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5. Ronald Martin Popeil [1] ( / poʊˈpiːl /; [2] May 3, 1935 – July 28, 2021), was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget it!" as well as popularizing the phrase, "But ...
Arthur Schiff (1 May 1940 – 24 August 2006) was one of the least known but most influential promoters of American kitsch products. Schiff ran his own company and ingenious marketing campaigns for 23 years. During his long career in advertising, he produced over 1800 direct response TV infomercials, including the Steakhouse Onion Machine ...
PitchMen (original name: But Wait...There's More) is a docudrama television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The show followed infomercial producers and talent Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan as they attempted to sell various inventions through direct-response marketing, mainly through Telebrands, one of the largest direct response/infomercial companies.
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Ed Valenti. Ed Valenti is an American television personality and entrepreneur best known as an early pioneer of infomercials and for creating the Ginsu knives. [1] [2] In 1975, Valenti and his business partner Barry Becher founded Dial Media, Inc. (now PriMedia Inc ), one of the first major infomercial companies in the world.
Shaw became best known to Australian TV audiences as "The Demtel Man" between 1992-1995 as he presented as the face of an infomercial "As Seen On TV" sales company TV commercials and infomercials for Demtel International. He popularised the expression "But wait, there's more" in Australia.
The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally.
Billy Mays. William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) [2] [3] was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and Mighty Mendit.