And I was a snarky adolescent who liked nothing better than to sit in front of the TV on Saturday afternoons and make fun of him.

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"He'll occasionally sit in front of the TV with his pager on one armrest, his cellphone on the other and his laptop in his lap, " laughs his wife, Debby.

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First, the idea of needed to sit in front of a TV to experience a program was chipped at with VCR (which still were relatively complicated to operate) and then DVRs, which made most TV an on-demand model.

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So he called in the CEOs of Mattel and Toys "R" Us, made them sit in front of dozens of photographers and TV cameras, and told them straight out what he really thinks of them - they're great guys.

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Say you want to just sit right in front of your TV and use your set-top-box (STB) to play games on your TV.

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So this year, we'll gather a half-hour later than usual, just as the show is getting under way, and instead of plopping down in front of the TV, we'll sit down to a nice dinner.

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