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A Brief History of Clint Eastwood, TV Pitchman

Digg / Television  Mon, 02/06/2012 - 12:17

Everyone's talking about the epic Chrysler spot broadcast just after the Super Bowl halftime show, directed by David Gordon Green and featuring Clint Eastwood tottering down a dark tunnel before em...


 

Leanard Nimoy as Telescope Pitchman

Digg / Television  Fri, 11/05/2010 - 08:15

"When I Explore the Real Universe, I use Precision Optics from Celestron"


 

'Toy Story' star Tim Allen becomes Chevy pitchman

Topix - Entertainment News  Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:54

In this June 13, 2010 file photo, Tim Allen arrives at the world premiere of "Toy Story 3," at The El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles.


 

Glenn Beck's odd gold obsession

Digg / Television  Tue, 12/29/2009 - 01:40

Glenn Beck likes to talk about buying gold as a hedge against the unknown. The proximity of those ideas, the plethora of gold ads around his Fox program and Beck's work as a paid pitchman for one gold firm have some in the media wondering whether the conservative commentator has a conflict of interest.


 

Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsement

Topix - Entertainment News  Sat, 08/08/2009 - 09:01

Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a credit monitoring company.


 

Autopsy: Cocaine Contributed To Billy Mays' Death

Topix - Entertainment News  Fri, 08/07/2009 - 20:00

An autopsy report shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.


 

Autopsy: Cocaine a factor in Billy Mays' death

CNN.com - Entertainment  Fri, 08/07/2009 - 15:23

An autopsy report issued Friday by Hillsborough County, Florida, cites cocaine as a contributing factor in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died last month at age 50.


 

Autopsy Shows Cocaine Contributed to Mays' Death

FOXNews.com - entertainment  Fri, 08/07/2009 - 04:22

An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays.


 

Funeral Services Held for 'Infomercial King' Billy Mays

FOXNews.com - entertainment  Fri, 07/03/2009 - 11:18

Television pitchman Billy Mays, whose high-energy hawking turned products like OxiClean from infomercial curiosities into mainstream successes, was remembered as a pop culture icon at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.


 

Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead

CNN.com - Entertainment  Sun, 06/28/2009 - 11:44

Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.