• Ronald Martin Popeil (/poʊˈpiːl/; May 3, 1935 – July 28, 2021), was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response...
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  • Popeil is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lisa Popeil (born 1956), American voice coach, singer, and musician Ron Popeil (1935–2021)...
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    Ronco (redirect from Popeil Dial-O-Matic)
    appliances. Ron Popeil founded the company in 1964, and infomercials for the company's products quickly made Ronco a household name. Popeil became known...
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  • in Voice. Popeil is the eldest daughter of inventor S. J. Popeil (1915–1984) and Eloise Popeil (1925–2010). Popeil's half-brother, Ron Popeil, was an inventor...
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    States. It was non-electric and invented by Samuel J. Popeil and later sold by his son Ron Popeil along with more than 20 other distributors across the...
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  • copy points used in the 1978 and later Ginsu commercials were used by Ron Popeil, the early TV marketer, in the 1950s. and the Cinécraft Quikut knife commercials...
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  • Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius The Pitchman – Ron Popeil and the Conquest of the American Kitchen The Ketchup Conundrum – Mustard...
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    as whole pigs, are often cooked at speeds ranging from 3 rpm to 1 rpm. Ron Popeil, inventor of the Ronco "Showtime" rotisserie oven, claims that 6 rpm is...
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    Years active 2000–2010 Spouse Shane McChesnie ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2011)​ Children 1 Relatives Ashley Tisdale (sister) Ron Popeil (second cousin once removed)...
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    Jennifer is an actress and producer. She is also related to businessman Ron Popeil through her maternal grandfather Arnold Morris who was best known for...
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  • 1929) Pete George, 92, weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952) (b. 1929) Ron Popeil, 86, inventor and businessman (Ronco) (b. 1935) July 29 Robert Dove, 82...
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  • reggae genre in general. "Mr. Popeil" is a song discussing the inventor Sam Popeil (the father of inventor Ron Popeil) and his myriad inventions of varying...
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    bought and marketed a number of products from Samuel Popeil, father of Ronco founder Ron Popeil, including the Dial-O-Matic and Veg-O-Matic food slicers...
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    sketch, a fake TV commercial in which a garish, hyper-pitchman (based on Ron Popeil) touts a food blender that turns an entire bass into liquid pulp, the...
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  • The Sims 3 Showtime Rotisserie, a small oven invented and advertised by Ron Popeil Showtime, a fragrance endorsed by Kylie Minogue Princess Peach: Showtime...
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    customers to touch or taste a product before they buy. By the mid-1950s Ron Popeil states that "I was working in the Woolworth's store in Chicago selling...
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    present "zeitgeist" than the "earnest fervor" of spokesmen like Mays and Ron Popeil. Consumer Reports reported that the infomercial for "ShamWow!" initially...
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  • screenwriter, director Pink – singer Brad Pitt – actor Eve Plumb – actress Ron Popeil (deceased)  – direct marketing inventor Donald Prell (deceased)  – WWII...
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  • Karen Walker (née Delaney; previously St. Croix, Popeil, and Finster) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed...
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  • Charlie-in-The-Box in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at age 101. July 28: Ron Popeil, American inventor and marketing personality (voiced himself in the Futurama...
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    a collection of heads alive in jars thanks to technology invented by Ron Popeil (who has a guest cameo in "A Big Piece of Garbage"), has resulted in many...
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  • Połomska, 87, Polish actress (Shadow, Eroica, The Eighth Day of the Week). Ron Popeil, 86, American inventor and businessman (Ronco). Ruben Radica, 90, Croatian...
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    company SAS Group, Inc. owns the rights to the product.[citation needed] Ron Popeil sold a similar product under Ronco, his groundbreaking, successful DRTV...
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    particularly "Rock Lobster" and "There's a Moon in the Sky". Refers to Ron Popeil. Ron Popeil's daughter sings backing vocals. "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder"...
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  • make guest appearances as themselves. The technology was invented by Ron Popeil, himself a head. People seem to be able to be resurrected using this technology...
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  • The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Susie Dietter. Ron Popeil guest stars in this episode as himself. Nancy Cartwright also has a brief...
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  • guitarist (d. 2013) 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer and actor 1935 – Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company (d. 2021) 1938 – Omar...
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  • perfume is applied to magazine pages. Consumer Engineering – Presented to Ron Popeil, incessant inventor and perpetual pitchman of late night television, for...
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  • Goodwill Games gold medalist; four-time US National Champion in cycling Ron Popeil Delta Inventor; infomercial producer; owner of Ronco Industries Stanley...
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  • the Chief in Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly), (d. 2012). May 3: Ron Popeil, American inventor and marketing personality (voiced himself in the Futurama...
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