Dear Billy Mays

2009 January 9
by Tracy M

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Mighty Putty sucks. Don’t waste your money. Oxy Clean was the bomb, but you have utterly failed me with the Mighty Putty. If you’re not careful, my TV pitchman loyalty may jump ship and buy a Sham-WOW. Be careful, Mr Mays, be carefull. That is all.

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  1. 2009 January 9
    2xaday permalink

    Love it! My radio station does everything they can to make sure no one buys Mighty Putty. I think your experience is probably common.

  2. 2009 January 9

    Yeah, he sure had it with OxyClean, and I even use my Gopher reacher thingy a lot, but that Mighty Putty looks like a piece of PlayDough. I covet the Sham-Wow!

  3. 2009 January 9

    I have no idea what you’re talking about. What is mighty putty? What is a sham-wow?

  4. 2009 January 9

    Wiz, you clearly don’t watch enough TV.

  5. 2009 January 9

    my kids tell me all the time that we need both the mighty putty & the sham wow, those commercials are so geared towards kids ( or maybe it’s just my kids anything that looks exciting on tv they want, big surprise)

  6. 2009 January 9

    It took me awhile to finally try oxyclean, and now I can say I Have a Testimony of Oxyclean. Other than that, his voice kills me!

    The new guy that’s pushing stuff – his slam chop or whatever it’s called is piking my interest.

  7. 2009 January 9

    I don’t like him, he’s too loud. Don’t yell at me, I’m just trying to watch TV.

    Sham Wow is tempting, despite my fears that the guy’s eyeballs are about to jump out of his head. I don’t want to see that, even though it would be a quick and easy clean-up with the sham wow.

  8. 2009 January 9

    Is he also the guy that does the add for the magnetic extenders for jewlery (can’t think of the product name…maybe clever clasp or something?) and the hercules hook…I have wondered if those work?

    We just saw him doing an add the other day and DH swears they have replaced him with a look alike dubbing his voice in… that’s just a creepy thought.

  9. 2009 January 9

    Oh, and we got the shammies at the fair one year!

  10. 2009 January 9
    Bridget permalink

    My friend’s 8 yo daughter is obsessed with his Big City Sliders pan. Out of all the toys, clothes, etc that she could have asked for this past Christmas, the Big City Sliders pan was the only thing on her Christmas list.

    I am also mightily tempted by the Sham Wow. I honestly think most of the draw is its name. Honestly, has there ever been a better product name?

  11. 2009 January 9

    Jeffrey got a Perfect Pancake maker from his grandma. He is SO happy. What is it with kids and infomercials??

  12. 2009 January 9

    All right, now i’m googling, since nobody told me what this sham thing is.

  13. 2009 January 10
    2xaday permalink

    That is so funny, T, my mom got little J an Ebelskiver pan fom Williams Sonoma. When we get the proper timing down on visiting, we will have to plan a pancake party :)

    And Wiz, the Sham Wow is just a fancy towel and you can buy them at Walgreens, so save the S&H.

  14. 2009 January 10

    Could not agree more. Yuck!

  15. 2009 January 11

    Hey–I just saw the Sham Wow guy on another infomercial..the chopper thingie that was renamed the “slap chop”. He was still wearing the head microphone. That kind of bugs me…

    I cracked up when I read this b/c I just bought the shark hard wood floor thing and it DOESN”T WORK………

  16. 2009 January 12
    Naun permalink

    I want the big city slider pan!

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