Look at all the commercials that lost their stars in June

[nile455]

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays all passed away in the month of June. While these five individuals may not seem to have much in common, they were all successful pitchmen on television. Look at the list:

Lipton Tea (Carradine)

Hanzo Swords (Carradine)

Yellow Book (Carradine)

Publisher's Clearing House (McMahon)

Cheer Detergent (McMahon)

Alpo Dog Food (McMahon)

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (McMahon)

Budweiser (McMahon)

Freecreditreport.com (McMahon)

Cash4Gold (McMahon)

Ultra Brite (Fawcett)

Noxema Shaving Cream (Fawcett)

Mercury Cougar (Fawcett)

Lady Schick Speed Styler (Fawcett)

Wella Balsam Shampoo (Fawcett)

Faberge Shampoo (Fawcett)

Pepsi (Jackson)

Suzuki (Jackson)

LA Gear (Jackson)

ESONIC (Jackson)

Sony (Jackson)

OxiClean (Mays)

Awesome Auger (Mays)

ESPN 360 (Mays)

Big City Slider Station (Mays)

Handy Switch (Mays)

Hercules Hook (Mays)

Flies Away (Mays)

Impact Gel (Mays)

Kaboom (Mays)

Mighty Mendit (Mays)

Mighty Putty (Mays)

Simoniz Fix It (Mays)

Orange Glo (Mays)

Steam Buddy (Mays)

Tool Bandit (Mays)

What Odor? (Mays)

Zorbeez (Mays)

Gopher (Mays)

Neverscrub (Mays)

Mighty Putty (Mays)

 

[chell]

Not to sound cold but it is a good thing June ends real soon. That is a long list.

 

[nile455]

How could I have left out Orange Glo?

 

[Aisling]

Billy Mays died???????????????????

 

[nile455]

Billy Mays died???????????????????

Yes, this morning.

 

[Ohiodislover]

How could you forget the "big city slider station"

 

[nile455]

How could you forget the "big city slider station"

I didn't, it's in there.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

Billy Mays died???????????????????

Here is a link to the story
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html?mep

 

[Ohiodislover]

I didn't, it's in there.

Oops missed it. When my daughter heard he died, she was upset because she didn't think we would be able to buy one anymore She has been bugging me for months. Of course she was upset that he died as well, but I think part of her sadness was thinking all those products wouldn't be available.

 

[BriarRosie]

Ed McMahon and Dick Clark were spokesmen for American Family Publishers, not Publishers Clearing House.