# Women Do You Like Billy "Mr Infomercial" Mays **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429 "2009-01-28T20:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/1 "2009-01-28T20:07:28Z")
For those who don’t know him (or know him but don’t recognize the name) Here’s a link to his [Wikipedia Article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays) Here’s a link to a [Google Image Search Of Mr Mays](http://images.google.com/images?btnG=Google+Search&safe=off&filter=0&q=Billy%20Mays) I know he has a “cult following” among homosexuals who like the “bear” type. I was wondering if any females find him attractive. I mean attractive physically NOT his infomercials (I am putting this IMHO because it’s a poll but since it’s sort of TV I leave it to the MODS if they want to move it) ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/2 "2009-01-28T20:37:07Z")
Ewww. Major ewww. I just cannot understand why he’s always screaming. Really now, take a chill pill. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/3 "2009-01-28T20:39:32Z")
Hell to the no. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/4 "2009-01-28T20:42:44Z")
He annoys the hell out of me, but you might enjoy [this video he did](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtHI6e_Exhc)for the company that handles all of his media/advertising. It’s kind of an Office parody w/ Billy Mays poking fun at himself. It’s entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/5 "2009-01-28T20:44:09Z")
Way way too hairy. I like my men smooooth. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/6 "2009-01-28T20:48:48Z")
He was okay when it was just once product, but now that he has branched out… His hair and beard are so neat and black its kinda creepy. Its like the queer eye for the straight guy guys got hold of that burger king spokesmodel… ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/7 "2009-01-28T20:49:47Z")
I don’t “like like” him- he’s not attractive and he’s always yelling- but I do have a weird “Ah, that Billy” kind of nostalgic feeling, because he’s been in a bajillion-and-two commercials infomercials since I got digital cable 11 years ago. (Prior to digital cable, I watched mostly PBS with a little network TV, but usually not at times of the day when Billy ads are on, so I didn’t see him much.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/8 "2009-01-28T20:50:26Z")
God, no. He’s like Al Borland, if AB was in the habit of drinking 100 cups of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/9 "2009-01-28T21:16:55Z")
I can’t stand him, and I wish he’d go away forever. Even if he kept his gigantic mouth shut, he’d still be kinda creepy. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/10 "2009-01-28T21:23:36Z")
Errr, NO. Ew. Too Loud. Too Hairy. Change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/11 "2009-01-28T22:07:19Z")
That Office parady was pretty good. So are his [ESPN](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vUxHZ5EoPg&feature=PlayList&p=6793D887AE5AA89A&index=0&playnext=1) [commercials.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lftTkFacM3I&feature=related) You gotta admire a guy that has a sense of humor about himself. (On a slightly related note, anyone else think that Vince from ShamWOW is the illegitimate son of Billy?) ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/12 "2009-01-28T22:10:46Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > God, no. He’s like Al Borland, if AB was in the habit of drinking 100 cups of coffee. Now that you mention it, yeah 😃 ---
**Author:** ![toadbriar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@toadbriar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadbriar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/13 "2009-01-28T23:18:40Z")
No, he’s way too excitable. Good grief, if he gets that excited over epoxy putty, can you imagine how he’d react to a handful of boobie? He’d have to use oxyclean on his pants. Also, his beard looks like it was cut out of felt and glued to his face. What’s with that? Christopher Lowell has that overly-dense but sculptured facial hair thing going on too. It’s much too short to be that opaque. It’s distractingly bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/14 "2009-01-28T23:27:37Z")
If by “like”, you mean “want to run his head through a wood chipper”, then yes, I like him. I simply cannot separate his looks, which are pretty meh, from the rest of him, which is just chippable. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/15 "2009-01-28T23:42:24Z")
Discriminating doper ladies go more for the ShamWow guy, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/16 "2009-01-29T00:14:40Z")
I’ve never heard of the guy before or seen any of his commercials, so I’m just going on that google image search you linked to. I don’t find him unattractive–looks-wise, he’s kind of my type (I like burly guys). But if you say he screams, well, he’s right out. Screaming is a big no-no. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/17 "2009-01-29T00:16:51Z")
If Mr. Mays revived the Epilady and demonstrated it on himself, I might be less inclined to vomit when I see him hawking his CrapWarez. I can’t for the life of me picture him in a romantic way. Bleech. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/18 "2009-01-29T00:22:06Z")
Uh, no, of course not! Why would I, or any woman, find him physically attractive??? What an odd question. Do you scream a lot, Markxxx, and do you have an odd beard that looks like it was colored with black shoe polish? If so, you are as out of luck as Mr. Mays. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/19 "2009-01-29T00:30:42Z")
Ew, ew, ew. I wish I had something more original to add, but now. Purely looks wise, I’m rarely attracted to “bearish” men (co-opting the term from the queers, I am), but when you factor in his voice, any glimmer of “lie-back-and-think-of-England” just withers and dies. I could \*not \*bring myself to have intimate relations with that man. Uh…no offense, Billy. (Oh, and I suspect grown men who call themselves “Billy” tend to have Oedipal issues. Strike 3, I’m outta here.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/20 "2009-01-29T00:31:37Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > I’ve never heard of the guy before . . . > > Screaming is a big no-no. Not only does he yell out his message, he consistently hits an irritatingly [high note](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KEkBqDahg&feature=related). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429.md?page=2)