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"But wait, there's more!"

Post by kager » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:55 am

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.


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kager wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:55 am
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.



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Post by kager » Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:23 pm

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?


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Post by Bryce » Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:35 pm

But wait, there's more...

should go on his headstone.

His best scam was the spray on hair.


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Post by Honeyman » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:17 am

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.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Egx7QzjvNBY


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Post by Turkeytop » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:29 am

Ol Ron will be there at the gate, telling St. Peter "But wait. There's more."


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Post by Bryce » Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:54 am

Honeyman wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:17 am
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.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Egx7QzjvNBY
Not a bad gig. 350.00 is about 1400.00 in 2021 money.


New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.

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Post by Honeyman » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:33 am

Bryce wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:54 am
Honeyman wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:17 am
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.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Egx7QzjvNBY
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!


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