When a commercial featuring the obnoxiously loud Billy Mays or just plain obnoxious Anthony Sullivan comes on, I instinctively pounce on the remote control, desperate to hit the Mute button before my eardrums rupture. Chances are, so do you. So why in the world would the Discovery Channel assume people would actually watch an entire hour-long show featuring the dueling TV pitchmen?
The cable channel — personally adored for its Deadliest Catch, Mythbusters, and Dirty Jobs shows — has ordered 13 episodes of But Wait… There’s More, a documentary series following Mays and Sullivan as they “check out quirky new products and craft pitches and take to the airwaves to sell their wares.”
Say what?
My guess is, Discovery execs were won over by Mays’ offer of a free tub of Oxi-Clean if they picked up the series now.
(OK, full confession: I’ll probably watch the show. Darn you, Billy Mays!)
