https://rvanews.com All the news, none of that gross newsprint feel Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:23:10 +0000 en-US https://rvanews.com/z_legacy/op-ed/so-long-billy-mays/19286?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS+Readership Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:00:23 +0000 Valerie Catrow http://rvanews.com/?p=19286 <p style = "text-align:center"></p><p>Yesterday was a sad, sad day at the RVANews office when we learned off <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20288188,00.html">the passing</a> of TV <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/pitchmen/pitchmen.html">pitchman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays">Billy Mays</a>. What can we say, we loved that dark-bearded salesman with the inexplicably loud voice.</p><p>In his honor, here's one of our favorite YouTube videos - a nod to Mr. Mays himself.</p><p><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/r_4a4O7kXQo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r_4a4O7kXQo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p><p><br />Ho there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rvanews">support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month</a>!</p>