Father of TV remote dies

The man who turned us all in to couch potatoes, the inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler died last Thursday.

But he downplayed his role when asked if he felt his invention helped raise a new generation of couch potatoes.

"People ask me all the time — 'Don't you feel guilty for it?' And I say that's ridiculous," he said. "It seems reasonable and rational to control the TV from where you normally sit and watch television."

So hit the mute button for a moment of silence. Without that little gadget TV wouldn’t truly be a sedentary pastime.