[Political Junkie Too]

Growing pains, but it was a glimpse of the possible. The first remote control. The Couch Potato was born!

The local radio station here (KTRH 740) runs a radio ad "We didn't have remote controls when we were growing up... That's why we had you kids!"

-PJ

[Calvin Locke]

Our first color tv was a Heath Kit my father put together with a lot of help from his engineer BIL. It had a wired remote. Power, and a button to advance the VHF tuner.