The First Television Remote Control! (1961)

The Remote Control used to be more complicated than setting the clock on your microwave. It’s no wonder that the word “couch potato“ is a recent term and not an old adage. People before the 1950s actually watched TV without a remote, as I’m sure all of your elders have told you about already. That means no channel surfing, no immobility for hours, no perfect modern-day relaxation/fattening and, most importantly, no DVRs. Instead, they had to sit up close to the TV to manually push buttons to change the ch