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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: Lazamataz
Wow, very easy on the eyes. Thanks for the eye candy Laz ; )
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:34:53 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:35:55 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
((Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Sarah Barracuda
Vince the “Sham Wow!” guy just didn’t have what it takes to last in the business ...
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:36:14 PM PDT
by
x
To: Loyalist
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:36:25 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: Loyalist
No! We had a city zoo in my hometown of Evansville Indiana called Mesker Park Zoo. Besides the awesome Zoo they had a huge amusement park, an outdoor amphitheater and a large woodland park.
Inside the fences of the zoo were 3 good sized lakes that were brimming full of trophy size bigmouth bass. I knew some zoo employees who would show me pictures of the monsters they used to catch, a job perc!
I bought a Popeil Pocket Fisherman so I could climb the fence and catch myself a trophy bass. Trying to breach the zoo security back in 1970, required a compact fishing gear setup. The Popeil Picket Fisherman was they key!
2 of us 16 year old fishermen jumped the fence one bright moonlit night and we started making those pocket fishermen sing. Using only HulaPoppers and Jitterbug artificial lures we caught so many big bass and catfish that it foiled our escape because my buddy couldn’t quite lift the stringer over the fence and we were laughing so hard the night watchman came out and caught us.
I think I still have that Popeil Pocket Fisherman somewhere in my barn. RIP Mr. Popeil.
To: al baby
“We bought many of his x rated marital aids”
The mind boggles...
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:44:48 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: Loyalist
Ronco an American classic.
I remember the commercials you’d see them all the time back in the days.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:45:39 PM PDT
by
hercuroc
To: Loyalist
Popeil was inspiration for some good comedy.
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posted on
07/28/2021 6:52:40 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Play with knives long enough and you will eventually bleed.)
To: Loyalist
He was an American treasure.
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posted on
07/28/2021 7:01:22 PM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Yes, I have the rotisserie too, and that was the funniest thing about getting it in the mail. There was multiple stickers and inserts and warnings that all basically said - "'Set it and forget it' is only an advertising slogan! Do not set it and forget it. You must pay attention to the oven. Do not operate it while you are not in the kitchen. Do not leave the oven alone while cooking!"
They must have gotten sued by somebody who burned their house down, leaving an oven unattended like an idiot.
Honestly, I still have it after 20 years. Cooks a great chicken!
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posted on
07/28/2021 7:06:06 PM PDT
by
dead
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
To: henkster
What about the Smokeless Ashtray? Imagine how much he could have sold with the Fartless Ass"?
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posted on
07/28/2021 7:41:50 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
07/28/2021 7:44:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Loyalist
“How do you like my nuts now?”
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posted on
07/28/2021 8:16:20 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: RckyRaCoCo
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posted on
07/28/2021 8:19:18 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: Loyalist
I like your dark humor. That’s some funny stuff!
My dad had the Pocket Fisherman. When he passed, my brother claimed it.
RIP Ron Popeil.
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posted on
07/28/2021 8:28:58 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Staunch conservative, with a liberal immune system. TRUMP 2024!)
To: dynachrome
*** Pocket fisherman, RIP ***
I bought one of those for my Dad for Father’s Day a kazillion years ago.
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posted on
07/28/2021 9:10:55 PM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
To: Clutch Martin
If Mae West had seen a man with a Pocket Fisherman she would have said to him: “Is that a pocket fisherman or are you happy to see me”?
To: Loyalist
Ave Maria will be sung by a chorus of plastic bass...
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