The Observation Deck

First Ed McMahon, then Farrah and Michael Jackson and now this:

Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being found by his wife at home. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon. Mays' wife, Deborah Mays, says the family doesn't expect to make any public statements and asked for privacy.

Mays was also featured on the reality TV show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery Channel, which followed Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their marketing jobs.


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The article that I read said that he was on a plane yesterday and the tires blew out. Some people had bumps and bruises. CNN just said right after the landing, he made a statement about things falling from the ceiling and he got hit in the head, but he said "I got a hard head."

RIP Billy.

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All four were extraordinarily influential in their respective spheres.

Now for the dynamite question------- are the four comparable in any way as to their impact on American life?

For what it's worth, Stan

Entertainers come and go, but loss of a commercial pitchman could dash any hopes of our frail economy recovering.

It took me a few weeks to notice when 61 went from showing cartoons and to showing the Home Shopping Network. Michael Jackson was on the radio more back then. he may have had an action figure on the store shelves.

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the Dance Rehabilitation program of a prison in the philippines has gained great attention.

American prisoners are not allowed to form massive line dancing troops. Not even in Burt Reynolds movies. Nor are they forced to practice line dancing for 4 hours a day. or sing the old spiritual field work hymns.

I can see a prime time reality television program in this. prisons compete against each other with massive line dancing programs.

Ed McMahon hosted Star Search. contestants did their darndest to sing and dance like Michael Jackson. Later you might have seen an orange jacket or orange leather/vinyl pants for sale on the homeshopping network. You go to Hills or Woolworth or Zayres or k-mart or Fisher Big Wheel looking for a Charlies Angels lunch box and find Michael Jackson Coloring books. the clerks and old timers at the soda fountain are talking about Ed and Johnny cracking wise on last night's episode of the tonight show.

The King of Pop is dead. and I don't mean Bing Crosby.

Can the King of GOP be next? Rush Limbaugh may die the way he lived. This is what might happen.

Rush Limbaugh: found dead in a 3 star Dominican Republic hotel. Autopsy reveal an overdose of viagra, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and coke. When a powerful man is partying with three high dollar party girls in central america and two of the girls do coke, the man will always try a line of coke.