The recent passing of 86-year-old gizmo guru Ron Popeil will yield few flags lowered in his honor, despite his having waged endless war for our fleeting attention for decades. Granted, salesmen are ...

(Imitating Ron Popeil) Have you ever wondered who to thank for the Showtime Rotisserie - set it and forget it - the Chop-O-Matic, Veg-O-Matic and the electric food dehydrator - but wait, there's more ...

Ron Popeil, infomercial legend and perennial hawker of household gadgets, is wrestling with what could be one of the toughest sales to date: the bankruptcy auction of Ronco Corp., the company he ...

Ron Popeil, an inventor and TV personality best known for his infomercials pitching the Showtime Rotisserie oven, Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman, has died at age 86, multiple news outlets are ...

Inventor and TV pitchman Ron Popeil, who starred in countless infomercials over the past half-century, has died at the age of 86. Popeil suffered a severe medical emergency on Tuesday, TMZ reports, ...

Are you looking to invest in a home appliance maker that largely sells via late-night infomercials? Order now and you can get 20 shares of EZ-Store Rotisserie and Veg-O-Matic retailer Ronco for just ...

These fries, which started in cold oil, were so good I made them three times within a week or two, the second two times just for myself. It did, however, take three tries before they came out so well.

Ron Popeil, the storied television pitchman who has peddled vegetable choppers and tabletop rotisserie ovens with the persuasiveness of a modern-day P.T. Barnum, has decided to sell his company not ...

The bankruptcy of household gadget seller Ronco Corp. has lifted the lid off a bitter spat between the company’s current and former chief executives that involves allegations of fraudulent billing, ...

If this man’s face (and sweater) rings a bell, you were probably of TV-watching age in the ’90s: (Photo: YouTube) Also known as the “sweater man,” Mike Levey hosted a series of Amazing Discoveries ...

Scott Simon remembers Ron Popeil, founder of Ronco, the company that sold gadgets including the Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman. Popeil died... Remembering Ron Popeil, The Man Behind Veg-O-Matic ...

Scott Simon remembers Ron Popeil, founder of Ronco, the company that sold gadgets including the Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman. Popeil died this week at the age of 86. (Imitating Ron Popeil) ...