mrt 04 couch potatoes
mrt 04 couch potatoes
Kitchen Sink March 1973
The term “couch potato” was coined by a friend of Armstrong in the 1970s. Armstrong featured a group of couch potatoes in a series of comics featuring sedentary characters; and with Jack Mingo and Al Dodge created a satirical organization that purported to watch television as a form of meditation. With three books and endless promotion through the 1980s, the Couch Potatoes appeared in hundreds of newspapers, magazines and broadcasts, spreading its “turn on, tune in, veg out” message, garnering 7,000 members, and popularizing the term
Robert E. Armstrong – 1-34, 35(ad), 36
2 – Nothin’ Like A Nice Day In The Park &bull 3 – The Life of the Party &bull 7 – Dizzy Ratstein in “Beyond The Pedestrian” &bull 10 – Hot Time in the Old Town &bull 11 – The Couch Potatoes in “Inclined To Recline” &bull 14 – On The Youth Scene with Mickey Rat &bull 20 – The Couch Potatoes in “The Road Test” &bull 21 – The Couch Potatoes &bull 26 – The Helping Hand &bull 27 – Dizzy Rastein in “Jamming in the Wurst Groove” &bull 30 – The Survivor &bull 35 – Mickey Rat Products (ad) &bull 36 – Rude Interlude