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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

You say that he was "despised by some". Who despised him? Why would anyone have despised him? I didn't know too much about him but I had never heard anything bad about him. I thought he was extremely popular. That's why everyone wanted him to sell their products.

Sorry -- admittedly poor wording there. I know some people who detest infomercials in general, and since he was the most ubiquitous frontman for infomercials, they didn't like his work. Also most of the people I am referring to said he shouted at them on the screen -- just his style of course -- and they took offense to that, likening it to the used car commercials that are also shown locally in this area.

Personally, I liked the guy -- what I knew about him by watching Pitchmen. He seemed really cool, and according to news reports, he was a generous soul as well.