Ron Popeil
This celebrity goo was created by player Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Sunday, July 8, 2007 (part of Round XXX)
category: 
Advertising
clue: As seen on TV, this inventor is a virtual device-o-matic. But wait, there's more! Guess now, and we'll throw in that he's also famous for inventing the infomercial.
explanation: Popeil was a famous inventor and infomercial pitchman known for the Veg-O-Matic, pocket fisherman, spray-on hair, smokeless ashtray, and other devices marketed with the phrase "as seen on TV." more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Michael Paul Cote, Wendy Hampson, Justin Hampson, and Phyllis Joy
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