Ron Popeil (English Wikipedia)

Haire, Thomas (April 2013). "Pearls of Wisdom" (PDF). Response Magazine. Cannella Response Television LLC. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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Malcolm Gladwell, "The Pitchman"; Archived November 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The New Yorker.

In the episode "A Big Piece of Garbage", Ron Popeil is said to be the inventor of a fictional technology which allows heads to be kept alive in jars indefinitely. Popeil appears in the episode as one of the talking heads. (Bratskeir, Kate (December 6, 2017). "8 Reasons You Shouldn't Underestimate The Greatness Of Ron Popeil: 8 Things You Never Knew About Ron Popeil, The Greatest Inventor Of All Time". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 7, 2023.)
"Ron Popeil, Infomercial Tycoon, Dies At 86". Huffington Post. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

"Ig Nobel Prize Winners". Improbable Research. August 1, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

McGeehan, Patrick (December 11, 1994). "Profile: He's Back! The Amazing Human Selling Machine!". New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
Daniel Victor (July 29, 2021). "Ron Popeil, Inventor and Ubiquitous Infomercial Pitchman, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.

Gladwell, Malcolm (April 8, 2011). "The Pitchman: Ron Popeil and the Conquest of the American Kitchen". PEN America. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

"Lifetime Achievement Award". retailing.org. Electronic Retailing Association. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

"ronco.com". Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.

"Ron Popeil - Inventor, Television Personality". www.biography.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
"Lifetime Achievement Award". retailing.org. Electronic Retailing Association. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
Haire, Thomas (April 2013). "Pearls of Wisdom" (PDF). Response Magazine. Cannella Response Television LLC. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
Daniel Victor (July 29, 2021). "Ron Popeil, Inventor and Ubiquitous Infomercial Pitchman, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
"ronco.com". Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
Malcolm Gladwell, "The Pitchman"; Archived November 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The New Yorker.