[Tig] Tig Digest, Vol 60, Issue 5

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Dec 18, 2007, at 10:59 PM, Fred Springer wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>       Don't forget about the Miracle Eraser which was a block of  
> pummace used to remove scratches from your car,piano, etc.  Ron  
> also wrote off any props he used in his commerercials, i.e  
> car,piano,etc.  His garage was filled with boxes of popeil  
> merchandise.

the guy was a marketing wizard, though certainly in the realm of
schtick. The product that I remember best, from the early 70s, is the
Popeil POCKET FISHERMAN which, when I look at references to it on the
web, actually gets a lot of praise. It was for us hippies one of the
most ludicrous ideas of the era, like, we didn't even think of killing
fish, much less using a POCKET FISHERMAN to do so. And Norman Maclean
would be turning over in his grave.


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