Where the Couch Potato Came From

The term “couch potato” has nothing to do with the laziness of a potato but came about from a wisecrack between friends.

Cartoonist Robert Armstrong liked to watch television, and his friends knew it. In July 1976, one of Armstrong’s friends named Tom Iacino called him on the phone. Armstrong’s girlfriend answered and Iacino, sensing where Armstrong was since he didn’t answer the phone, asked, “Hey, is the…