The first season of Pitchmen followed the adventures of Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, two of the most famous and successful pitchmen in history, as they searched the world for inventions destined to hit the big time. In each episode, the pitchmen partners became potential dream merchants for the inventors they discovered; most of whom have staked everything they own, and then some, on their inventions. For these lucky individuals, the backing and support of the pitchmen was often the turning point that changed their lives forever.
Tragedy struck at the end of the 2009 season with the passing of Billy Mays. As Sully remembered his friend and colleague, "I hate to say it, but the king is dead. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I'll always remember his booming voice with him saying 'Hi, Billy Mays here...' He was the best friend a man could wish for; he was much more than people knew."
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2009 EPISODE GUIDE
HIGH IMPACT ITEM
Billy and Sully try to turn two inventors' million-dollar dreams into realities. A man from a Texas trailer park has solved a pesky GPS problem, while another man's gel insoles could be big news for sore feet. But will they sell when put to the test?
DUAL SAW SHUFFLE
One man travels from Europe for just five minutes with Billy and Sully, hoping to make a fortune on his "Dual Saw" -- an idea that was born out of a friend's tragic injury. A woman leaves her career behind to make an infomercial for her cleaning product, "Shuffles."
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
Billy and Sully take to the road to shoot a hands free cellphone spot that proves to be traffic stopping. Then, for a real change of venue, they hit the high seas to test an inventor's ingenious shark repellent device.
SMELLS LIKE GOLD
A German inventor needs Sully to sell his gadget, but this perfectionist might be too much for Sully the pitchman and his team. Then a former hockey player creates a stink-eliminating spray that gets put to the test when Billy is sprayed by a skunk on shoot day.
SPOTTING TALENT
A 17-year-old boy has invented a cleaning product called the "Spot Sucker," but needs Billy and Sully's help to get it off the ground and change his life for the better. A woman with a foot salve and a small fan-base comes to Billy and Sully to take her business to the next level.
TOOL GUYS
Sully is fired up to shoot an infomercial for "The Grabit" -- a broken-screw extractor -- but it could fall apart when Billy makes a deal without him. Born of necessity, the "Tool Bandit" works great but still lacks an impressive demo, and Sully's sick on the big day!
SPINNING GREEN
A successful TV pitchwoman hopes to make herself a household name with her new "Spin Gym," but making her infomercial could damage her friendship with Billy and Sully. Next, Billy gets to have some selling fun as a guest on the Tonight Show.
DIGGING FOR DOLLARS
Billy re-vamps the ad for one of his most successful products -- the Awesome Auger -- whose inventor lost his legs in a harrowing plane crash. Then, the first ever infomercial for affordable health insurance: Billy and his family pitch "iCan"
GRATER EDUCATION
A former pitchmen and cancer survivor gets a leg up from Billy and Sully, who both cut a spot for his handmade product; Billy engages in the deadliest pitch of his career; and the pitch pros are invited to lecture at Princeton.
TALE OF THREE BILLYS
Three generations of the Mays family are in the house when Billy and Sully pitch a lawn fertilizer in a can called "Green Now." Later, Billy's father pitches the guys a new luxury product while Billy and Sully come together to help Billy's son direct his first commercial.
CRUNCH TIME
Billy and Sully take on a revolutionary new windshield wiper and produce an explosive shoot, featuring something called the "Bug Bazooka." Then the guys get behind a new way to eat breakfast cereal, "The EZ Crunch Bowl."
REVENGE OF THE PITCHMEN
After banding together to take on a new pitchman on the block, tensions between Billy and Sully come to a head in Philadelphia as both are determined to win a pitch-off that will decide once and for all who is the best pitchman in the business.
