# Ron Popeil and His wacky inventions **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 21, 1999, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-popeil-and-his-wacky-inventions/6799 "1999-12-21T22:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-popeil-and-his-wacky-inventions/6799/41 "2000-02-04T19:23:00Z")
You can see the Bass-o-matic sketch for yourself: [http://members.xoom.com/VFeatures/page2/more\_movies/comedy/comedy.html](http://members.xoom.com/VFeatures/page2/more_movies/comedy/comedy.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-popeil-and-his-wacky-inventions/6799/42 "2000-02-04T19:47:00Z")
My memory may not be perfect, but with the bottle cutter, you were suppose to save the top (conical) part and glue it to the bottom (jelly-jar) part to form a “stunning wine goblet.” I guess they took liberties with the various definitions of _stun._ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-popeil-and-his-wacky-inventions/6799/43 "2000-02-04T20:10:00Z")
I just remembered seeing soda pop bottles stretched into “beautiful” shapes. Seemed like they were everywhere for awhile, years ago. I never saw one made, but I think they were the results of another of Ron’s magic kits. Anyone else remember them? they were stretched and twisted and had obviously been heated. Peace, mangeorge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-popeil-and-his-wacky-inventions/6799.md?page=2)