You probably don't ask yourself that question too often (how 'bout never?), but does anyone out there want to venture a guess on just how old this essential piece of couch potato-dom is?
Give you a tinsy bit of a clue on the age of the remote control -- it's older than you think. 
(And thanks to Remote Central for the photo.)
The phone lines are open ...
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I'm guessing the remote control is 40 or so years old. Since I saw just a few days ago the co-creator Robert Adler of the remote control passed away at the young age of 93.
R.I.P. Godfather of the couch potato. Now back to ESPN.
More information can be found here: http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/i_am_a_tv_junkie_a_blog_f/2007/02/dear_robert_adl.html
That's a very good guess. Will have a blog on this later on ... stay tuned.