# Help me identify this commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [December 10, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351 "2023-12-10T03:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/1 "2023-12-10T03:54:34Z")
It was for a crock pot, or similar. It played on Saturdays, and this blonde man advertised it, made food in it, and made it sound so delicious. I swear his name was Terry. Anyone remember and can help me with it? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/2 "2023-12-10T04:35:01Z")
Could it have been a Ron Popeil thing? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/3 "2023-12-10T06:41:40Z")
Yes, but who was the guy? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/4 "2023-12-10T08:40:07Z")
Uh…could it have been Ron Popeil? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/5 "2023-12-10T12:59:51Z")
I don’t think Ron was blond? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/6 "2023-12-10T13:22:29Z")
Do you have any idea whether you’re asking about a commercial from the 1960s, 1980s, or the 2010s? r last week? Was this a long-form “infomercial” that ran for 10 minutes or half an hour? Was this on some sort of shopping channel? Or just an ordinary 30-second commercial on an ordinary TV channel? The more details you can give us, even if you’re not 100% sure, the more likely we’ll succeed. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/7 "2023-12-10T18:56:17Z")
Long form infomercial; half hour. A man and a woman. They put the food in the cooker. Im sure it was Saturday mornings.Late 89s. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/8 "2023-12-10T19:31:03Z")
Was it a product presented with different names by different hucksters along with a deal for 3 easy payments? Was the device incredibly easy to use? Were you told multiple times “Just set it… and forget it”? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/9 "2023-12-10T19:39:54Z")
Infomercial with a blond guy named Terry. Was he [bald?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GlnX4oR_Trw/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/10 "2023-12-10T20:14:24Z")
Terry or Gary? Gary Collins did a lot of infomercials. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/11 "2023-12-10T20:34:42Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Long form infomercial; half hour. A man and a woman. They put the food in the cooker. Im sure it was Saturday mornings.Late 89s. Details like that would have been helpful to put in the OP; I was looking at current thirty-second commercials on [ispot.tv](http://ispot.tv). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/12 "2023-12-11T16:17:33Z")
Any chance it was (the late) Mike Levey? He did tons of infomercials under the generic banner of “Amazing Discoveries.” Not particularly blondish, though. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-commercial/994351/13 "2023-12-11T18:42:14Z")
How about beloved former San Antonio sportscaster Joe Fowler? Scroll down to see Joe when he was younger. > **[Beloved News Anchors From San Antonio's Past](https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/beloved-news-anchors-from-san-antonios-past/Slideshow/19520996)** > > While Randy Beamer, Deborah Knapp, Steve Spriester, Ursula Pari and so many other household names continue to hold it down on our local news stations, we know that San Antonio is very much about nostalgia and being borderline obsessed with local news... More recent picture… [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca\_esv=589847838&channel=frsc&q=san+antonio+sportscaster+joe+fowler&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO4Oj3gYiDAxXILUQIHTBADX8Q0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1504&bih=878&dpr=1.5#imgrc=QMWhI4lHQJQpNM](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=589847838&channel=frsc&q=san+antonio+sportscaster+joe+fowler&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO4Oj3gYiDAxXILUQIHTBADX8Q0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1504&bih=878&dpr=1.5#imgrc=QMWhI4lHQJQpNM) He did many infomercials. Here he is hawking the Turbo Cooker… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vMfNHrCelOc/hqdefault.jpg "Classic Infomercial - Turbo Cooker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfNHrCelOc)