# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/41 "2009-01-29T16:50:04Z")
Someone on the boards once referred to him as the “oxy-moron.” I wouldn’t screw him for 10 million and a lifetime supply of his products. Especially if I acted now and you doubled the offer…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/42 "2009-01-29T16:54:22Z")
Hell, no. I hate that guy. Way too loud, too excited, too everything. I want to duct tape his mouth every time I see him. I agree with **Annie-Xmas**. Yuck. There is absolutely no way I’d let that guy within a 10-block radius of me, unless it was to shoot him with a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/43 "2009-01-29T16:59:45Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Someone on the boards once referred to him as the “oxy-moron.” (psst- see post #24) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/44 "2009-01-29T17:06:28Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > I would, however, buy Mr. ShamWow a drink. He looks fun. Especially when he sucks up that drink with one of his shammies! ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/45 "2009-01-29T17:43:32Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Vince Offer is the name of the ShamWow Guy > > Link to [Wikipedia Article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Offer) > > I know in the gay community he has a following among guys who like the “bear” types. I am kind of suprised so many of the women hate him. > > I thought more than one of you would’ve gone for a bear type. I guess it’s only gay guys > > LOL 🙂 The article mentions Vince Offer is an ex-Scientologist. Points for him. I’ll admit that I find Mr “you’re gonna love my nuts!” slightly cute. No, no, no to Billy Mays. His voice is too shrill… ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/46 "2009-01-29T18:52:16Z")
I think he’s kind of good-looking, now that I’ve seen some still photos. But I haven’t been laid in a while. (That’s not a sharing violation, is it?) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/47 "2009-01-29T19:26:28Z")
He looks like Al from Home Improvement. So no. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/48 "2009-01-29T19:33:47Z")
ewwwwww! Same for ShamWow Vince—ewwwww! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/49 "2009-01-29T19:58:05Z")
No. Heck no. Ew. I think Al Borland is kinda cute, in a cuddly way. My husband has a beard (only more Vikingy), it’s not the idea of a beard or anything. The very black hair, the hyper smarminess, just no. > [@Maastricht](#): > > Nothing about the guy is his. Thousands of dollars worth of marketing knowledge have gone into the selection of the guy hmself, the styling of his hair and facial hair, and the pitch/voice in which he does the commercials. > … > So all the ladies here saying Ick is an interesting phenomenon. What demographic are the commercials directed at? Well, presumably the marketers weren’t going for a “I’d hit that” reaction. Maybe they were going for a sort of sexless, hyper enthusiasm thing. More like your teenage brother than a guy you’d want to date. Male, but safe? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/50 "2009-01-29T20:09:21Z")
I have an aquaintance who knows both Billy and Vince from the huckster circiut, pre-infomercial days. Appearently, Billy’s voice is not just for comercials, he is like that all the time. He also told me alot about the tricks of the trade from his selling days, it takes a looooong time and a lot of practice to make some of this crap look easy to use (or able to use at all) ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/51 "2009-01-29T20:26:46Z")
No. His beard is creepy, and I like most beards. And the yelling makes me stabby, so that would be a problem too. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/52 "2009-01-29T20:52:04Z")
I guess I am the odd girl out here. I think he is pretty nice looking. I am not attracted to him though. I don’t even mind the black beard. And I find him 10x easier on the eyes that that skinny, dorky, walleyed, Sham-wow guy. Maybe the fact that we Tivo almost everything and skip commercials has something to do with my not being repulsed by him, however. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429/53 "2009-01-30T04:02:55Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Hee hee. Not like that, ya perv. 😉 Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-billy-mr-infomercial-mays/483429.md?page=2)