Ron Popeil, infomercial icon, dead at 86

[hpman66]

Anyone remember the Pocket Fisherman, Veg-O-Magic, etc. infomercials?


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ron-popeil-infomercial-icon-dead.amp
Published July 28, 2021 Last Update a day ago
Ron Popeil, infomercial icon, dead at 86
The inventor coined the phrase, 'Set it and forget it'
By Nate Day | Fox News

 

[hittman]

… set it …









… and forget it! …

They don’t make ‘em like this guy any more. What an impressive resume. RIP.

 

[hpman66]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfcIPuvZE9I&feature=emb_title
All Ronco Product Commercials (Internal Reel) (1970s-1980s)
starbond
Mar 24, 2018

 

[Kevin]

He also started the phrase: But wait…there’s more!

That changed advertising for the world.

 

[Igor]

… set it …









… and forget it! …

They don’t make ‘em like this guy any more. What an impressive resume. RIP.

We still have a Set it and Forget it.........we use it all the time. It cooks a sirloin tip roast to perfection.

 

[protoolman]

Never owned a pocket fisherman, but when I was 10 they sure sounded cool when he advertised them!

 

[hittman]

Oh I had a pocket fisherman and a smokeless portable ashtray ….. maybe others. I should look for a list of things he peddled on TV.

 

[WAYNO]

Oh I had a pocket fisherman and a smokeless portable ashtray ….. maybe others. I should look for a list of things he peddled on TV.

That list would be long. :shock:

As we speak, I still have their rotisserie cooker. Sadly, it takes too much room on the counter, so it lives in the shed, unused, but when we used it, it was marvelous. Didn't matter what we cooked, it came out wonderful.

Ron Popeil, Rest in Peace.

 

[hpman66]

Give this a read, Popeil had a very interesting/different kind of life than most others.


https://www.ronpopeil.com/
About Ron Popeil

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

I always wondered why I had so much money tied up in fishing gear when all I really needed was a Pocket Fisherman! Somewhere in the back of my mind is a fuzzy memory of a contest to see who could catch the biggest fish on one of them. Am I imagining?

RIP, Ron: you were quite the guy, and a wonderful source of entertainment.

Rick C

 

[recumbent]

The pocket fisherman was Great for flying a kite.

 

[kramden]

Bought a knife set (for the kitchen) from one of his ads many years ago. Still using them.

 

[caryc]

Don't forget his greatest invention of all time.

The Ronco Egg Scrambler :!: :!:

 

[Acorn]

Remember the Bass-O-Matic?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKTx5WFcs0