarious pranks on the incredibly jealous Anthony Sullivan!
Posted on Nov. 3rd, 2009 05:23 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stmargarets

LOL - that would be a sweet gig! Better than the drudgery of long division!
Posted on Nov. 3rd, 2009 05:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]anyaxstrindberg

Ugh - they still teach Long Division?! I can barely remember!
Posted on Nov. 4th, 2009 04:50 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

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