Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for October 02, 2010

Kids these days have it way too easy.

^People have been saying that for many generations. Your parents, very possibly.

BTW, the first commercial TV remote was sold in 1950 - they’ve had remote controls almost the entire time they’ve had TVs. Not a lot of folks had them, but they were out there.

We weren’t phatt in those days either.

Look on the bright side: while you were up, you could get another beer. ; ) Snacks, too.

i was born in 61 my parents had a remote control it was called kids

“go change the channel ………..not so fast what are you trying to do break it”

I agree, T. Now you have to pause the TiVo. It is SOOOO hard.

Ah, devil. the good old days Now the kids want you to change the money in you wallet into a video game.

Changing the channel wasn’t bad, it was going out to rotate the aerial. If you complained, Dad would say, “Back in my day, we didn’t have no fancy to the ground poles. You had to climb to the roof on a rotten old wood latter and stand in the rain while the lightning struck all around you.”

We had a Zenith Space Commander remote in the early 1960s. Like this one:

My brother gimmickgenius will probably remember this too! Our dad (RIP) enjoyed gadgets, and he would have LOVED the internet.

I was the voice operated remote. “Hey Chuck, put it on 4..” “Just drill-motor. Go around ‘til I say stop.”

Yeah, I was born in 1962, we had no remote and only three channels to watch

My uncle had a very early remote controlled TV. My Dad figured out how to jingle coins in his pocket and change the channel. Drove my uncle nuts.

I was the remote conrol for my parents.My kids got over big time.The ingrates!!!!!!!!! Please do not forget about rotating antenna.150 ft above the roof!!!!!!!