Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Popeil, seen in 1982, with some of the products he pitched and in some cases invented. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press ) "It ...

Late-night infomercials promote crazy fitness products that guarantee unbelievable results. You’ll be able to completely change your body and look like a superhero with as little effort as possible!

The other night, I couldn’t sleep and was hitting the remote control pretty hard. I settled in on an infomercial for the Miracle Lid — breakthrough technology in cooking that allows you to sauté , ...

LOS ANGELES -- Infomercial king Ron Popeil died "suddenly and peacefully" Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a statement provided to CNN by Popeil representative ...

Ron Popeil, the man largely responsible for infomercials as we know them, who used them to sell products that he had invented, such as the Pocket Fisherman, Hair in a Can spray, Mr. Microphone and ...

I‘ve always had this odd fascination with infomercials. I almost never want the ridiculous product pitched on Saturday-afternoon television, yet I find myself watching a decent amount of them out of ...

Welcome to Backspin, a video series where GOLF.com’s equipment editors Jonathan Wall and myself, Andrew Tursky, watch nostalgic golf videos for the first time in years and record our reactions. Last ...

Offer Vince Shlomi, an infomercial pitchman known to millions as the “ShamWow Guy” for his energetic promotion of highly absorbent dish cloths, has announced he is running for Congress as a Republican ...

Infomercial actors–you know, the ones depicting whatever problem the featured product is meant to solve–always look as though they’re on the brink of unfathomable despair. The thought of losing ...