"dadiOH" wrote in
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Hipupchuck wrote:

Did anybody really ever buy that crap he pushed?

I'm sure they did because he hawked products that were pretty good and
which sold at a reasonable price.

Everyone seems to be down on him because he was loud. You may not
have noticed but *LOTS* of TV commercials are loud.

Mays was very good at what he did and he did it with style and
enthusiasm. Additionally, he provided a venue for aspiring
inventors...some place they could actually market their idea/creation.
I admired him for both..


Oh I agree. And you left out smart but that's implied by his bottom line.