A popular joke about a tv remote is:
“I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control, and I thought to myself, ‘Well, this changes everything.’”
“A universal remote? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!” was cited on Twitter on July 7, 2011. The full one-liner was cited on Twitter on November 15, 2013. The joke has been printed on several images and an ecard.
Another joke about a remote is: “My friend told me a joke about a TV controller. It wasn’t remotely funny.”
Twitter
Some Idiot
@unanything
A universal remote?
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!
1:49 PM - 7 Jul 2011
Twitter
Stu Many Cooks
@irishstu
@micflan @forbairt my Universal remote changes everything…
4:04 AM - 7 Dec 2011
Dublin City, Ireland
Twitter
John Bunyan
@JohnPaulBunyan
Got a new universal remote. This changes everything!
9:17 AM - 9 Dec 2012
Twitter
Dan Ahern
@topical_storm
“This changes everything.”
- guy who invented the universal remote
6:34 PM - 12 May 2013
Twitter
Funny Jokes
@Phunny_Jokes
I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control… I thought to myself “Well, this changes everything”
3:50 PM - 15 Nov 2013
Twitter
Greg Clayman
@Greg_Clayman
I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control.
I thought, “Well this changes everything.”
#gregjokes #longtimenopun #friday
4:30 PM - 15 Nov 2013
Facebook
Dad Jokes
April 11, 2014 ·
I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control, and I thought to myself. “Well this changes everything”
(thanks Philip)
tickld
21 Best One-Liner Jokes. #15 Is Just Evil.
October 16, 2015
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11. The first time I got a universal remote control, I thought to myself “This changes everything.”
reddit
I remember the first time I saw a universal remote control… I thought to myself (self.Jokes)
submitted January 13, 2015 by jecaero
Well, this changes everything
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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