Happy birthday, Billy Mays
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:33 am
Too bad you're dead, and stuff.
I find it disturbing that they still air his ads and say, "He would have wanted it this way." Maybe the viewers don't want to see a guy who just died hawking crap. Geico and State Farm were at least smart enough to pull ads using Michael Jackson songs within a few days of his death. (Of course, I found it weird that competing insurance companies were both using Jackson's music in ads that sometimes literally aired back-to-back.)
I find it disturbing that they still air his ads and say, "He would have wanted it this way." Maybe the viewers don't want to see a guy who just died hawking crap. Geico and State Farm were at least smart enough to pull ads using Michael Jackson songs within a few days of his death. (Of course, I found it weird that competing insurance companies were both using Jackson's music in ads that sometimes literally aired back-to-back.)