Ron Popeil, the infomercial pioneer and inventor who served as the enthusiastic pitchman for products like Chop-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie, has died at the age of 86. Popeil’s rep confirmed ...
Ron Popeil, the prolific infomercial spokesman behind “as seen on TV” products like the Showtime Rotisserie and Hair in a Can, has died. He was 86. Popeil died early Wednesday morning at Cedars-Sinai ...
“You can make pasta with Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker in under three minutes.” (*audience gasps*) There is room in the world for homemade pasta, but most home cooks are likely to opt for the dried ...
In the late ’90s, when I was an ironic teen with a thing for infomercials, my favorite featured the slimy Ron Popeil shilling his Popeil Electric Pasta & Sausage Maker. But I didn’t enjoy it just for ...