Ron Popeil, infomercial extraordinaire, who brought us such future garage-sale collectors' items as the Veg-O-Matic and Pocket Fisherman*, passed away this week @ 86.
Ron Popeil, infomercial extraordinaire, who brought us such future garage-sale collectors' items as the Veg-O-Matic and Pocket Fisherman*, passed away this week @ 86.
I first learned of this in a fishing blog. Someone posted a pic of him with the rod.
Re: "But wait, there's more!"
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:23 pm
by kager
The Pocket Fisherman was terrible.
Ronco's products had more than their fair share of jokes lobbed at them, and rightfully so; One of the more famous was the Bass-O-Matic '76 on SNL...
BTW - question to the previously-posed $400 answer was Who is TT?
Re: "But wait, there's more!"
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:35 pm
by Bryce
But wait, there's more...
should go on his headstone.
His best scam was the spray on hair.
Re: "But wait, there's more!"
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:17 am
by Honeyman
This is my best friend Doug...best man at my wedding. Got paid $550 for this...the scene with the girl was at Ron Popiels house.
Not a bad gig. 350.00 is about 1400.00 in 2021 money.
Guess it started early in the morning and wound up late at night so I it was about a 12+ hour gig. He told me that everybody was non-union and if that wasn't the case, he would have made a fortune because he would have gotten paid every time it ran....and it ran A LOT!