Ronco
American record label; purveyor of kitchen gadgets via infomercialswww.ronco.com
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Sep 30, 2026
Connor McKennaHOST
Why not just say condom? You
Sean StarrHOST
know they have those little finger gloves, you know? Yeah, the Ronco latex gloves.
Connor McKennaHOST
Yeah, it could be that.
Connor McKennaHOST
It does make a little bit more sense than a condom, if we're being honest, in a restaurant kitchen.
Conor McKennaHOST
Why not just say condom? You
Sean StarrHOST
know they have those little finger gloves, you know? Yeah, the Ronco latex gloves.
Conor McKennaHOST
Yeah, it could be that.
Conor McKennaHOST
It does make a little bit more sense than a condom, if we're being honest, in a restaurant kitchen.
Richard FoosGUEST
Popeil had Vegematic, which...
Christine BlosdaleHOST
Why do I remember K-Tel by Ronco? Was Ronco...
Richard FoosGUEST
Ronco was the other competitor.
Christine BlosdaleHOST
Oh, the competitor.
Christine BlosdaleHOST
Okay, so it was K-Tel and Ronco.
Christine BlosdaleHOST
Oh, my God.
Christine BlosdaleHOST
My brain is – I am going back in time when I was like in the early – you know, in the 70s.
Sarah NelsonHOST
And that was maybe quote sold to them in the beginning.
Justin MorseHOST
Did you just pull out the Ronco, a rotisserie chicken maker, set it and forget it.
Justin MorseHOST
I love that.
Justin MorseHOST
You might have to say trademark Ronco.
Justin MorseHOST
Is
Sarah NelsonHOST
that what it is? Set it and forget it.
Joe AlonzoGUEST
Yeah, exactly, and I...
Joe AlonzoGUEST
That's why Ronco and Ronco adjacent products are gonna be left by the wayside, [laughs] and our only way to get a fix is, like you said, is gonna be on Temu.
Jon SplettHOST
It's so, it's so weird, too.
Jon SplettHOST
Like, I remember those things were so ubiquitous.
Jon SplettHOST
Like, how long do they last in the thrift stores versus how long did they last in, uh, in real, in, like, retail stores?
Joe AlonzoGUEST
Yes.
Jon SplettHOST
'Cause I, I used to see those Ronco, uh, the food dehydrator and the rotisserie all the time in thrift stores, and now if I saw one, I would get excited and buy it again [laughs] 'cause I-
Joe AlonzoGUEST
Yeah, me too
Michael E. KrumpakGUEST
We were selling, this is like in 1990, I think.
Michael E. KrumpakGUEST
We were selling products like the easy glider, the Ronco pasta maker, like all these things when the infomercials were like all over the place, especially when you couldn't sleep at night.
Michael E. KrumpakGUEST
And the trainer was sick one day and they said, Crumpack, go teach these people everything that you know about selling.
Michael E. KrumpakGUEST
Cause this is 1990.
MorrisHOST
been KHL.
MorrisHOST
There was a company, I read up about this in the Ray Connolly essay, where he said there's a company called Ronco.
MorrisHOST
And while David Putnam was trying to get the funds to get That'll Be The Day made, it was partly financed, I can't remember by which film company, but he got some of the financing from Ronco, who said, if you go and use songs from our back catalogue, then we'll put up 200,000 pounds.
Tim MerrillHOST
Now, this is going to sound weird, but there was a guy named Ron Popeil.
Tim MerrillHOST
And Ron Popeil was one of those guys who could actually do, like, come up with the pocket fisherman.
Tim MerrillHOST
Well, he made so much money off of, like, his electrical in-brush and his pocket fisherman and all this stuff.
Tim MerrillHOST
He had a division called K-Tel.
Tim MerrillHOST
And K-Tel was Ronco.
TimHOST
It could have been K-Tel
MauriceHOST
There was a company, I, I read up about this in the Ray Connolly essay, where he said there's a company called Ronco, and while David Puttnam was trying to get the funds to get That'll Be the Day made, it was partly financed, I can't remember by which film company, but he got some of the financing from Ronco, who said, "If you go and use songs from our back catalog, then we'll put up £200,000."
TimHOST
Now, this is gonna sound weird, but there was a guy named Ron Popeil.
Kerry FristowHOST
Mm-hmm.
TimHOST
He was a gadget guy.
Kerry FristowHOST
Yeah.
TimHOST
Well, he made so much money off of, like, his electrical lint brush and his Pocket Fisherman and all of this stuff, he had a division called K-Tel, and K-Tel was Ronco, because it was his name, Ron Co.
Scott PhippsGUEST
Ronco in this country, Tim, was the cheesy Christmas presents that you would buy your father.
Tranna WintourHOST
It's as important as affordable housing.
Adam CaprioloHOST
And as Ronco's rotisserie chicken, yeah.
Tranna WintourHOST
Mm-hmm.
Dane StewartHOST
Is it, is it...
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Adam CaprioloHOST
Um, please continue.
Adam CaprioloHOST
I'm sorry.
Tranna WintourHOST
And my last choice is the Ronco Rotisserie.
Tranna WintourHOST
[laughs]
Mike HarmonHOST
Like, how, how do you, how do you fumble that? A, a property that was so beloved, right? You, it fell into your laps.
Mike HarmonHOST
Uh, all right, here's, set it, forget it, Ronco style, uh, rotisserie chicken.
Mike HarmonHOST
Uh, [laughs] the old infomercials.
Mike HarmonHOST
Of a certain age, you all got that joke.