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Pitchmen of Portent

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The direct response television industry has become more popular than ever, and the Discovery channel is capitalizing on it with its new show “Pitchmen.” The show takes you behind the scenes of the infomercial world by shadowing the best in the business - Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan. For Tim Hawthorne, father of the modern infomercial, it reveals a world that he already knows very well. But he also sees it as a revolutionary way to blur the lines between entertainment and advertising.

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By: Timothy R. Hawthorne

Submitted by sclarke@hawthor... on Mon, 2009-05-04 16:27.
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