By Chuck Nowlin
Jul 28, 2021
Via nypost.com. The man who it feels like invented infomercials has passed away. TMZ is reporting that Popeil had a medical emergency on Tuesday and died Wednesday morning surrounded by family at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 86.
The man was a legend of late night TV. The inventor and pitchman sold everything from the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, the Buttoneer, the Smokeless Ashtray, Popeil’s Electric Food Dehydrator, the Inside-the-Egg Scrambler, GLH-9 (Great Looking Hair Formula #9) Hair in a Can Spray, the Rhinestone Stud Setter (Later called the Bedazzler), the Cap Snaffler, the Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker and the Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator.
Ron Popeil, known for appearing in famous infomercials, has died at the age of 86.
The television personality and inventor passed away on Wednesday morning at Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to a press release from his rep obtained by Fox News.
Popeil was known best for the catchphrase set it and forget it, which he used to sell the Showtime Rotisserie. The product reportedly grossed over $1 billion, blowing past other sales records, including those from QVC.
The inventor got his start in a humble background of selling kitchen products in Chicago before his sales pitches quickly became must-see live entertainment that gathered audiences in the hundreds who would marvel at his sales shows in the marquis booth at Woolworth’s flagship store.
Infomercial Icon Ron Popeil Dies at 86
Ron Popeil, the infomercial icon behind products like the Pocket Fisherman and Hair in a Can, died on Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to multiple media reports. He was 86.Popeil gained recognition when he created the famous Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ, along with his trademarked catchphrase “Set it and forget it!” Popeil’s creation of the product grossed more than $1 billion in domestic sales.Born in New York C…
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By Chuck Nowlin
Jul 28, 2021
Via nypost.com. The man who it feels like invented infomercials has passed away. TMZ is reporting that Popeil had a medical emergency on Tuesday and died Wednesday morning surrounded by family at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 86.
The man was a legend of late night TV. The inventor and pitchman sold everything from the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, the Buttoneer, the Smokeless Ashtray, Popeil’s Electric Food Dehydrator, the Inside-the-Egg Scrambler, GLH-9 (Great Looking Hair Formula #9) Hair in a Can Spray, the Rhinestone Stud Setter (Later called the Bedazzler), the Cap Snaffler, the Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker and the Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator.
By Chuck Nowlin
Jul 28, 2021
Via nypost.com. The man who it feels like invented infomercials has passed away. TMZ is reporting that Popeil had a medical emergency on Tuesday and died Wednesday morning surrounded by family at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 86.
The man was a legend of late night TV. The inventor and pitchman sold everything from the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, the Buttoneer, the Smokeless Ashtray, Popeil’s Electric Food Dehydrator, the Inside-the-Egg Scrambler, GLH-9 (Great Looking Hair Formula #9) Hair in a Can Spray, the Rhinestone Stud Setter (Later called the Bedazzler), the Cap Snaffler, the Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker and the Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator.