Pasta Maker Informercial

[@gfalcon]

This is the earliest, unedited, first version of the Popeil Pasta Maker infomercial from April 1993. Things would soon be edited out to make room for "reduced prices" and the addition of the sausage-making attachment segments. Although the Call-to-Action breaks are Canadian, the rest is all "V 1.0" and was a real treat to see 😃

[@codedrop3339]

Nice to hear that I'm an OG when it comes to pasta infomercials!

[@RicksGAFaves]

Thanks, I'm glad to see an actual date for this. I downloaded a PDF of the product booklet, specifically looking for a date, and it showed copyright 1993 1994 and 1995 together. So I wasn't sure when this was produced. I'm always looking for vintage infomercials and this is awesome. Code Drop truly is an OG for me ha

[@codedrop3339]

Tell your friends to subscribe so I can put more commercials up!

[@codedrop3339]

Also...Here is a video on how to make your own tomato sauce for your Ron Popeil pasta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-pp3hsjc6En9k

[@gsesquire3441]

Its always funny to see how chopped up and re edited Rons infomercials become with such variable audio voice overs and hard cuts. Classic stuff we prob will never see the likes of again.

[@shadowman2192]

These are fun to watch. Ron’s infomercials were the best. Thank you for posting this.

[@codedrop3339]

You’re welcome!

[@kevinhannah1785]

Thank you...... Childhood memories

[@codedrop3339]

You are welcome!

[@jessefram2432]

THE MACHINE IS SO QUIET, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ITS RUNNING!! WHAT?!?!?!?!

[@codedrop3339]

The art of advertising! LOL

[@pileofwit]

THEY ARE WHISPER QUIET!

[@codedrop3339]

Is there any other kind of quiet?

[@Haffmatthew]

What?? I couldn’t hear you over the machine….

[@codedrop3339]

Now if only Cathy was “whisper quiet”!

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

Ron Popiel is a business icon. Every business school should study this fine example of American entrepreneurship.

[@codedrop3339]

Him wearing a cooking apron is not genuine...but he knows that it will sell more pasta makers...a true form of salesmanship and entreprenuership!

[@coltino99]

It’s so quiet I can barely hear it..

[@codedrop3339]

Pardon?

[@MediaDestroyer]

@@coltino99whisper quiet!

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@dianarendon5845]

RIP Ron Popeli….let’s admit it, he was the only salesman you would actually go listen to LOL.

[@codedrop3339]

"But wait, there's more!"

[@dianarendon5845]

@@codedrop3339 “Look, and if you promise to tell a friend about so we can get word-of-mouth advertisement, I’m going to give you…………..absolutely free.”

[@codedrop3339]

Ron was such a giving person.

[@leelalo6625]

Billy May

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

I watched this a lot with my mom. The three things that I always remembered from it were the way he pauses and says, “It’s ready now” when Nancy is using the machine, the poor edit of him running over with the pepper mill while making the clam sauce, and, of course, Cajun linguine.

[@codedrop3339]

Very spicy television!

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

👁 CAJUN LINGUINE 👁

[@codedrop3339]

Yum yum!

[@justamangoddamn]

Hey, wait a minute! I think these audience members were paid for their appearance in the audience.

[@codedrop3339]

That is the case for all informercial audiences.

[@justamangoddamn]

@@codedrop3339 🤦🏽

[@codedrop3339]

LOL

[@someguy23475]

Not Terry Scott! No way!

[@codedrop3339]

Yes way!

[@realjoshhayes]

5:34 I've never seen someone so enthusiastic about owning a juicer as that lady in blue.

[@codedrop3339]

She needs to get out more! LOL

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

They use the same clip at 14:45 when he asks how many people are going to buy the pasta maker.

[@codedrop3339]

Editing magic!

[@louisgrassimedium]

Oregano, esp dried, is extremely powerful, and you only typically use a very miniscule amount. He poured so much in! I wonder how that clam sauce actually tasted.

[@codedrop3339]

LOL!

[@RicksGAFaves]

I was thinking that same thing when I watched the other version of this. But doing a search, I found a PDF of the booklet that came with pasta maker including recipes and that clam sauce called for 3 tablespoons of dried oregano. Where Ron messed up is when he dumped all that olive oil in the skillet. The recipe only calls for 3Tbsp of that LOL

[@codedrop3339]

Here is a video on how to make your own tomato sauce for your Ron Popeil pasta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-pp3hsjc6En9k

[@leelalo6625]

Choking hazard.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

Not only that, but into some hot oil. That oregano definitely bloomed.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

2:48 IT'S WHISPER QUIET!

[@codedrop3339]

...almost too quiet!

[@riccal3288]

Lol Dr Nick

[@codedrop3339]

Shhhhhhh

[@JenniMeer]

WHAT?!

[@codedrop3339]

Pardon?

[@CarlWinslowFM]

I can’t believe Ron knew I was thinking $170!

[@codedrop3339]

Ron was wise beyond his years.

[@WhatTomHurd]

What a Legend 🙌!!! Thanks for posting... Takes me back

[@codedrop3339]

Click on "Subscribe" and you will automatically be taken back to the early 1990s.

[@natedoggcata]

10:40 in the other version of this infomercial they added in a shot of the crowd exploding in cheers over the automatic cutoff feature lol also the machine jams at 11:15

[@codedrop3339]

This crowd excites easily!

[@travelfoodielove]

Both amazing hosts

[@codedrop3339]

Indeed!

[@tylertyler82]

Legends.

[@codedrop3339]

Legends x 2

[@HardeepSingh-g7g]

Damn, that machine is loud as fuck!

[@codedrop3339]

“Whisper Quiet”

[@isetmfriendsofire]

How could the audience hear a damn thing lmao

[@codedrop3339]

They are scared of Ron so they are just nodding their heads yes!

[@maynardsmoreland]

When the pandemic lifts, Terry Scott will be on tour with his one-man show saluting Alan "The Skipper" Hale.

[@codedrop3339]

Will Gilligan make an appearance as well?

[@coinboynyc]

The Golden Circle VIP seating includes unlimited Cajun Linguini.

[@codedrop3339]

That's spicy! Hopefully they will be able to "handle the heat".

[@dianarendon5845]

Terry Scott sadly passed away, he passed away in 2020,.

[@codedrop3339]

A sad day!

[@juncho1977]

24:00 The Two Weeks lady from Total Recall 🤣

[@codedrop3339]

Not sure that is the same person.

[@juncho1977]

@@codedrop3339 It just reminds me a lot of her! 🤣

[@codedrop3339]

Maybe you are right?

[@LostCause-69]

You can tell they had chemistry.

[@codedrop3339]

Do you think they exchanged pasta sauces?

[@sandyanderson8515]

I can’t believe this infomercial is still going lol on 😂I was like in my early 20’s wowza memories of the time 80’s were the best ❤️

[@codedrop3339]

I think this is the 90s

[@jeaninempanzone6327]

Finally the full infomercial

[@codedrop3339]

You are welcome.

[@jeaninempanzone822]

I agree

[@codedrop3339]

I agree with your agreement!

[@ronk9830]

10:45 Incredible how *automatic* that automatic cut-off was! 🤔

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@KevboKev]

This version is slightly extended what the three-part version on KZbin. I also noticed the horrible dub about the whole wheat flour. haha

[@codedrop3339]

sorry about that

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

20:22 👁 CAJUN LINGUINI 👁

[@codedrop3339]

yum

[@blingviera7925]

3:05 "I know everything there is to know about the pasta business."

[@codedrop3339]

Is he Italian?

[@ronk9830]

He knows everything about the "making money" business...😂

[@codedrop3339]

The original Tony Soprano?

[@BobRooney290]

"why would you add spinach juice? for the color and nutrients" i cant stop fucking laughing.

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@JonesDylan874]

May Ron Popeil rest in peace. I loved watching the Showtime Knives a lot!

[@codedrop3339]

He was great!

[@RyanCoomer]

15:04 Ron stops trusting his audience... HE KNOWS WHATS UP

[@codedrop3339]

lol he can read the room

[@RyanCoomer]

@@codedrop3339 ahhaahaha for real its awesome!!!!! love infomercials!!!!!

[@codedrop3339]

Here is a video on how to make your own tomato sauce for your Ron Popeil pasta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-pp3hsjc6En9k

[@danielb.1567]

lol

[@codedrop3339]

lol

[@Elayzee]

Nothing on Earth beats the opening 35 seconds.

[@codedrop3339]

#MustSeeTV

[@rah62]

The announcer at 15:10 doing the "send check or money order" bit for the Canadian audience pronounced pasta - over and over and over - as "PAST-a" instead of "Pahhst-a"

[@codedrop3339]

Those Canadians and their accents !?!

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

Pass ta. How I never noticed that when I was a kid and watched this over and over is beyond me.

[@codedrop3339]

Pass the pass ta.

[@ShartSydePhil]

My favorite part about the machine is that you can barely hear it

[@codedrop3339]

It's whisper quiet!

[@Wythaneye]

WHHAAATTT????

[@codedrop3339]

#YouHeardMe

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

At 10:07 she acts surprised that the machine doesn’t have to run for an hour as if he hasn’t already told her countless times (and even already shown her) that it is done in less than three minutes.

[@codedrop3339]

She is forgetful

[@jasondoering3658]

Cajun Linguine!!!!!

[@codedrop3339]

Ron Popeil likes to keep things "spicy"!!!

[@codedrop3339]

Here is a video on how to make your own tomato sauce for your Ron Popeil pasta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-pp3hsjc6En9k

[@gfalcon]

I was born in New Orleans metro, and spent my first 11 years in Louisiana. Nobody there prepares "Cajun Linguine"

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@johnbarone8948]

Ron was so charismatic and smooth, he could sell ice making machines in the North Pole. 😂

[@codedrop3339]

Indeed!

[@brucealanwilson4121]

I have one of these, and like it. I've tried making pasta from bean and nut flours, and it doesn't work so well, though.

[@codedrop3339]

What about chocolate pasta?

[@brucealanwilson4121]

@codedrop3339 Never tried that. I have made rye pasta, & had it with pastrami, saurkraut, 1000 Island dressing & Swiss cheese. Ruben Spaghetti!

[@codedrop3339]

Sounds tastey!!

[@tommygunns8984]

A little oregano Ron? 😂. That 2 minute clam sauce is (to quote Gordon Ramsay) ‘fucking hideous’.

[@codedrop3339]

mmmmmmmm.....clam sauce

[@codedrop3339]

Here is a video on how to make your own tomato sauce for your Ron Popeil pasta! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-pp3hsjc6En9k

[@robertsmoker8919]

I LOVE HOW QUIIET IT IS, I SAID I LOVE HOW QUIET IT IS!

[@codedrop3339]

Pardon?

[@robertsmoker8919]

@@codedrop3339 lol

[@codedrop3339]

My ears are still ringing on how quiet it is!

[@spaghetti9845]

They had me with the song... wow.

[@codedrop3339]

a true classic!

[@evldedgrl]

I only know this man's name thanks to Weird Al.

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@wayfarinstranger2444]

I have this pasta maker in my pantry right now!!! 😂❤ No joke.

[@codedrop3339]

Post a picture!

[@davidjsaul]

I don't know about anyone else but I could barely believe the machine was switched on, it was so quiet!

[@codedrop3339]

Whisper quiet!

[@carlosethangodinez6656]

Can you upload an infomercial about another pasta maker with host Joe Fowler and unknown host from Pasta express x500

[@codedrop3339]

I will look for it.

[@carlosethangodinez6656]

@@codedrop3339 Okay the Pasta Express by Creative host with Eileen and Joe

[@kyndlehewett]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmK5qXpunrufjc0

[@jeaninempanzone6327]

Or baby bullet full infomercial

[@carlosethangodinez6656]

@@jeaninempanzone6327 Shark cordless sweeper full infomercial version 2004 with headlights

[@undertow1985]

wonder what he really said at 8:16 that required such an obvious dub lol!

[@codedrop3339]

Lol. I think he told Nancy off!

[@danielb.1567]

@@codedrop3339 LOL. i think he had to plug Gold Medal flour one more time.

[@codedrop3339]

The best name in flour!

[@SnepperStepTV]

I genuinely want one of these

[@codedrop3339]

You got it!

[@mrbenfrancis]

Hold it Ron...it's now four easy payments of just $29.99.

[@codedrop3339]

Ron wasn't happy about that!

[@vmp_modular1414]

18:32 Terry Scott is John Wayne Gacy’s doppelgänger!

[@codedrop3339]

Great Observation! From here on out, Terry Scott will be known as "The Duke"!

[@vmp_modular1414]

@@codedrop3339 I meant John Wayne Gacy as in the serial killer, the “Killer Clown”…

[@codedrop3339]

lol...I misread your comment!

[@dianarendon5845]

@18:33 Terry Scott passed away back in 2020, he was 73.

[@codedrop3339]

really?

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

Damn that thing is loud 😂

[@codedrop3339]

Whisper quiet!

[@nextbarker2702]

Sadly, we lost Ron last year.

[@jaredbarton6161]

Noooooo :(

[@codedrop3339]

RIP

[@ronk9830]

Franca Paganucci from Florence, Italy. Yeah, right. Not even a fake Italian accent!

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

Oh, I believe she was from Italy. Look at her disgusted face when he brings out the jarred sauce.

[@codedrop3339]

She was paid to look disgusted!

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I like how they started right off by saying Weird Al's name wrong

[@codedrop3339]

That was weird indeed!

[@ghw7192]

I have heard tthreshing machines that were quieter.

[@codedrop3339]

Whisper quiet?

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

25:21 If you were choosing fast food over boiling water to cook packaged pasta, are you really going starting cooking at home once you get a pasta machine?

[@codedrop3339]

Maybe if I was making the chocolate pasta!

[@peter5.056]

I was about 11 and I wanted one of those machines SO BAAAD.

[@codedrop3339]

There’s still time to get one!

[@peter5.056]

@@codedrop3339 ahha, yeahhh. do they make new ones though?

[@codedrop3339]

Nope

[@danielb.1567]

lol at 4:50 they cant even talk over the sound of the machine. they sound LOUD!

[@codedrop3339]

But the machine is supposed to be "Whisper Quiet"!?!

[@chrischriskrisss]

There's a very awkward edit when Nancy finally tastes the pasta.

[@codedrop3339]

Ron was in control

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P RON POPEIL

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P RON POPEIL

[@codedrop3339]

RIP

[@tornoofo17]

With all that oregano that's acting right there.

[@codedrop3339]

And the oregano Oscar goes to…

[@dianarendon5845]

You can tell Ron was not really happy or comfortable there working with Nancy. IDK….I just sensed he was just a little bit arrogant with her (while faking politeness) he wasn’t genuinely friendly with her there.

[@codedrop3339]

I think you are right. Nancy is a true pro!

[@danielb.1567]

i noticed it too. he barked at her to put the flour in...he was probably really pressed for time.

[@codedrop3339]

...or just rude!

[@danielb.1567]

@@codedrop3339 true, he was a jerk! But he's still fam

[@dianarendon5845]

@@danielb.1567 Also, she would talk alot and at time interrupting him.

[@robertico1980]

Lady, 24:55 who care if you don't know how to cook. The pasta machine is made for people like you 😊

[@codedrop3339]

Pasta for everyone!

[@kevinhannah1785]

Rip Ron Popeil

[@codedrop3339]

He was a legend!

[@ronk9830]

Ron Popeil was somewhat of a pushy individual... I'd guess he was more concerned with money that healthy pasta dishes. 🍝

[@codedrop3339]

Pushy inventor!

[@dianarendon5845]

I’m surprised this infomercial was also seen in Canada.

[@codedrop3339]

I think people in Canada like pasta as well :)

[@Slavic-King1917]

22:34 haHAaa!

[@codedrop3339]

Funny!

[@Jared-91]

I have that song on my vinyl copy of Weird Al Yankovic-In 3D

[@codedrop3339]

See previous comment!

[@anthonyjonker6496]

Oh, what a time it was when "oriental" was still socially acceptable to say.

[@codedrop3339]

Unfortunately yes.

[@brianmoore6490]

21:42 that's a ridiculous amount of oregano!!!

[@codedrop3339]

Just a pinch!

[@jasondoering3658]

How did he know I was thinking $170

[@codedrop3339]

Not only an inventor, but a physic!

[@dianarendon5845]

LOL…. even then I thought $170 was still quite expensive, this being in the 90s.

[@codedrop3339]

You can’t put a price tag on food quality!

[@KeVin-gu3xx]

My favorite part of this pasta maker infomercial is when he teaches us how to use a completely unrelated pan to make a sauce…

[@codedrop3339]

Lol

[@pileofwit]

I like to imagine that Ron and Cathy were married.

[@codedrop3339]

Well they do sound like an old married couple who like to bicker with each other!

[@CeiCie]

A little oregano...?

[@codedrop3339]

Just a pinch!

[@Mmaattyy]

He's quite patronizing.

[@codedrop3339]

Agreed

[@ronk9830]

The word I thought of was "pushy" but they both describe his demeanor.

[@codedrop3339]

Passive aggressive.

[@codedrop3339]

Very curt.

[@ryancooper2901]

Last time I looked 39 95 x 4 Is 156 not 150 like Nancy clains

[@codedrop3339]

Maybe a Ronco Calculator needs to be invented here!

[@mrbenfrancis]

.....as well as a recipe booklet with English and Spanish instructions..... Ron is selling the machine in Canada with a recipe booklet without French instructions. He really pissed off everyone in Quebec.

[@codedrop3339]

Ron liked to piss off the French.

[@arthurmorgan7729]

It’s whisper quiet!

[@codedrop3339]

pardon?

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

I found one at a thrift store today! Just four easy payments of $3!

[@codedrop3339]

…but wait, there’s more!

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

There is! It came with a package of bratwurst seasoning!

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

Update: I made pasta yesterday. It worked so great! I think it was ready even faster than in the video. Mine is a later model than featured here. It has the extension for sausage (I threw away the casings and seasonings 😆). It also has a different paddle inside and a different container for ingredients. I used olive oil and two eggs and just a splash of water.

[@codedrop3339]

Did this video help?

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

Yes! Especially since it didn’t come with a manual. And when I was adding flour, all I could think about was “Dump it in!”

[@leelalo6625]

PAHHHSTA😂

[@codedrop3339]

Hooked on phonics!

[@lekoman]

Even as a kid I always got indignant when he called that little slicer handle an “automatic” cut off… as he operated it by hand. C’mon, Ron… who you think you’re fooling?!

[@codedrop3339]

It was marketing at its finest!

[@codedrop3339]

Marketing!

[@travelfoodielove]

😍

[@codedrop3339]

Indeed!

[@raisingreendragonzmyself]

Who? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ron is like step away from me. I can smell your breath.

[@codedrop3339]

Need some fresh breath smelling pasta!

[@Zacheryalderton-ln8gs]

Great audience

[@codedrop3339]

They like their pasta!

[@davidcarlin3850]

Sounds like a construction site

[@codedrop3339]

“Whisper Quiet”.

[@MrRandomPrankster]

I bet Ron used his flavor injector on Nancy!

[@codedrop3339]

#Spicey

[@xawaomar100]

It's even whisper quiet

[@codedrop3339]

That’s pretty quiet!!!

[@middlehavenracer007]

Couple minutes for fresh pasta? Ron, it takes seconds 🤦

[@codedrop3339]

Ron finishes quick!

[@TMS62366]

Year: 1993 - 2001

[@codedrop3339]

Ahh the memories!

[@derp8575]

"Cholesterol conscious" I lowered mine by eating more animal cholesterol.

[@codedrop3339]

"CC" for short!

[@corawaller-jacobs8007]

I know it was for the sake of the TV audience who tuned in midway through, but I like how she asks about the eggs when she makes the pasta after she had commented on the same thing earlier.

[@derp8575]

Staged and scripted. The world is indeed a stage. @@corawaller-jacobs8007

[@codedrop3339]

Agree. This KZbin channel is staged as well!

[@apl175]

CAJUN LINGUINI. CAJUN LINGUINI? CAJUN LINGUINI.

[@codedrop3339]

It’s real!

[@riccal3288]

You can tell he can’t stand Nancy…

[@codedrop3339]

She just wants to help him sell more.

[@malibustacy3606]

He was barely tolerating her in this video.

[@codedrop3339]

She made it watchable

[@spaghetti9845]

DUMP IT IN! I think ron was very annoyed with her

[@codedrop3339]

Ron was in charge.

[@myshadowstalksme]

Ron is always ready to blow a fuse.

[@codedrop3339]

lol

[@AR-rb8jr]

I noticed this guy likes to interrupt her a lot

[@codedrop3339]

"My invention, my turn to speak!" LOL

[@Queenbrittany32]

Yeah lol

[@KC-bc2tb]

He’s so rude to her

[@codedrop3339]

Very rude!

[@Alapaloozalover2000]

It’s Yankovic, not Yankovich

[@codedrop3339]

Good tip!

[@Alapaloozalover2000]

Thanks.

[@codedrop3339]

🤟

[@KC-bc2tb]

He’s so rude to her

[@codedrop3339]

I concur!

[@gustoppa358]

She’s an inferior woman. It’s his show his product he can do as he pleases.

[@codedrop3339]

They need to work together!

[@codedrop3339]

Hair dye.

[@Tungoon]

Too loud !

[@codedrop3339]

It’s “whisper quiet”.

[@cessna688]

Haha what a crook

[@codedrop3339]

Ouch

[@ACollectorNotAHoarder]

Chocolate pasta 🤮

[@codedrop3339]

With chocolate sauce?

[@ccg1171]

TRUMP,,VANCE 2024

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

What a weird thing to say on a 90's pasta maker infomercial.

[@codedrop3339]

I think I see a young Vance in the audience!

[@ccg1171]

@@DizzyedUpGirl MAGA

[@codedrop3339]

MAGAs don’t eat homemade pasta.

[@ccg1171]

No we don't!! We MAKE AMERICA 🇺🇸 GREAT AGAIN. TRUMP,,VANCE 2024