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Some of Ron’s products included: The Chop-O-Matic, Mr. Microphone (the first Karaoke machine), the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, the Veg-o-Matic, the Buttoneer, the Smokeless Ashtray, Popeil’s 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 ...
Known for the legendary tagline “But wait...there’s more,” Ronco has been creating innovative, cutting-edge kitchen appliances and accessories for almost sixty years. To date, over $2 billion Ronco branded products have been sold in America.
Here are some of Ron Popeil's famous and infamous products. Veg-O-Matic. Pocket Fisherman. Mr. Microphone. Smokeless Ashtray. Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler. Dial-O-Matic. Automatic Pasta Maker. GLH Formula Number 9 Hair System. Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ Oven. Electric Food Dehydrator. Solid Flavor Injector. 1. Veg-O-Matic.
- The Chop-O-Matic. Chop-O-Matic is among the first products Popeil created and trademarked using the hyphen-O-hyphen branding. This non-electric, handheld food processor promised home cooks they could have "All your onions chopped to perfection without shedding a single tear."
- Mr. Microphone. Although simple by today's standards, Mr. Microphone was a groundbreaking product that introduced the much of the U.S. to karaoke. A short-range, hand-held transmitter would broadcast singing over an FM radio.
- Popeil Pocket Fisherman. Never get caught without a fishing pole! Ron Popeil marketed his pocket-size fishing pole as "the biggest fishing invention since the hook ...
- Inside-the-Egg Scrambler. A lifelong hater of improperly blended scrambled eggs, Popeil created this unique device that, as the name imples, scrambled eggs inside the shell.
In Malcolm Gladwell 's book What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, Popeil is interviewed and many of his products, most notably the Veg-O-Matic and Showtime Rotisserie, are discussed. Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker piece "The Pitchman" about Popeil won Gladwell the 2001 National Magazine award.
- Ronald Martin Popeil, May 3, 1935, New York City, U.S.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Founded by Ron Popeil in 1964, the goal of Ronco Products has been to provide families with top of the line cooking appliances that remove the stress of cooking and allow to spend more time with your loved ones.
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