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Retro Pop Culture! Toys and Games, Retro Amusements, Arcade Alerts, Theme Parks and More!
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Recent Episodes
June 12, 2026
COWNADO! Game Unboxing, Assembly and Review! – Dandy Fun House episode 59
In this episode of the Dandy Fun House we're gonna twist up a little wind whipper of our own as we unbox, assemble and play the game of… COWNADO!
April 11, 2026
RONCO The REAL Story! – Dandy Fun House episode 58
<p><strong>watch the video below!</strong></p> <p><strong>listen to the podcast below!</strong></p> <p><strong><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5888" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the dandy fun house logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5887" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2.jpg" alt="dandy fun house logo in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.2-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Chop-o-Matic. Veg-o-Matic. Dial-o-Matic. Smokeless Ashtray. Spray-On Hair. Mr. Microphone. Pocket Fisherman. These are just a few of the handy, dandy, kitschy, quirky products from the genius mind of one man… Ron Popeil (ok, that’s not entirely true. I’ll explain later) but what IS true is that Ron Popeil’s name is permanently etched into history as the man who could sell ice cubes to eskimos and produce the perfect gadget to make them with as well as being the founder and face of… <strong>RONCO!</strong> <strong>And THIS is THAT story! Time to Set it! Forget it! And Let’s step into the FUN HOUSE!</strong></p> <p><strong><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5886" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the dandy fun house logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.1-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5894" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the classic ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.9-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House Video Show, Podcast and Blog! I’m your host Neil Dandy and this is where we bring you the best in retromatic pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff! And what could be more fun than throwing back to the crazy, clever, quirky and classic as-seen-on-tv products from the legendary <strong>Ron Popeil and his namesake company RONCO!?</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5889" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of a dandy fun house t-shirt being modeled by a woman" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.4-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>BUT FIRST!</strong> I want to tell you all about our amazing <strong>DANDY FUN HOUSE T-SHIRTS</strong>! They are the perfect attire for singing into your Mr. Microphone or relaxing pond-side with your Pocket Fisherman and best of all they are 100 percent cool-o-matic! But wait! There’s more! Buy one t-shirt and get a second one for ZERO DOLLARS OFF! Just visit the Dandy Fun Shop at the Dandy Fun House website at <a href="https://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>dandyfunhouse.com</strong></a> and Order yours today!</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5890" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic of a gorilla flexing his bicep with the caption gorillatude" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.5-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5891" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a cartoon graphic of a very beat up tire with the words maypop tires" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.6-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5892" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic of a rock n roll lobster playing a guitar with the logo led robster beneath it" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.7-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5893" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the dandyfunhouse.com logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.8-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Oh and while you’re there, be sure to check out our new designs like <strong>GORILLATUDE, BODY BY DONUTS, MAYPOP TIRES, LED ROBSTER and more!</strong> They make great Christmas gifts! Just get to the Dandy Fun Shop at the Dandy Fun House website at <a href="https://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>dandyfunhouse.com</strong></a> today!</p> <p><strong>THE STORY OF RON POPEIL AND RONCO!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5895" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil from the 70s holding a mr. microphone to his mouth" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.10-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5897" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the classic ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.12-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5898" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the classic ronco logo with a wavy effect" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.13-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5899" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14.jpg" alt="neil dandy twirling sideways in space with a wavy effect" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.14-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Ok! RONCO! It’s impossible to tell you the story of RONCO without also bringing you the story of its founder and pitch-man-in-chief, Ron Popeil. You may remember Ron as recently as the 2000s selling kitchen gadgets on tv, but his more amusing products stem from the 1980s,70s and from Ronco’s founding in the 1960s. But to really po-peel back the curtain on the iconic RONCO and the man who started it all, Ron Popeil, we need to go back farther! <strong>MUCH FARTHER!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5900" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphical rendering of 1930s chicago" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.15-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5901" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a black and white picture of a baby in an early 1900's crib" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.16-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5902" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of a young child with a dog inside a toy car" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.17-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>The year: 1935.</strong> A little jewish boy named Ronald Milton Popeil was brought kicking and screaming into a world of many wonders to a mother named Julia and a father named Samuel Popeil who was an inventor and manufacturer of household products. Not much is known about the early life of Ronald Milton except that his parents divorced at a very young age and he went to live with his grandparents in Florida because… that’s where grandparents live.</p> <div id="attachment_5911" style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5911" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-5911 size-full" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of samuel popeil" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.26-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5911" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Samuel Popeil</strong></p></div> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5908" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of an early version of the popeil chop-o-matic" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.23-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5909" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of an early version of the popeil veg-o-matic" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.24-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5910" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of an early version of the popeil dial-o-matic" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.25-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5907" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22.jpg" alt="neil dandy with money falling from the sky behind him" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.22-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5904" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19.jpg" alt="neil dandy with an artist rendering of the early 1950s street markets of chicago" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.19-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5906" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the university of chicago illinois urbana champaign" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.21-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>But in 1952 at the age of 17, Ronald went to work at his father Samuel and Uncle Raymond’s manufacturing facility, Popeil Brothers</strong> in Chicago, Illinois selling kitchen gadgets in the street markets. He was a natural and claims to have made over a $1000 per week before heading off to college for a whirlwind 6 months of higher education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, paid for by his sales earnings but quickly ditched college to go back to earning money with the Popeil Brothers marketing his father’s inventions The <strong>Chop-O-Matic, the Veg-O-Matic and the Dial-O-Matic. </strong>That’s right! In fact, many of the most iconic and soon-to-be Ronco products were actually invented by Ron’s father Samuel and already had millions of sales before Ronco was ever even conceived!</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5912" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a text graphic that says problem" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.27-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5913" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of two men and a truck full of vegetables" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.28-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5914" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic of the word "idea" inside a glowing light bulb" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.29-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5915" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil demonstrating the chop-o-matic on television in the mid 1960s" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.30-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>But the products had a problem!</strong> In order for salesmen to conduct their demonstrations, because the products were so efficient at what they did, they had to carry around an obscene amount of vegetables everywhere they went! So Ron’s big solution was to film the products in action and broadcast it to the world as television commercials which were surprisingly more cost effective than anyone in the Popeil Brothers company ever imagined!</p> <p><strong>POCKET FISHERMAN</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5916" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco pocket fisherman" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.31-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5833" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco pocket fisherman original box" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.33-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5832" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco pocket fisherman" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.32-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>In 1963, the senior Popeil, Samuel knocked it out of the park again and straight into the rivers, lakes, ponds, streams and seas (if you’re bold enough) inventing the one and only POCKET FISHERMAN!</strong> Samuel thought up the concept for the Pocket Fisherman after almost putting his eye out with the end of a full-sized fishing pole. This was instead, a fishing pole you could put in your pocket (unless you’re wearing skinny jeans). Inside the handle was a miniature tackle box including hooks, lines and sinkers! You can still buy the Pocket Fisherman today at Ronco.com and the modern version can even extend to become a full-sized fishing pole!</p> <p><strong>BIRTH OF RONCO! Success Out of the Gate!</strong></p> <div id="attachment_5835" style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5835" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-5835 size-full" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35.jpg" alt="neil dandy with picture of ronco co-founder Mel Korey" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.35-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5835" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Mel Korey, co-founder of Ronco</strong></p></div> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5836" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a 60s kaleidoscope background with an early version of the ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.36-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5837" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco spray gun" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.37-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Ron continued working for his father until the mid-1960’s when he decided to branch out on his own along with a brilliant friend he met during his brief stint in college, Mel Korey and <strong>establish the now-historic company known as RONCO in 1964.</strong> He continued to distribute his father’s products but also brought on goods from other manufacturers like the <strong>Ronco Spray Gun.</strong> This was a nozzle that turned an ordinary garden hose into a high pressure spray gun which also incorporated various tablets for different purposes like soap for washing surfaces, wax for your car and insecticides and herbicides for insect and weed control. The genius behind the product was that once the consumer purchased the nozzle, they would continue to come back and spend money for the consumable tablets long after the initial sale. With the help of some late-night television commercials, guaranteed-sale promise to the retailers (meaning Ronco agreed to buy back any merchandise that didn’t sale) and “trade support marketing” meaning that the retailers would receive the added promotional benefit of having their store listed in the television ads, the Ronco Spray Gun sold almost 1 million units within 4 years. An undeniable success right out of the gate!</p> <p><strong>RONCO GETS HOSED!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5838" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a 60s kaleidoscope background with an early version of the ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.38-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5839" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39.jpg" alt="neil dandy with an ad for london aire hosiery" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.39-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5840" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of panty hose being stretched" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.40-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5841" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of panty hose being run-tested with a nail file" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.41-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>For the first decade of Ronco’s existence, the company did not offer a single product over $20 and the vast majority were under $10. This was their niche in the marketplace. But over half their revenue in the late 60s didn’t come from a kitchen gadget or any sort of quirky novelty item, but instead came from pantyhose of all things! London Aire Hosiery to be exact, with Ron Popeil himself on late night tv commercials doing what he did best, conducting a master class in salesmanship! You see, these pantyhose were guaranteed in writing not to run. So Ron put them to the test with a scouring pad, nail file, scissors and a lit cigarette to prove that these pantyhose would indeed not run! This increased Ronco’s gross sales in 1969 to over $14 million!</p> <p><strong>RONCO GOES PUBLIC!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5842" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic of a digital stock ticker" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.42-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>In 1969 Ronco decided to go public under the moniker of <strong>Ronco Teleproducts</strong> selling 22 percent of its shares for $5.5 million. The following year they raised an additional ¾ of a million dollars selling even more shares on the American Stock Exchange.</p> <p><strong>THEN CAME THE 70s!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5843" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a 70s graphic" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.43-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5844" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the miracle broom sucking up cigarette butts" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.44-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5845" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a cartoon graphic of a man with a clothing brush advertising the ronco miracle brush" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.45-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5846" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco glass froster package" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.46-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5847" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco roller measure" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.47-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5848" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco salad spinner" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.48-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>The 1970s and 80s are largely considered to be Ronco’s heyday and with good reason. This is the era in which they were firmly sewn into the fabric of American pop culture with their unique and never-ending parade of quirky as-seen-on-tv gadgets! Like the <strong>Miracle Broom, Miracle Brush, Glass Froster, The Roller Measure, the Salad Spinner and a whole lot more!</strong></p> <p><strong>BUT THE DECADE ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF HIT! MURDER FOR HIRE!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5849" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic that says murder for hire" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.49-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>1972 included an absolutely bizarre occurrence in the world of the Popeil family</strong> but unfortunately, this was neither cool, quirky nor amusing in any way! Samuel Popeil’s estranged wife, Eloise (not Ron’s mother) whom had separated from him in 1965 had run off to California, met a new boyfriend, Dan Ayers and together they attempted to put a hit out on Samuel offering tens of thousands of dollars to two of Mr. Ayers’ coworkers who ultimately got cold feet, went to Samuel Popeil himself and divulged the murder-for-hire plot to him. This resulted in the arrest and conviction of both Dan and Eloise who were sentenced to just one to five years in prison. Eloise ended up serving only 19 months, was awarded a quarter of a million dollar divorce settlement in 1976 and then even more bizarrely Samuel and Eloise remarried several years later (this according to an article by the Daily Pilot.)</p> <p><strong>SMOKELESS ASHTRAY! Ron’s first invention!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5850" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco smokeless ashtray packaging" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.50-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>1974 found Ron Popeil keeping himself busy with an invention of his own: The Smokeless Ashtray.</strong> This was an ashtray with a built-in vacuum that would suck smoke in, route it through a charcoal filter and exhaust out clean(er) air.</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5851" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco inside the shell egg scrambler" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.51-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Then you had the Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler</strong> which featured a slightly bent pointed pin on a base that you would insert into the bottom of a whole egg through the shell. The pin would then spin inside the egg, whisking the contents.</p> <p><strong>MR. MICROPHONE AMPLIFIES AMERICA!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5852" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of a dancing, singing man promoting the ronco mr. microphone" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.52-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>In 1978 Mr. Microphone was unleashed upon the world</strong> allowing anybody to amplify their voice over a common radio. The tv commercial became a pop culture mainstay and even featured Ron’s daughter in a car full of hooligans using Mr. Microphone to cat call women on the street as they drove by broadcasting over their car radio. It was a very different time!</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5853" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco bottle and jar cutter" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.53-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5854" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco rhinestone and stud setter" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.54-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5855" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco record vacuum" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.55-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>And the kitschy, quirky products rained from Ronco practically nonstop during this era with the <strong>Bottle and Jar Cutter, Rhinestone and Stud Setter, The Record Vacuum</strong> where you would place a vinyl record into a slot and this device would spin it while brushing the dust and supposedly static from it. Personally I would NEVER put one of my records into this thing!</p> <p><strong>RONCO RECORDS</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5856" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of a ronco records store display" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.56-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5857" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of falling cash with the ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.57-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>And speaking of records! Ronco also went wild with their own record label releasing mainly compilations of hit songs giving K-Tel a run for their money! With all this combined by the time 1980 rolled around, Ronco’s gross sales had reached almost $37 million!</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5858" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco clean air machine" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.58-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>But then Ronco made a fatal mistake</strong> with the release of the Clean-Aire Machine. This was basically the Smokeless Ashtray on steroids and was one of the early home air cleaners on the market. I say “one of” because there were others with similar products such as Remington and Norelco whom Ronco vastly underestimated. Simultaneously they grossly overmanufactured for the 1983 Christmas season and got burned by the retailers on their “guaranteed sale” policy forcing them to buy back over two thirds of the inventory they placed into stores.</p> <p><strong>RONCO DECLARES BANKRUPTCY!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5859" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic that says bankrupt" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.59-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5860" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic that says out of business" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.60-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>It was also during this time, the price of television commercials sharply rose and to make matters worse a $15 million line of revolving credit was called in by Ronco’s bank forcing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy which soon turned into a Chapter 7 and Ronco was 86’d right out of business practically overnight.</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5861" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil in an apron with text that says there's more" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.61-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5862" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.62-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5863" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco electric food dehydrator packaging" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.63-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5864" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil playing with a pocket fisherman" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.64-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5865" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil showing off a variety of kitchen gadgets" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.65-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>BUT RON</strong>! (who did not declare personal bankruptcy himself) repurchased the inventory from the bank and continued under a new partnership agreement with one of Ronco’s top salesmen, Malcolm Sherman. Together they focused on selling off the inventory of the Clean-Aire Machine and the Electric Food Dehydrator before parting ways in the late 80s. Sherman received full rights to the Clean-Aire Machine while Ron took over Ronco once again along with full ownership of the Electric Food Dehydrator. And by taking over, I mean he slipped into semi-retirement for the remainder of the 80s going back to his roots and demonstrating products at street markets once again.</p> <p><strong>AGE OF THE INFOMERCIAL!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5866" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a graphic that says we love the 90s" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.66-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5867" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the logo for the usa direct shopping channel" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.67-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5868" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the logo for fingerhut" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.68-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5871" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the 90s version of the ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.71-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5870" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil and an unidentified woman on an infomercial" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.70-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5869" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco electric food dehydrator packaging" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.69-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Fast forward to 1991:</strong> Ron Popeil got the television bug once again signing an agreement with the USA Direct Shopping Channel owned by Fingerhut where he would go on to sell 200,000 of his Electric Food Dehydrators.</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5872" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil demonstrating his spray-on hair product" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.72-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5873" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the ronco pasta maker packaging" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.73-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5896" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil demonstrating the ronco pasta maker" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.11-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>It was the new age of the infomercial and Mr. Popeil was once again right there in his element which set the stage for his new company, Ronco Inventions. He also had a new line of products like the absolutely weird Spray-On Hair (GLH Formula #9 Hair System) which I desperately tried to find for this episode to no avail as it was discontinued long ago. I was seriously going to have someone spray hair onto my head. It would have been amazing! The other products during this time were the wildly successful Automatic Pasta Maker which spawned a flurry of patent lawsuits but ultimately Ronco Inventions was allowed to continue selling it.</p> <p><strong>AUTOBIOGRAPHY</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5874" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of the cover of ron popeil's autobiography, salesman of the century" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.74-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>In 1995, Ron Popeil at 60 years old, released his autobiography “Salesman of the Century”</strong> which he toured the United State promoting.</p> <p><strong>SHOWTIME ROTISSERIE AND BARBECUE OVEN!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5875" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of a rotisserie chicken cooking in the ronco rotisserie oven" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.75-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Then came what was to be pretty much Ronco Inventions’ last big hit in 1998: The Showtime Rotisserie and Barbeque Oven selling more than 2.5 million units for a total of over $400 million by the year 2001.</p> <p><strong>SALE OF RONCO</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5878" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of an older ron popeil, likely from the 2000's" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.78-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5877" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a 2000's version of the ronco logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.77-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5876" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the fitek logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.76-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>In 2018, Ron Popeil decided it was finally time to put his beloved Ronco under new stewardship</strong> and sold the company to <strong>Fi-Tek VII</strong>, Inc. for a whopping $55 million. The new ownership promptly changed the name of the company to Ronco Corp but Popeil remained involved as a consultant overseeing inventions and sales and continuing to personally promote products on television.</p> <p><strong>DEATH OF RON POPEIL</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5880" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of an elderly ron popeil" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.80-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5879" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil's headstone" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.79-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>Sadly on July 28, 2021, Master Marketer of the Century Ron Popeil passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. No cause of death was officially given but secondary family members reportedly stated that he had been admitted to the hospital a day earlier with a brain hemorrhage. He was 86 years old and left behind a legacy of American cultural influence on a level that very few could ever hope to achieve.<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mr. Ron Popeil, the DANDY FUN HOUSE SALUTES YOU!</strong></span></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5882" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82.jpg" alt="neil dandy with a picture of ron popeil popping out of a television set holding a pocket fisherman" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.82-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>And THAT’S the story of Ron Popeil and his legendary company RONCO!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5883" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83.jpg" alt="neil dandy with the dandyfunhouse.com logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.83-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <p>And if you find yourself enjoying this episode of the Dandy Fun House or even if you hate it but want to throw money around for the heck of it, please consider supporting future productions by visiting our Patronage page at dandyfunhouse.com and becoming a Dandy Fun House Supporter!</p> <p><strong>Supporters</strong> get access to exclusive bonus features not available to the general public<br /> And…<br /> <strong>Super Supporter</strong>s get that same stuff PLUS I’ll personally mail you a special item of my choosing from right here at the Dandy Fun House Studios!</p> <p><strong>Podcast Listeners</strong> may support via the listening app of their choice if patronage is supported</p> <p><strong>And Five Star Reviews</strong> wherever you can leave them always get my undying gratitude.<br /> And on that note, I think it’s time for me to <strong>SET IT AND FORGET IT ON OUTTA HERE</strong> . Let me know your thoughts, opinions, complaints and feedback in the comments section of whatever platform you are consuming this episode on if a comments section exists. I love interacting with all of you, even the haters.</p> <p>SEE YOU AGAIN REAL SOON right here at the Dandy Fun House where everything is always…<strong>FUN AND DANDY!</strong></p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5884" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84.jpg" alt="dandy fun house logo in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.84-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5885" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85.jpg" alt="neil smith entertainment logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.85-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></strong></p> <div class='author-shortcodes'> <div class='author-inner'> <div class='author-image'> <img src='https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/Still-2026-04-04-202949_1.1.3-37545_60x60.jpg' alt='' /> <div class='author-overlay'></div> </div> <div class='author-info'> Neil Dandy is the creator of The Dandy Fun House and the alter-ego of Neil Smith, the Big Cheese at Neil Smith Entertainment, follower of Jesus, musician, Emcee, Paratransit Driver and Author. 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February 16, 2026
COWS IN SPACE Game Unboxing, Assembly and Review! – Dandy Fun House episode 57
<p><strong>watch the video below</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>listen to the podcast below</strong></p> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5736" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with the dandy fun house logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.1-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5737" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with the dandy fun house logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.2-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5780" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing a cow hat and holding the box for the cows in space game" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Have you ever wanted to mooove through time and space? Well, you’re in the right place because in this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we’re going to unbox, assemble and play and review the game… COWS IN SPACE! Let’s step into the Fun House!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5738" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3.jpg" alt="dandy fun house logo in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.3-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5739" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with the dandy fun house logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.4-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5740" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with the word TWAG ACROSS THE SCREEN" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.5-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House. I’m your host, Neil Dandy, and this is the place for your favorite retro pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff. And today we’re doing toys and games. Toys and games, yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you call it? a toy with a game, a TWAG! That’s what they say in the industry, baby!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5741" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat looking at an image of a girl with a tooth missing and wearing a dandy fun house t-shirt" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.6-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5742" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat looking at an image of the back of a girl wearing a dandy fun house t-shirt" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.7-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p><strong>But first, I want to show you our Dandy Fun house t-shirts!</strong> They are woven from 100% heifer fur, and they’re guaranteed to keep you warm on cold nights, or at least lukewarm nights. So yeah, buy one or be square. We cut four holes in them, one to crawl your body into, two to put your arms through, and one to stick your pokey little neck out of. What do you want from me?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5743" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with a LED ROBSTER t-shirt on display featuring a guitar-wielding lobster" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.8-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5744" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with a BODY BY DONUTS t-shirt on display featuring a donut with muscular arms" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.9-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5745" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat with a SODIUM SUBSTITUTE t-shirt on display" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.10-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5746" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat looking at a closeup image of a girl wearing a dandy fun house t-shirt" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.11-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>I’ll tell you what you want from me! You want some of the new designs at the Dandy Fun Shop, that’s right. Like LED ROBSTER, BODY BY DONUTS, and of course, SODIUM SUBSTITUTE LIFE! Just get over to the Dandy Fun Shop today!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5779" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing a cow hat and holding the box for the cows in space game" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-05-200956_1.4.1-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5747" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12.jpg" alt="closeup of cows in space box" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.12-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5748" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13.jpg" alt="neil dandy holding the cows in space box" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.13-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Okay, COWS IN SPACE! Let’s take a look at it. Groovy box, baby. I’m liking this. All right, you got a couple of kids. They don’t look too young. They look kind of like preteens with grandpa over here. Grandpa looks kind of like me. What the? What’s going on with that?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5749" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14.jpg" alt="side view of cows in space box" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.14-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>I’m not sure I like that, but anyway, the front, cartoony, colorful. It’s just popping real nice. Yeah, you see the game there. It shows it, and these guys are wearing headbands with flying saucers on it, and it looks like they’re picking up cows, I assume magnetically.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5750" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15.jpg" alt="back of cows in space box" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.15-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>And the sides are all the same. They didn’t really go hog wild on that. Nothing on the bottom. Let’s check out the back. Okay, we’ve got slimer aliens here, and they’re showing the game. “Use your magnetic UFO headband to quickly pick up cows from the spinning base.” Oh, the base spins! “It’s the best game in the universe, and out of it! The out of this world head to head race to capture as many cows as possible.”</p> <p>Now, what is it with aliens and cows and crop circles? I don’t get it.</p> <p>Motorized spinning base, we already know that, ages six plus… Two players… Ten plus minutes. How many rules could there possibly be to this thing? Oh, and What Do You Meme Family?</p> <p>So this game, even though it doesn’t really say the manufacturer… oh, it DOES say the manufacturer! I was looking all over for it, and I just now found it, and now it’s too late for me to research the company. Usually, I like to do something about the company that makes it, and apparently the company is, it says “RELATABLE” at the bottom for the brand. Very understatable, but somehow they’re affiliated with What Do You Meme apparently, but What Do You Meme is more of an adult-oriented game, but I think there’s a family version of it as well, to the best of my knowledge.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5751" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16.jpg" alt="neil dandy in a cow hat" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.16-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><br /> Well, okay, we’ve had a look at the box. Let’s unbox it!</p> <p><strong>UNBOXING</strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5752" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17.jpg" alt="top of cows in space box with the lid opened" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.17-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>I did PRE-slit the tape on it, just so I wouldn’t have to fumble with it.<br /> And…<br /> okay, there’s not much to see from the top there. Let’s just go ahead and do a big slide out.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5753" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18.jpg" alt="inner box pulled from cows in space box showing all contents" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.18-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Oh, and you can see pretty much everything! You slide it out and there’s nothing left in the box, so we’ll just go ahead and lose the box. And this is what we’ve got. We’ve got the game itself, and you got the parts of the magnetic headband. You got the UFOs here. This looks like it’s going to be real simple. This might be a short review today. A “Cows in Space” instruction booklet. How many instructions could there possibly be? We’ll look at these if we have to. I’m thinking we don’t have to. I think this thing’s pretty self-explanatory.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5754" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19.jpg" alt="neil dandy in cow hat holding a flying saucer piece of the cows in space game" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.19-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5755" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20.jpg" alt="neil dandy holding up the cows in space instruction insert" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.20-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5756" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21.jpg" alt="neil dandy holding a bag of toy plastic cows" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.21-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5757" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22.jpg" alt="closeup of red toy barn" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.22-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5758" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23.jpg" alt="neil dandy in cow hat attaching flying saucer to a plastic headband" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.23-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5759" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24.jpg" alt="neil dandy removing cow hat" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.24-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>You got a bunch of cows in these little bags here, spotted on the top, pink on the bottom. Looks like you got seven in each bag, three bags, that’s 21 cows. And then we have a barn in a bag which apparently clicks right into the middle of the game field. Now I’ll probably never get the box closed again. Thank you very much. Oh, and the headbands! That means I’m going to have to take off my cool cow hat.</p> <p>It does look like the headbands are adjustable. And I guess I really only need one headband. There’s a little notch here, and you just kind of put your flying saucer link in there and kind of shove it down there. And then you adjust your headband and strap it on. It’s a plastic headband. It’s not stretchy or spongy, but that’s good because if it were stretchy, it’d be made out of fabric. And then you’d have everyone’s sweat building up in the fabric, and you’d have to wash it. Since this is plastic, you can just wipe it off and you’re good. So I guess I’ve got to lose the cow hat on my head so I can play this thing. THIS ladies and gentlemen, is why I make the big bucks.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5760" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25.jpg" alt="neil dandy putting on headband with flying saucer attached" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.25-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5761" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26.jpg" alt="neil dandy pointing out a protuberance from the flying saucer headband" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.26-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5762" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27.jpg" alt="neil dandy putting on headband with flying saucer attached" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.27-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5763" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.28-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Oh, that–oh, wow. That most certainly is uncomfortable. The notch where you attach your springy-springy for the UFO? That digs into your head! And it’s obviously made to curl in this way, so that side’s supposed to be on your head. I’m going to opt for turning this thing around because I don’t think they thought that through very well. I’m going to go in reverse on this headband otherwise, that protrusion is going to dig into my forehead and leave a square dent.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5764" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer and showing the back of the cows in space game board" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.29-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5765" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30.jpg" alt="opening the battery compartment with a screwdriver" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.30-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>All right, how’s this? This is why I do this show. Okay, I need a couple of batteries for this game. My understanding is that this takes two AA batteries, and of course, they put a screw over the battery compartment. Why? Why make this difficult? You could just have a little finger release on there. But fortunately, I have a Leatherman tool right here on my person.</p> <p>I guess the object is to collect more cows than your opponent. And there are some different rules in the rulebook of different ways to play from the little tiny bit of research I did. And these two batteries should be enough to power it for at least a little bit for me to do this review.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5766" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and pointing to the little red toy barn in the middle of the cows in space game field" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.31-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Oh, the barn is an on-off switch!</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5767" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32.jpg" alt="aerial view of cows in space game field half-filled with toy cows" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.32-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Well ok! We’re ready to put some cows in our field and see if we can abduct them with our UFO! I don’t really like the term UFO. It’s a pet peeve, and I’ve talked about it on this show before, but… UFO doesn’t really mean an alien spacecraft. It just means that it’s a flying object that hasn’t been identified. Is it time for me to rethink my life choices?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5768" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33.jpg" alt="aerial view of cows in space game field fully-filled with toy cows" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.33-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5769" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.34-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Well, without further ado, I believe these cows are ready for abduction. So let’s play some COWS IN SPACE!</p> <p><strong>GAME PLAY</strong></p> <p>One cow abducted.</p> <p>(…)</p> <p>Two cows abducted. I guess it’s a lot harder when you’ve got another person fighting for cows against you.</p> <p>(…)</p> <p>But yeah, this is super easy.</p> <p>(…)</p> <p>Maybe a little too easy.</p> <p> </p> <p>But it’s just so absolutely absurd, though.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5770" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35.jpg" alt="aerial view of cows in space game field fully-filled with toy cows and flying saucer swooping in to abduct a cow" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.35-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>This is like the stuff I live for.</p> <p>(Cows Mooing)</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5771" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.36-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>All right, I’m going to keep going until I’ve got all these cows.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5772" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37.jpg" alt="neil dandy pulling a magnetic cow from his headband flying saucer" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.37-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>And then I’m going to let you know my final thoughts.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5773" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.38-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>And I’ve got all 21 cows. Look at this.(…) All right, let’s do the wrap up here.</p> <p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS ON COWS IN SPACE</strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5775" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer while hold the box for cows in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.40-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5774" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer while hold the box for cows in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.39-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>Okay, <strong>COWS IN SPACE.</strong> What do I like about this game? What do I not like about this game? Let’s start with what I like about the game. It’s just ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous! Who could not love this thing? I mean, if this isn’t entertainment, I don’t know what is. I love the fun graphics all over the box. I love the whole cow abduction thing. This is just a whole lot of fun.</p> <p>What do I not like about the game? Well, I don’t like the fact that I have to turn the headband inside out in order to use it. You naturally want to put it on with the natural curvature, but I had to put it on in reverse because the thing that you put your sproingy doingy for the UFOs would otherwise dig into the middle of my head. Also, I would have liked for it to have been a little more prominent as to who makes it. I did look on the box and it’s just so understated. I overlooked it and I would have loved to have found out more about this company.</p> <p>But I’ll tell you what, you want to have a good goofy time? Get yourself some <strong>COWS IN SPACE!</strong> And watch your step!</p> <p><strong>SUPPORT THE DANDY FUN HOUSE!</strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5776" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41.jpg" alt="neil dandy wearing headband with flying saucer attached and toy cow magnetically attached to flying saucer with the dandyfunhouse.com logo next to him" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.41-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>By the way, if you like what we do here and you want to help me buy more stupid games like this, maybe I’ll do <strong>COWNADO</strong> next. Maybe I’ll do a whole cow theme! Maybe every game I review this year will be cow themed.</p> <p>Anyway, if you like what we do and you want to help me buy more stupid games like this, I encourage you to visit the <a href="https://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Dandy Fun House</strong></a> website where you can visit our patronage page and support future productions!</p> <p><strong>Supporters</strong> will get exclusive access to bonus features not available to the general public<br /> and…<br /> <strong>Super Supporters</strong> will get all that. PLUS, I’ll mail you something really special from right here at the Dandy Fun House Studios. But you got to send me your mailing address if you do that.</p> <p><strong>Podcast Listeners</strong> can support through the donation button in their listening app of choice if the app offers it…</p> <p>and your five star reviews anywhere you can leave them always get my undying gratitude.</p> <p>All right. I’m going to play more COWS IN SPACE and we’re going to hit the outro right here at the Dandy Fun House where everything is always <strong>FUN AND DANDY!</strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5777" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42.jpg" alt="dandy fun house logo in space" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.42-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5778" src="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43.jpg" alt="neil smith entertainment logo" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43.jpg 400w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43-24x14.jpg 24w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43-36x20.jpg 36w, https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Still-2026-02-15-173817_1.1.43-48x27.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <div class='author-shortcodes'> <div class='author-inner'> <div class='author-image'> <img src='https://dandyfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/Still-2026-02-10-194104_1.1.1-38878_60x60.jpg' alt='' /> <div class='author-overlay'></div> </div> <div class='author-info'> Neil Dandy is the creator of The Dandy Fun House and the alter-ego of Neil Smith, the Big Cheese at Neil Smith Entertainment, follower of Jesus, musician, Emcee, Paratransit Driver and Author. 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