By Lee Pfeiffer
Call it Death of a Salesman - Not! Despite having passed away several weeks ago, iconic American household pitchman Billy Mays will still be part of the cable TV world with a new ad ready to premiere. The company he worked for gives the cliched reason ("This is what he would have wanted") to justify running the new commercial. Maybe that's true, but the real reason is that Mays was unsurpassed in his ability to get consumers to buy a wide range of household cleansers and other home products an dhe still remains a major profit center. Additionally, Mays employers are still running his previous ads, though they won't say for how long. For my part, it seems a bit ghoulish and exploitive to keep the promotions running. What's next? The ghost of Ed McMahon showing up at your door to tell you that you won the latest Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes? Pretty soon, they're going to have to employ George Romero to direct these ads. For more click here