Ron Popeil, pitchman, record co exec, Dead at 86

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He diced, he sliced, he chopped! He brought us hundreds of great compilations with little or no low end (what do you expect for 10+ songs/side?)

Who can forget his smooooth p/u line: "we'll be back to pick you up later!" blaring from ultra hi-fi (Atmos?) AM radios everywhere?

https://apnews.com/article/business...t-ron-popeil-9b58dabb751fb23f7d08d0d32e32ca5f
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Get-It-On/release/1316609
Ronco Presents Disco Fever (1978, Vinyl)

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ronco-Presents-In-Concert/release/1804864
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ronco-Presents-Rock-Classics/release/7732138




BUT WAIT!!!!!! There's more:

 
I believe Lisa Popeil was his daughter? She did a tour (or handful of shows) with Zappa. Nothing officially released but there are audience recordings traded. She did a little rant on stage about her father's inventions. (At least once at some random show that was recorded and shared anyway.)
 
I remember him pretty well-or at least all those TV ads! I wanted a pocket fisherman but never got one. Years after I DID get to see one someone had ordered though. It was sitting in his Dad's borrowed tackle box so while he was working the bank around the phosphate pit I got a chance to play with it.
That was around the same time I got hung up in a tree while casting, and accidentally threw his Dad's favorite rod out into the water.lol.
...at least that's the way I remember it. :unsure:
 
We got a lot of those adverts on this side of the pond as well! Not sure if it was a Ronco one, but I remember Brush-o-matic, which looked like Velcro on a brush!
 
My favorite had to be the spray on hair. LOL
How could anyone think that would work?
If there is a Salesman Hall Of Fame, he has got to be in it. He was a pioneer of telemarketing before cable was a thing and 24/7 broadcasts.
 
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