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Video: Introducing the remote control

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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Cue the triumphant music. “And here it is. The greatest advance in television since color television itself.”

Take a trip back to 1961 when RCA introduced the remote control and forever increased the average weight of Americans. The original demo video is after the jump and well worth 5:47 of your day.

[via TV Squad]

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