In This Economy?

Love him or hate him, there is no question that Billy Mays had an impact on the economy.

So, to honor him, we’ll be rolling out one of his infomercials (with a wee bit of commentary of course) every day this week.

R.I.P. Billy

Day 3: iCan Health Insurance

This is an overlooked gem from Billy Mays’ portfolio. Somewhere in between yelling about gadgets like the Samurai Shark and Mighty Putty, Billy stopped off at the iCan call center to endorse a health insurance company.

The dude had range.

He says right in the beginning that this is “the most important product he has ever endorsed”, so you know it’s legit.

Even though I’m not sure I believe him when he talks about the “friendly and caring” licensed agents at 1:20 (his tone gets really weird), I’ll call anyway because it’s Billy Effing Mays!

If talking about curing cancer could cure cancer, then this guy could cure cancer because this guy can talk.

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R.I.P. Billy Mays

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