Tim: Thank you, everybody. Welcome to Tool Time. I am Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor. And you all know my assistant, Hugh Hefty.
Al: All week long we've been showing you things that make men's lives easier.
Tim: Yesterday it was wives with laryngitis. But today it's our Tool Time salute...
Tim & Al: [on TV monitor] To remote control.
Al: [on TV monitor] The first television remote was connected to the TV with a wire. It was invented in 1950.
Tim: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Al, my dad had a wireless remote control that was voice-activated in 1950.
Al: [on TV monitor] Tim, that's impossible.
Tim: No, it's not. It was called Mom.
Al: Ladies, write to Tim Taylor, care of Tool Time, PO Box 327...