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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 ...
In the 2007 film Funny Games, one of the characters is channel surfing and briefly flicks past an infomercial for Ron Popeil's Vegetable Dehydrator. In the 1996 horror film Scream , the catchphrase is said ("But wait, there's more!"), itself in the tradition of a horror film's saying of a famous TV catchphrase, in the 1980s horror film The ...
Ron Popeil, the infomercial icon behind products like the Pocket Fisherman and Hair in a Can, died on Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press. He ...
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]
These ads were a slight departure for Mays as they were designed to be parodies of his and other infomercial clichés. He also made a live appearance during the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl promoting ESPN's and ABC's January 1, 2009, bowl games. Prior to his death, Mays had signed a deal with Taco Bell to film infomercial-style commercials for the ...
Haggerty continued to work as both an actor and infomercial spokesman. One of his endorsements was for the Pap-Ion Magnetic Inductor (PAP-IMI), a device alleged to have health benefits. He had only been hired as a spokesperson and was found not to be part of the fraud that later embroiled the manufacturer. [10]
He popped up in various movies and TV shows, and he voiced a character named after him on animated TV series Futurama in 1999. Popeil sold his company, Ronco, for about $56 million in 2005 ...
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