As the executive chef at Naperville’s Catch 35, Ed Sweeney is used to having the newest and best kitchen gear with which to prepare meals, which might explain why cooking with gadgets from the 1970s ...

Ronco Corp., maker of the Veg-O-Matic vegetable slicer and the Pocket Fisherman, filed for bankruptcy two years after founder and television pitchman Ron Popeil sold the iconic company for $56 million ...

There are gadgets and gismos aplenty — including Mr. Microphone and the Crepe Magician — at the “And It Makes a Great Christmas Gift: The History of Popeil and Ronco” holiday exhibit featured through ...

"It chops, it dices, it slices/ It never stops/ Lasts a lifetime, it mows your lawn…/ It picks up the kids from school/ It gets rid of unwanted facial hair/ It gets rid of embarrassing age spots/ It ...

Ronco Corp., maker of the Veg-O-Matic vegetable slicer and the Pocket Fisherman, filed for bankruptcy two years after founder and television pitchman Ron Popeil sold the iconic company for $56 million ...

THE PITCHMAN Ron Popeil with his Pocket Fisherman. A great product, he believes, deserves a brilliant infomercial.. Sam Comen Ron Popeil made his fortune selling products you never knew you needed — ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“The View,” with over four million viewers tuning in nationally every day, will feature Ronco CEO Larry Nusbaum, who will demonstrate the Showtime Compact Rotisserie—the ...

Infomercial king Ron Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said a family representative. He was 86. Popeil started his sales career in ...

Ron Popeil, known for starring in infomercials for dozens of his own inventions, died Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 86, the Associated Press reported. Popeil got his start as a salesman in a ...