LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the ...

The recent passing of 86-year-old gizmo guru Ron Popeil will yield few flags lowered in his honor, despite his having waged endless war for our fleeting attention for decades. Granted, salesmen are ...

(NEXSTAR) – Ron Popeil, the New York native whose masterful marketing and numerous successful products made him synonymous with TV infomercials, has died at the age of 86, reports say. His family told ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Popeil, seen in 1982, with some of the products he pitched and in some cases invented. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press ) "It ...

Scott Simon remembers Ron Popeil, founder of Ronco, the company that sold gadgets including the Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman. Popeil died this week at the age of 86. (Imitating Ron Popeil) ...

"My philosophy is, When you snooze, you lose. If you have a great idea, at least take the chance and put your best foot forward."-Ron Popeil Does QVC president Doug Briggs have a shrine to Ron Popeil ...

Anyone who has flipped around late-night television knows Ron Popeil. He's the infomercial man you can't help but watch or buy from. Popeil on the Showtime Rotisserie: “Set it and forget it.” Popeil ...

With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. As he ...

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