Ronco Record Cleaning Machine.
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Klownschool
Mouth open = can't hear
Looks....um, interesting.
Klownschool
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Tapehead47
Addicted Member
What's wrong with that!? It's the method I used before we had electricity....
clydeselsor
Lunatic Member
I remember those!
Tapehead47
Addicted Member
If you sent a link it wasn't in your post. I'd like to see it!
Klownschools cleaner looked better.
Rick
Nevermind...some kind of avatar/post mixup. Funny I didn't see 'Ronco' on that ad, or maybe I'm immune....
jazzwolf
Super Member
DO NOT TRY THIS ON YOUR RECORDS!!!! I mean it! I bought one several years ago on ebay. It was brand new and the felt on it had deteriorated, I put a record in it and it actually ruined it. It actually deteriorated when the record was spinning and it left streak and gum marks that I could not remove. This is not like the Vac-O-Rec that was electric, this is actually a cheap plastic thing that is battery powered.
Tapehead47
Addicted Member
I don't understand...what could possibly go wrong?
thedelihaus
Nocturnal transmissions
Ronco is a company founded by Ron Popeil in 1964, and is famous for the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Armorcote/Armorecote II non-stick sauce/fry pans, the Showtime Rotisserie Grill, Inside-The-Shell Egg Scrambler, and more.
Catch phrases were "...but wait, there's more!", " and "How much would you pay now?", as well as outrageous and often humorous claims for the goods.
He competed with other infomercial superstars, such as Ed Valenti and Barry Becher, famed of the fictional named "Ginsu" knives who could "cut through a nail, a tin can, and a radiator hose, and still cut a tomato paper thin!!!", and "So sharp it slices tomatoes with only one side!" and even more outrageous tag lines such as “In Japan, the hand can be used as a knife... "Hy-Ya!!!- But this method doesn’t work with a tomato!”. I believe Ron Popiel later marketed the Ginsu knives for Valenti and Becher- some sort of connection is there.
The knife phrases were recycled for Ron Popiel's own version of knives, the Six Star Cutlery set, as well as the "Dial-O-Matic".
Most goods were sold via the 30 to 60 minute infomercial once this format took root on the telly as a viable marketing format.
More goodies...
The "Chop-O-Matic"- "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to show you the greatest kitchen appliance ever made... All your onions chopped to perfection without shedding a single tear."
The "Dial-O-Matic"- successor to the Veg-O-Matic. Once again used the catch phrase "Slice a tomato so thin it only has one side."
Mr. Microphone- "Hey, good looking, I'll be back to pick you up later!" & "Broadcast your voice on any FM radio!!!"
The Solid Flavor Injector & Liquid Flavor Injector- used to inject solid or liquid ingredients into meat and other foods.
"Hair" in a can- the GLH-9 Hair in a Can Spray (Great Looking Hair, Formula #9).
The Cap Snaffler, which "Snaffles caps off any size jug, bottle, or jar… and it really, really works!".
Anyone who markets "The Cap Snaffler" and something called "Ginsu" that cuts through soup cans, well, no rekkid of mine is going in it's maws....
Catch phrases were "...but wait, there's more!", " and "How much would you pay now?", as well as outrageous and often humorous claims for the goods.
He competed with other infomercial superstars, such as Ed Valenti and Barry Becher, famed of the fictional named "Ginsu" knives who could "cut through a nail, a tin can, and a radiator hose, and still cut a tomato paper thin!!!", and "So sharp it slices tomatoes with only one side!" and even more outrageous tag lines such as “In Japan, the hand can be used as a knife... "Hy-Ya!!!- But this method doesn’t work with a tomato!”. I believe Ron Popiel later marketed the Ginsu knives for Valenti and Becher- some sort of connection is there.
The knife phrases were recycled for Ron Popiel's own version of knives, the Six Star Cutlery set, as well as the "Dial-O-Matic".
Most goods were sold via the 30 to 60 minute infomercial once this format took root on the telly as a viable marketing format.
More goodies...
The "Chop-O-Matic"- "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to show you the greatest kitchen appliance ever made... All your onions chopped to perfection without shedding a single tear."
The "Dial-O-Matic"- successor to the Veg-O-Matic. Once again used the catch phrase "Slice a tomato so thin it only has one side."
Mr. Microphone- "Hey, good looking, I'll be back to pick you up later!" & "Broadcast your voice on any FM radio!!!"
The Solid Flavor Injector & Liquid Flavor Injector- used to inject solid or liquid ingredients into meat and other foods.
"Hair" in a can- the GLH-9 Hair in a Can Spray (Great Looking Hair, Formula #9).
The Cap Snaffler, which "Snaffles caps off any size jug, bottle, or jar… and it really, really works!".
Anyone who markets "The Cap Snaffler" and something called "Ginsu" that cuts through soup cans, well, no rekkid of mine is going in it's maws....
thedelihaus
Nocturnal transmissions
Was that the updated "Pocket Fisherman"? I can't recall...
honestly, I wonder, is it possible to eat a tomato sliced so thin, it only has one side?
How do you successfully chew the dang thing?
mwr885
Don't Eat The Worm...
Klownschool
Mouth open = can't hear
I just can't believe that anyone would use a sink sprayer on their records. I about poop myself when I get a drop of cleaning fluid on the label. Holy crap! Check my second post for reference.
Rick
Rick
onepixel
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AnalogDigit
Realistic fan.
It never worked for me. But the veg-o-matic....
So, does it do a good job?
Sansui Louie
Curmudgeon
Reginald A. Fessenden? And all this time I thought it was Burl Ives. 
The Ronco thing wasn't very well received when it was new. As others have already indicated, I wouldn't trust anything that was marketed by huckster Ron Popeil with my records.
Ever hear Weird Al Yankovic's tribute to him, "Mr. Popeil"?
The Ronco thing wasn't very well received when it was new. As others have already indicated, I wouldn't trust anything that was marketed by huckster Ron Popeil with my records.
Ever hear Weird Al Yankovic's tribute to him, "Mr. Popeil"?
