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He was very well known for shouting during infomercials. For example, The Washington Post staff writer Frank Ahrens called him and other similar television salesmen "a full-volume pitchman, amped up like a candidate for a tranquilizer-gun takedown". [11] In October 2000, Mays shot an infomercial for the then-three-year-old OxiClean corporation ...
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 ...
Infomercial pioneer Ron Popeil dies at 86. Raechal Shewfelt. July 28, 2021 at 9:02 PM. ... Hair in a Can spray, Mr. Microphone and many others, has died at the age of 86. ...
Ron Popeil, the legendary infomercial spokesman behind such products as Showtime Rotisserie and Hair in a Can, has died. He was 86. Infomercial legend Ron Popeil dies at 86 [Video]
Popeil's success in infomercials, memorable marketing personality, and ubiquity on American television have allowed him and his products to appear in a variety of popular media environments including cameo appearances on television shows such as The X-Files, [a] Futurama, [b] [c] King of the Hill, [d] [e] The Simpsons, [f] Sex and the City, [g ...
On TV infomercials in the early–mid 1990s, he claimed that by placing "tiny classified ads" in newspapers he was "able to make $50,000 a week from [his] tiny one-bedroom apartment". [5] In 1992, Lapre began broadcasting The Making Money Show with Don Lapre, which suggested that viewers could make money as easily as he had. For several years ...
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