Rhubarb Preserve » Culture http://rhubarbpreserve.com A Spreadable Jar of Tart Commentary Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Death of a Pitchman http://rhubarbpreserve.com/index.php/2009/death-of-a-pitchman/ http://rhubarbpreserve.com/index.php/2009/death-of-a-pitchman/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:45:24 +0000 admin http://rhubarbpreserve.com/?p=23 Billy Mays, dead at age 50.

Billy Mays, icon of his times, symbol of the American service economy, committed advocate of the vernacular, and consummate broadcaster. In the future, no novel about this time will be complete without a character based on Billy Mays.

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I love the plaintive first verse: “Looking toward the future / We were begging for the past / Well, we know we had the good things / But those never seem to last / Oh please just last.”

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