Zenith remote control TV
The "lazy man" was invented in 1950 by Zenith. I noticed they went out of their way to show it in the movie. I believe this is the earliest I have ever seen a remote control used. Interesting.
shareHey, sheer coincidence: i happened to be browsing the google newspaper archive and had been reading this ad for 'Silent Sound' Remote Control from the late 50s. Hard to believe the technology was already almost ten years old!
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UplSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P3YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2996%2C2238554