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Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan to Star in Reality TV Show?

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

I came across this article in the St. Petersburg Times describing an infomercial shoot in which longtime infomercial pitchman Billy Mays fires a “bug bazooka” filled with crickets at a windshield to demo a windshield wiper called the “GatorBlade.” You’ll want to check out the picture of Billy Mays holding the bug bazooka, which is priceless.

More interesting than the main article, however, is the info in the box at the end of the article. Apparently Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan (best known for the Swivel Sweeper) have signed a production deal with the producers of The Deadliest Catch for a reality TV show called Pitch Men about their lives in the infomercial and direct sales business.

(Now if we could only get them to teach a class at the Learning Annex…)

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TV Infomercial Bloopers from Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

If you’ve ever wondered what ends up on the cutting room floor after an infomercial has been edited here’s your chance to see it for yourself. The following video features several bloopers and outtakes from TV infomercials. Heavily featured are veteran infomercial hosts Anthony Sullivan (best known for the Swivel Sweeper infomercial) and bearded, obnoxious Billy Mays (of the OxiClean and Orange Glo infomercials featured in this video, as well as Samurai Shark, Hercules Hook, Awesome Auger and countless others).

Every time I watch a Billy Mays infomercial I always expect him to angrily shout out some kind of curse. I guess this is where some of that swearing ended up.

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