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Button 092: Couch Tomatoes (Potatoes auxilliary, by Bob Armstrong)
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92. Couch Tomatoes
(1982).
Most people use the term "couch potato"
(for habitual TV-viewers) without awareness of its origin. Cartoonist/musician
Bob Armstrong invented the term. He co-founded
the original Couch Potatoes as a fraternal organization of admitted
TV-worshippers in his native Pasadena CA. He was also smart enough
to trademark the term. So when ubiquitous TV Guide
(with its enormous '70s circulation) trumpeted the odd fez-wearing
Potatoes in a major article, and the wire services followed,
"couch potato" became an instant part of the American
language. And Bob, until pirates wore him down, made a nice little
living licensing the trademark for Coleco dolls and other merchandise.
The Potatoes were an unabashedly all-male club but under spousal
pressure formed an auxiliary club for women called the Couch
Tomatoes (motto: "Equal Rights to the Couch.")
Armstrong sold C.P. (see button #80) and Couch Tomato memberships
which included nifty buttons, created under commission from Kitchen
Sink. The Potato buttons sold out almost immediately and the
Tomatoes are next to impossible to find too. $12.00
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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Button 092: Couch Tomatoes (Potatoes auxilliary, by Bob Armstrong)
92. Couch Tomatoes
(1982).
Most people use the term "couch potato"
(for habitual TV-viewers) without awareness of its origin. Cartoonist/musician
Bob Armstrong invented the term. He co-founded
the original Couch Potatoes as a fraternal organization of admitted
TV-worshippers in his native Pasadena CA. He was also smart enough
to trademark the term. So when ubiquitous TV Guide
(with its enormous '70s circulation) trumpeted the odd fez-wearing
Potatoes in a major article, and the wire services followed,
"couch potato" became an instant part of the American
language. And Bob, until pirates wore him down, made a nice little
living licensing the trademark for Coleco dolls and other merchandise.
The Potatoes were an unabashedly all-male club but under spousal
pressure formed an auxiliary club for women called the Couch
Tomatoes (motto: "Equal Rights to the Couch.")
Armstrong sold C.P. (see button #80) and Couch Tomato memberships
which included nifty buttons, created under commission from Kitchen
Sink. The Potato buttons sold out almost immediately and the
Tomatoes are next to impossible to find too. $12.00
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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