wrote:
riverman wrote:
wrote:
Old Grey wrote:
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I wish you hadn't reminded me of that. I distinctly remember the
pocket fisherman being much later than the 60's! Or maybe I'm getting
that much older! :] Actually I think it would work out nice for a
quick backpacking pole in a pinch.

It was later.
I dunno....the ad sure looks like the 60s.
http://www.biography.com/broadband/m...cketfisherman2

--riverman

It was definitely later. I remember the commercials and
I wasn't around in the 60's. Had to be mid-late 70's for
me to remember.

LOL !!

You're a hoot #1, hasn't it occurred to you that those commercials
could have run without you being there in the 60's to see them ?

What was the name of the galactic beast from _The Hitchhiker's Guide_
who was so dense that if you closed your eyes he figured he couldn't
see you because you couldn't see him ?

From the Ronco web page:

"By the early 60s, Ron was selling products exclusively over television.
Ron and his father became wealthy from sales of kitchen gadgets that
have become household words: Dial-O-Matic, Veg-O-Matic, Mince-O-Matic,
Pocket Fisherman. In 1964, through TV Ronco pulled in $200,000 in
sales. In 1968, the company's revenues were $8.8 million."

--
Ken Fortenberry