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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009R.I.P. Billy Mays
No more Tap Lights, > No more Tap Lights, Oh, Sham! Wow! Ka-boom! >> No more Tap Lights, > >Oh, Sham! Wow! I don't believe Billy Mays did the ShamWow commercials.  Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * > >> No more Tap Lights, > > > > Oh, Sham! Wow! > > I don't believe Billy Mays did the ShamWow commercials. On the TV show "Pitchmen", they would occasionally spin up Billy by mentioning "ShamWow". Brian SignatureDay 148 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project >> >> No more Tap Lights, >> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > On the TV show "Pitchmen", they would occasionally spin up Billy by > mentioning "ShamWow". Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu Nick filted: >>> >> No more Tap Lights, >>> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? Now you know how we feel whenever you lot talk about cricket....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > > On the TV show "Pitchmen", they would occasionally spin up Billy by > > mentioning "ShamWow". > > Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? No, I don't. Assuming that it is substantially incomprehensible, part of it could be researched: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchmen> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamwow#ShamWow.21> If you are uncertain about "spin up", it's somewhat akin to the UK phrase "wind up", at least as I understand the latter from watching "The Office". Should you need any further explanation, please let me know and I will attempt to assist you. Brian SignatureDay 149 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project >> > On the TV show "Pitchmen", they would occasionally spin up Billy by >> > mentioning "ShamWow". [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Should you need any further explanation, please let me know and I will > attempt to assist you. Oh I know I could search for it. I just found it fascinating that a bunch of you were talking what came across to me as total and complete gibberish. I've never heard of Billy Mays, Pitchman, ShamWow or (for that matter) to spin up. Pretty impressive, huh? > Day 149 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project Hmm... SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu > >> > On the TV show "Pitchmen", they would occasionally spin up Billy > by >> > mentioning "ShamWow". [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Assuming that it is substantially incomprehensible, part of it > > could be researched: > Oh I know I could search for it. I just found it fascinating that a > bunch of you were talking what came across to me as total and complete > gibberish. I've never heard of Billy Mays, Pitchman, ShamWow or (for > that matter) to spin up. Pretty impressive, huh? Ah. Well, perhaps the information provided will be of use in clarifying things for you. > > Day 149 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project > > Hmm... Yes? Brian SignatureDay 149 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project >>> >> No more Tap Lights, >>> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? Get back at him. Talk cricket. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>>> >> No more Tap Lights, >>>> > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Get back at him. Talk cricket. That's two of you who mentioned that, and I nearly mentioned it in my post, but I think it's worse than that. We can always do cricket and baseball to each other. The appropriate response would seem more along the lines of the children's TV flashbacks in Life on Mars. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu > > > Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The appropriate response would seem more along the lines of the > children's TV flashbacks in Life on Mars. I already researched that when there was discussion of the TV series some time back. I'm sure I don't understand it all, but enough to make the scenes in the show clearer. Brian SignatureDay 149 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project >>>>> No more Tap Lights, >>>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Do you have any idea how incomprehensible this is to me? Yes >> No more Tap Lights, > > Oh, Sham! Wow! > > Ka-boom! Well, Billy did some commercials about Shammy (I think) but "Sham Wow" is a "Vince" presentation. (Have you seen Vince doing the chopper/gratey commercial? Good one.) SignatureMaria Conlon >>> No more Tap Lights, >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > is a "Vince" presentation. (Have you seen Vince doing the > chopper/gratey commercial? Good one.) ShamWow has been on the market for a good long time, now. I suspect I simply associate it with the yelling delivery of Billy Mays. I have seen the less overstated delivery of another guy, but am not convinced that Billy never did this one. (I was in a store yesterday and saw "Shammy" advertised as "the original German product", but no particular presenter's photo accompanied the blurb on the label.) >>> No more Tap Lights, >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > a "Vince" presentation. (Have you seen Vince doing the chopper/gratey > commercial? Good one.) Did you see Vince with his lips bitten after he tried to stick his tongue down her throat in a Fla motel.. an even better one. look up those products , billy mays complaints or reviews. shamwow complaints reviews. billy mays sold garbage for crooks. |
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