Billy Mays

I just stood there yesterday in Target looking at the "TV infomercial items" endcap and laughed as it just hit me seeing the same picture over and over. There he was the bearded scratchy-voiced guy whose face was on over half the products on the endcap. I just chuckled. This guy made himself the man when it comes to peddling tv products. Read his wikipedia entry and he certainly seems to be the true definition of a self-made success.

Check out this list of products he has been the spokesperson for.  How many of these do you own?

• Aquapel
• Awesome Auger, Ground Aug, Weed Auger, and Power Extender gardening tools
• Bedazzler
• Big City Slider Station
• Black Swan Furniture
• Bloomin' Onion Maker
• Buddy Putty
• Calcium Lime Rust
• Currie Motors Chrysler Credit Hotline
• Cucco Kitchenware
• DC Snowboards
• Ding King automotive dent remover
• Easy Off Bam!
• Energize energy supplement
• EngraveIt
• FixIt car scratch remover
• FoneFree wireless cellphone headset
• Foodsaver
• FreeFone wireless phone holder
• Gator Grip
• Gem It
• Gopher reach extending tool
• Handy Switch
• Hercules Hook wall hangers
• House Dust
• iCan Benefit Group, LLC
• Kaboom
• Lint-B-Gone lint brush
• Liquid Diamond car waxing product
• Mantis Roto-Tiller
• Micro-Men Duster
• Mighty Mend It
• Mighty Putty
• Never-Scrub tile cleaner
• Orange Clean, Orange Glo
• OxiClean
• Quik Strip wire stripping tool
• Ragazzi's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
• Samurai Shark knife sharpener
• Sandstrom OnTV
• Sealtite Tire Sealant
• Simoniz Fix It Scratch Remover
• Slider Station
• Steam Buddy
• Street Options Auto Accessories
• Super Sliders Griller
• Swiffer SweeperVac
• Tommy and Rumble
• Turbo Tiger vacuum cleaner
• Vidalia Chop-it
• Vidalia Slice-it
• Vidalia Slice Wizard
• Volkswagon Car Advertisement
• Zorbeez absorbent towels

 

Bravo, Billy, bravo indeed.

Posted by bear96 @ 10:24 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Great iPod Touch web ad

I thought this ad was pretty clever. Enjoy!

 

Posted by bear96 @ 11:53 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

Mirror's Edge is a great play

Wow, what a refreshing change of pace. Loved playing through the story and I look forward to going back and giving the time trials a go. And that song, it's on my brain and I can't shake it. I draw a lot of paralells to the game "portal" - it was a somewhat similar experience. Challenging levels you have to think through, some quick decisions, similar lead character (albeit spring legs and teleport device in portal ), and strangely enough the songs in both games have the same title "Still Alive." Running around outside on rooftops and getting into the story gives the sense of freedom in the game, although you do follow a pre-ordained path. It was the perfect balance for me and I truly enjoyed it. It's a great rental that has some staying power with some future DLC.

Anyway, if you haven't seen some of the trailers or gameplay, enjoy the video below, but be forewarned as it's the high quality feed and uber-sized.

Posted by bear96 @ 10:57 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

1 week with Wii Fit

After using the Wii Fit for 1 week on a daily basis, let me just tell you...

It works, it's a blast, and I am *really* sore.

My whole family has had fun playing with wii fit, but my wife and I have worked it into our lives to help us stay get back in shape. She runs and this is a great fill-in for her. I lift weights and play racquetball (I should probably re-phrase to say I have lots of fun attempting to play racquetball) and again, the wii fit is a great fill-in on the days I can't make it to the gym or if I want to do something different. I figured out long ago that it's hard for me to exercise unless I can keep my mind occupied, and this has definitely met that need. I am excited to see what lies ahead for the platform and for the balance board.

I absolutely love ryhtym boxing- so much so, I am considering joining this type of class.

Any of you out there playing wii fit, and if so, what are your thoughts and what are your favorite activities?





Posted by bear96 @ 5:56 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

Bear Birthday!

35 years young. Yikes!

It's a nostalgic day as I am finally getting a wii. Had the original NES with Robbie the Robot and the whole nine. What's funny is I don't really remember how I found out about it then. I mean Atari was dead and everyone seemed to think PCs were the only future for games. Had a C64 but man was I stoked for the NES. Those games were great!

Anyway, can't believe I am 35 today but I really look forward to opening it with the all 3 kids and seeing them share the excitement. I look forward to creating our miis and starting some epic battles for many years to come!


      

Posted by bear96 @ 10:40 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments