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Ron Popeil, ‘Set it and forget it’ infomercial star, dead at 86
NY Post ^
| July 28, 2021
| Nadine DeNinno
Posted on 07/28/2021 5:02:22 PM PDT by Loyalist
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To: dynachrome
Still got one, somewhere.
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:44:34 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: henkster
Oh chef of the future .. can it core a apple ?
To: Loyalist
The guy was an icon, most (not all) of his products were not trash. Seems just a couple years ago he was TV pitching a countertop rotisserie. I remember him with heavy rubber gloves pulling a Rib Roast out of the contraption.
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:48:06 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Loyalist
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:48:37 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(PRES. BIDEN: You're not gonna get COVID if you have these vaccinations.)
To: leaning conservative
I could see how he'd turn a young woman's head.
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:50:36 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
To: Loyalist
We bought many of his x rated marital aids
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:50:48 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: Loyalist
OMG!! You had me almost spit out my corn flakes that I’m having for dinner. LOL AWESOME!!!
To: dynachrome
I had a pocket fisherman, it did okay.
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posted on
07/28/2021 5:58:50 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: Loyalist
Why are FReepers ripping on him? This man was a throwback to Americana inventors and can-do spirit. Today’s kids can’t even tie their shoes.
To: Loyalist
Got his fishing “rod” in my mobile SHTF bin.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:01:47 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: fieldmarshaldj
All that’s left is that guy who sells the flex seal..hey put it on your boat and it will float!
To: Loyalist
I remember the Pocket Fisherman.
To: Loyalist
Loyalist, if you came up with that, you are brilliant! lol BTW, Al Stewart co-wrote a really cool historical song called “The Loyalist”. Worth a listen on youtube.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:08:05 PM PDT
by
alstewartfan
(The dawn is turning away The ghost of Charlotte Corday. Al Stewart)
To: Loyalist
Very sad. I will miss him.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:10:02 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I Love BULL MARKETS! HEAD EQUITIES TRADER FOR 30 YEARS!)
To: Loyalist
It was all junk.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:13:17 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Loyalist
“And it really really works!”
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:15:29 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
To: Albion Wilde
I watched a documentary on the guy some years ago. He talked about getting his spiel down listening to the NYC street vendors, of which some of his uncles were. He honed his spiel selling on his own.
The man could sell an Eskimo an ice maker....BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:19:15 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
To: Andy'smom
Mr. Microphone....”hey good looking, we’ll be back to pic you up later”
In the early 70’s I had a Ronco Presents the Top 20 record album. It had the best songs.... Only thing was the songs were all cut short by about 25%. I guess it was a copyright issue. So I grew up memorizing these but never knew what the last parts of the songs were.. lol
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:24:29 PM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“Why are FReepers ripping on him?”
Not me, I admire the guy.
Saw a documentary on him years ago.
Whoever was interviewing him asked about products like the spray on hair and some other thing. Ron just smiled and said “I can sell anything.”
He was a character I’m glad I got to experience.
The man really could sell anything.
We will never again see his like.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:26:07 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
To: Bonemaker
He had the concepts, but didn't have the money to make high quality products (or he wanted to stay a shoestring operation and didn't want to become big and conventional and respectable).
I'd rather have his apron in the Smithsonian than that stupid congressman's January 6th suit.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:28:49 PM PDT
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