Ronald M. Popeil Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ronald M. "Ron" Popeil (/poʊˈpiːl/; born May 3, 1935) is an American inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct response marketing company Ronco. He is well known for his appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie ("Set it, and forget it!") and for using the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s. He is also well known for making a pocket fisherman casting toy.
Lisa Popeil, Jerome Popeil, Jerry Popeil, Pamela Popeil
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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But wait! There's more!
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Now, how much would you pay?
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I'm an inventor first and a marketer second. Other people in our business take the spaghetti approach. They throw a lot of stuff against the wall and hope something sticks. The failure rate is dependent solely on what you're throwing up against the wall. I don't operate that way. I'm willing to make a serious investment in an idea and take two to two and one-half years of my life to create it, to get behind it and understand it and take it to the marketplace.
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Fact
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A likeness of his head appears in Futurama: A Big Piece of Garbage (1999) as the inventor of the technology to keep disembodied heads alive.
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Co-host, with Nancy, of an infomercial for the "Ronco Food Dehydrator". [2008]
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Co-host, with Steve Bryant, of an infomercial for the "Showtime Rotisserie". [2006]
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Co-host, with 'Steve Bryant' of an infomercial for the "Showtime Knives". Also appearing are his daughters Shannon Popeil and Lauren Popeil, and his cousin Arnold. [2006]
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Co-host, with Jill Whelan, of an infomercial for the "RONCO rotisserie". [2002]
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Co-host, with Nancy, of an infomercial for the "Ronco Electric Pasta Maker". [2008]
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Release of his book, "The Salesman of the Century: Inventing, Marketing and Selling on TV: How I Did It and How You Can Too!" by Ron with Jefferson Graham. [1995]
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Co-host, with Nancy, of an infomercial for "GHL" (Great Looking Hair). [2008]
"Ronco", the company he sold in 2005, has filed for bankruptcy protection [June 15, 2007].
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Satirist 'Weird Al' Yankovic, had a song about the infomercial king on his 1984 album, "In 3-D". The song is called "Mr. Popeil" and it mentions many of the more memorable Ronco products (the Vegematic, the Pocket Fisherman, etc.) as well as unrelated infomercial gadgetry
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In every one of his commercials he uses the line: "But wait! There's more!"
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Inventor and TV pitch-man of various gadgets. Since the relaxation of advertising restrictions on US television, he has become a fixture on "infomercial" paid programming.
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Coined the phrase "cordless electric" to make an item seem more sophisticated than "battery operated".
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Futurama
1999
TV Series
Ron Popeil's head
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
As Seen on TV
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Infomercial Pitchman
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas
2001
TV Special documentary
Himself - Judge
The Weird Al Show
1997
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994-1995
TV Series
Himself
Biography
1987
TV Series documentary
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Criminal Minds
2010
TV Series
Himself - Infomercial Pitchman
World's Dumbest
2010
TV Series
Himself
The X-Files
1994
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
As Seen on TV (2009) as Himself - Infomercial Pitchman
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas (2001) as Himself - Judge
$950,000
