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Yankovic's song "Mr. Popeil" was a tribute (and featured his sister Lisa Popeil on backing vocals). Ron Popeil later used this song in some of his infomercials. [22] In the 2007 film Funny Games, one of the characters is channel surfing and briefly flicks past an infomercial
Ronco is known for a wide range of products marketed and in some cases invented by Ron Popeil. Among them are: Showtime Rotisserie: The Ronco collection of rotisserie ovens can be used to cook chickens, barbecue ribs, lamb racks, seafood, and roasted vegetables.
In the episode, Bart receives a microphone that transmits sound to nearby AM radios. To play a prank on the citizens of Springfield, he lowers a radio down a well and uses the microphone to trick the town into thinking a little boy is trapped there. The prank succeeds, but Bart remembers labelling the radio with his name, tries to retrieve it ...
He popped up in various movies and TV shows, and he voiced a character named after him on animated TV series Futurama in 1999. Popeil sold his company, Ronco, for about $56 million in 2005 ...
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video New Line Cinema Michael O'Donoghue (director/screenplay); Mitch Glazer , Dirk Wittenborn , Emily Prager (screenplay); Michael O'Donoghue , Dan Aykroyd , Bill Murray , Gilda Radner , Jane Curtin , Laraine Newman , Don Novello , Carrie Fisher , Margot Kidder , Teri Garr , Sid Vicious , Paul Shaffer , Debbie Harry , Root Boy ...
More recently, LaMarche was the voice of Mr. Big, the Tundratown crimeboss in Disney's 2016 film Zootopia. His one on-camera theatrical film performance was in the 1981 Canadian feature Funny Farm, not to be confused with a later Chevy Chase vehicle of the same name. The film follows the story of a young standup comedian's attempt to break into ...
For many non-baseball fans, Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at age 90, was first and foremost, a hilarious actor. His humor shone through in many Miller Lite commercials and a starring role in the ...
He is best known for his rapid speech delivery. He appeared in over 100 commercials as "The Micro Machines Guy" [1] and in a 1981 ad for FedEx. He provided the voice for Blurr in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1986–1987), Transformers: Animated (2008–2009) and two direct-to-video films.