“But wait, there’s more!” May 3, 1935 saw the birth of what prolific inventor and marketing personality, known for such products as Mr. Microphone, Showtime Rotisserie, and GLH-9 Hair in a Can spray, among many others?
Ron Popeil was first published in "The New Yorker" in 2000. Ron Popeil Ronald M. "Ron" Popeil (; born May 3, 1935) is an American inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct response marketing company Ronco. He is well known for his appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and the coined phrase "Set it, and forget it!" as well as popularizing the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s. Popeil was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1935. When he was 6 his parents divorced and he and his brother
Spray-on hair Spray-on hair Spray-on hair or hair in a can is a hairstyling product consisting of an aerosol spray applied to balding areas of the scalp to create artificial hair covering that area. Spray-on hair generally works in one of two ways. Either it directly colors the scalp and enhances whatever hair is in the area by thickening it, or it generates hair-like filaments that cling to the scalp and existing hair. Spray-on hair was one of the products pioneered by Ronco in the 1980s, under the name "GLH-9" (Great Looking Hair Formula #9). The product "was popular in the 1990s