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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
Does anyone remember the "clack clack" remotes? (clicker remote)
Our first color TV had one.
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Our first color TV was one mom bought in 1967 while dad was on remote TDY (temporary duty) in Korea. That is the same remote we had. Dad was gone for 18 months. Only letters that took a month to get back and forth and not other communications back then.
Anyway he came home and teased us all about being too lazy to get up and change the channel. Two days later I saw him on the couch using his toe to change the channel. He was too lazy to sit up to get the remote in in hand. He adopted to remote control quickly.
That TV was one we learned to turn off manually at the set. The remote used an audio tone. Our dog's tags could turn on the set while we were gone. We came home several times and the set was on and we knew it was off when we left. We could jingle the car keys and make the TV do random things. It was fun to mess with my brother when he was trying to watch some show.