A true legend has passed away! ' Set it and forget it '

He was an original.

He sure was!
  RCM!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ronco+records&&view=detail&mid=4955028EBD7D742848FA...
And a record label!
https://www.discogs.com/label/15604-Ronco

 
@tvad
   Mine too!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bass+omatic&view=detail&mid=2894DBC6195CC5F71E722894DBC...

A typical funeral takes an hour, his will be done in under 15 minutes...

The Pocket Fisherman!

“But wait, there’s more!” 

Do you remember the "Hair in a Can" cure for bald spots?  It was actually thick black enamel paint that is intended to be sprayed on to metal outdoor furniture; Ron Popeil just put a new label on the aerosol can to repurpose the product.

There is an amusing book about this sort of quirky American commercial ventures called: "Monster Trucks & Hair in a Can: Who Said America Doesn't Make Anything Anymore?"

Bottle and jug cutter.

RIP Rusty Hill.
Don't have time to check if there was a mention of him on this site. But this is mine. Will miss this Texas rocking legend. Thanks for the memorable concerts and albums. You will be missed.

Many, many years ago, I saw Ron on late night TV, pitching Hair in a Can (?).  It was a product you just sprayed on your bald spot and presto!  No one will be able to tell it's not your own hair!.  I still laugh when I think of him demonstrating.  The man had chutzpah.  No other way to describe him.  

if memory serves me right, the hair in a can was eventually called "GLH" [Good-Looking Hair]. i could use some o'that stuff right now! 

Didn't he do Mr. Microphone?  

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/3mddsr/hey_good_lookin_well_be_back_to_pick_you_up_lat...

There’s a great book by Malcolm Gladwell called What The Dog Saw that has a chapter on him- I always think of roast chicken when his name comes up. Also a chapter called The Ketchup conundrum about why there are dozens of different mustards and one ketchup and all sorts of other things in life; worth a read

And I thought this was about Dusty Hill, a music legend……

Gimme Back My Bluejeans.

RIP. 

Another RIP Dusty Hill, thank you for letting me take your picture during the Afterburner Tour from the front row several times with flash camera, even if it was illegal back then.

And what does this have to do with audio? 

But wait ......... there's more!

RIP

"And what does this have to do with audio?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXE5CynXr4A

DeKay

  "And what does this have to do with audio?"

   And what serious Vinyl collector doesn’t own the Ronco Record Vault?
https://theinfosphere.org/Ronco_Record_Vault

The Ronco Record Vault is a safe for storing vinyl records, manufactured by Ronco. The vault can be opened with a one-digit combination.

In the 20th century, Fry owned one, which he kept in his basement. His combination for the vault was 3. Examples of records Fry kept in the vault were Huey Lewis and the News' 1983 album Sports and the soundtrack to the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. He also kept his lucky seven-leaf clover within the vault, hidden in the sleeve of the Breakfast Club soundtrack.

It is possible to break open the safe without actually knowing its combination; Fry's brother Yancy broke it open by using Doh-Doh as plastic explosive.

ZZ Top meets Ronco- who would have thought it- sharp dressed chicken?

Ron Popeil also hawked a cordless electric record vacuum. I never tried them but "They made great gifts."