Pocket fisherman tv#

Popeil’s perpetual solution in search of a problem approach to manufacturing and sales reminds me of an oft-told story. It’s the tackle boxes, cooler, maybe a bucket and a folding chair that make up the bulk - and that’s the operative word - of your gear. Which involves another of Popeil’s creations, the Pocket Fisherman. OK, so let’s get down to the original theme. Turns out it means “shoestring” and according to lore, created by a French chef allegedly with that name.Īs an aside, re: the spuds, you just missed National Julienne Fries Day, which was Aug. Not knowing who Julienne was or why her fries were so exceptional, I had to look it up. I believe the patter for the Veg-O-Matic involved the pitch, “It slices, it dices, it juliennes fries.

Pocket fisherman tv#

My first interaction with the consummate huckster involved a dictionary and one of his commercials broadcast at an obscure hour on an even more obscure independent TV station in LA during my formative years. Popeil shuffled off to Buffalo on July 28 at the age of 86 in Los Angeles. Never let the obvious and the simple alternative stand in the way of pulling out your MasterCard. Ron Popeil - the sultan of schlock, the marquis of marketing, the progenitor of the TV infomercial, as well as being the wellspring for the “As Seen on TV” shelves at retail stores - taught me a valuable lesson.