2: Inventor and the man called "the greatest marketer/salesman of the television era," RON POPEIL (Po-PEEL). He's sold everything from the Veg-O-Matic to the Pocket Fisherman on television, amassing over one billion dollars in sales. He's written a book about how he did it, "Ron Popeil: The Salesman of the Century" (DTP Trade paperbacks, with Jefferson Graham). (REBROADCAST from 2
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