{"id":310631,"date":"2021-07-29T00:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ron-popeil-set-it-and-forget-it-infomercial-star-dead-at-86\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:58:36","slug":"ron-popeil-set-it-and-forget-it-infomercial-star-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ron-popeil-set-it-and-forget-it-infomercial-star-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ron Popeil, ‘Set it and forget it’ infomercial star, dead at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ron Popeil, ‘Set it and forget it’ infomercial star, dead at 86<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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He told you to \u201cSet it and forget it,\u201d but the world will never forget Ron Popeil.<\/p>\n

Popeil, an inventor and the face of infomercials for \u201cas-seen-on-TV\u201d products like Showtime Rotisserie and Pocket Fisherman, has died. He was 86.<\/p>\n

His family told TMZ<\/a> that Popeil had a medical emergency on Tuesday and died Wednesday morning surrounded by family at Los Angeles\u2019 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.<\/p>\n

Popeil was best known for the \u201cSet it and forget it\u201d catchphrase used to sell Showtime Rotisserie<\/a> in late-night infomercials. Long before air fryers became the kitchen app<\/a>liance du jour, the countertop rotisserie appliance took the home cooking world by storm, having sold over $1 billion worth, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n

The mogul is credited with coining the oft-used infomercial phrase, \u201cBut wait, there\u2019s more!\u201d But the same can be said about Popeil, who was more than an infomercial guy.<\/p>\n

He created the entire concept.<\/p>\n

In the early 1950s, Popeil teamed up with his partner at the time, Mel Korey, to produce the first modern minute-long, black and white commercial for slightly over $500, according to the biography on his official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Popeil was not just a face selling a product like the influencers of today. The New York City-native founded the Ronco company in 1964, selling products created by his father, Samuel \u201cS.J.\u201d Popeil, who created the Chop-o-Matic and the Veg-o-Matic.<\/p>\n

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The New York City-native founded the Ronco company in 1964.<\/figcaption>
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Following in the footsteps of his father, Popeil went on to create products himself including the Mr. Microphone (the first Karaoke machine), the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, the Buttoneer, the Smokeless Ashtray, Popeil\u2019s Electric Food Dehydrator, the Inside-the-Egg Scrambler, GLH-9 (Great Looking Hair Formula #9) Hair in a Can Spray, Rhinestone Stud Setter (Later called the Bedazzler), the Cap Snaffler, the Popeil Automatic Pasta Maker and the Ronco Electric Food Dehydrator.<\/p>\n

His products can be seen in the Smithsonian Museum today.<\/p>\n

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Ron Popeil is famous for the catchphrase \u201cBut wait, there\u2019s more!\u201d<\/figcaption>
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According to TMZ, the entrepreneur made a fortune estimated at $200 million in his career and had droves of fans who called themselves \u201cThe Rontourage.\u201d He also set a QVC record in 2000 selling over $1 million worth of his Showtime Rotisseries<\/a> \u2014 or approximately 150 units each minute \u2014 during a one-hour live segment to viewers.<\/p>\n

Perhaps due to the catchiness of his infomercials, Popeil was a hot figure himself, having been portrayed by Dan Aykroyd on a 1976 episode of \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d The \u201cSNL\u201d skit saw Aykroyd poking fun of the infomercial style with a fictional \u201cBat-O-Matic\u201d product.<\/p>\n

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