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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-23-09 11:37 PM
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The most obnoxious voice on television


BILLY MAYS, the stentorian huckster who screams everything--I mean, sells everything from OxiClean and Orange Glo to the Big City Slider Station. Goddamn, what a friggin' loud mouth!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays

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seaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 12:12 AM
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1. I vote yes
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 12:14 AM
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2. Tanner Foust
"Hi, I sound like I'm 16 years old and disinterested, but I'm going to drive this Lamborghini."

Shut up.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:49 PM
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33. Is it wrong that I love every time he gets pulled over and given a ticket?
He's such a twerp. Still, I'd trade gigs with him in a nanosecond. I'd also manage to work up some enthusiasm.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 12:42 AM
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3. Nancy Grace
FTW
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:31 AM
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6. billy is at least a happy person
nancy is jsut a mean sonvabitch!!!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:37 AM
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7. Her and Wolf Blitzer came to my mind first
:hi:
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 08:34 AM
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11. "She sounds like Paul Stanley from Kiss"
Courtesy of my sister.
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SCantiGOP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:37 AM
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15. that was my first thought
the cleanser guy is just a screamer. Nancy Grace's voice makes my skin crawl.
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:13 AM
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4. George W Bush
I literally had to turn the sound off when he opened his mouth. Thank goodness he's not on TV everyday anymore
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:16 AM
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5. I agree...he even does commercials for ESPN!
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 07:16 AM by TZ
:banghead:
However I think Sham-Wow Vince is a close second...
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:39 AM
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8. No one better say Gilbert Godfrey.
He's the man.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:42 AM
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9. Sorry he's not even top #4. Hell that man has more useful content then these...
1.) Bill O'Reilly
2.) Sean Hannity
3.) Glenn Beck
4.) Joe Scarsborough
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:00 AM
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12. I'd agree if I had said most obnoxious person.
But I was talking about voice. It amounts to the same though. Anytime I hear any of these assholes I rush to change the channel.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 08:33 AM
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10. Winner: Needs Always to Clear Her Throat Cokie Roberts.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:02 AM
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13. Ben Stein.
I hate the guy's voice. HATE IT!!!!
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 03:16 PM
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21. I use his voice as an example of how NOT to sound.
Since I work in a call centre teaching people how to answer the phone - I have a 'Ban Ben Stein' poster I created... if I catch people sounding like him they get a personalized copy of that poster.

Mark.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 03:49 PM
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22. Whoa
He's the epitomy of "bore."
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:34 PM
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23. I sound just like him.
:cry:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 04:51 PM
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24. NOooooooooo! I don't believe you!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:13 PM
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27. I didn't think so at first.
But then I heard myself on tape and even asked my friends if I sound that monotone. They patted me on the back and said yes, but that they had become used to it.

:cry:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:37 PM
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31. I still like you no matter what
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:43 PM
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32. That's a relief.
Like the relief Clear Eyes will give you.

:P
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:13 PM
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35. Oy.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:13 AM
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14. Willaim Hickey
he's not among the living anymore, but he was Carlton Blanchard on "Wings"






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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:46 AM
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16. My DIL refers to him as "that man that yells at you".
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:47 AM
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17. must see tv. Billy Mays on Telemundo
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 10:47 AM by NightWatcher
His face, some other guy's voice. That plus four Dos Equis= funny times
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 10:48 AM
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18. Kathy Griffin
:hide:
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 01:19 PM
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20. +1
The least funny people seem to have the most annoying voices.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 01:18 PM
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19. Yup he is a yeller. He is also meszmerizing.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 05:07 PM
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25. If I ever meet the man--I will cheerfully, tearfully thank him and hug him--no joke.
One of his ads has made it possible for me to get out of a bad marriage, believe it or not.

If I hadn't seen his ad for obtaining health insurance (and it isn't even his baby) I'd never have known that me--unemployed and with a severe pre-existing condition--could even have ANY hope of getting health insurance. STBX will have to cover this expense in support and I can get out!

It ain't the best solution but it's something to hold onto.

Thank you, you obnoxious sumbitch Billy Mays--and if I ever meet you, permit me to hug you and tearfully thank you.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:10 PM
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26. Keith Morrison of Dateline.
http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/08/28170.aspx

If he wasn't so slimy it would be funny. His inflections are so phony and melodramatic he makes cringe and want to throw something at the TV. I don't even watch it but unfortunately I can hear it from the bedroom where my other half has the TV on.

It reminds me of that episode on SNL when they were sppofing McCain and were in a studio and Bill Hader was recording slimy negative ads against Obama.

This one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmTM858WQEA

Hader sounds just like Morrison and Morrison is trying to be dead serious.

Can you tell I can't stand this guy? :rofl:

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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:18 PM
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28. I vote for the Sham-Wow douche. (NT)
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:43 PM
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29. Jim Cramer
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 07:47 PM
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30. HERCULES HOOKS!
HANG A HEAVY MIRROR! HANG A SHELF! HANG A FUCKING SIDE OF BEEF! JUST TWIST, PUSH, AND HANG! CALL NOW! RIGHT NOW, FUCKER, OR I'M SENDING SOME GUYS OVER! THE AMAZING HERCULES HOOK! CALL NOW!

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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 09:50 PM
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34. I'd say Rita Crosby, but I don't see her on TV anymore
so I'll go with Nance Grace...
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 11:05 PM
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36. Sean Hannity's shrill whine, of course.
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