Couch potatoes have just gotten a new toy to play with: the touchscreen remote control watch from Brando. Haha, a remote control watch from Brando. Get it? Marlon Brando? Y'know, The Godfather + remote control watch for lazy people... Aw, forget it. We suck at these jokes anyway.

This watch, whose extra-long official version name is the "Brando Workshop TV001 Touch Screen TV Remote Watch," features the aforementioned touchscreen function, a backlight, alarm and hourly signal, and a 1/100 second stopwatch with a SPLIT function. The Brando website also states that "Many kinds of TV can be remote control in the world." We THINK that means that the watch can synchronize with and control a lot of currently available TVs, but for all we know it could be Brandic for "Big Brother is watching you."

The icons on the touchscreen are rather tiny, so it may take a few days of practicing to master just where you should press to change what. Of course, we recommend that all that practice be done on the couch with your food and drink of choice.

You can get this baby strapped onto your wrist for $18 US. It's available in black only, and has a plastic watchstrap. All in all, a fun little gadget to play with. At least with this watch, you can keep a closer eye on how long it actually takes before you get tired of what's on the TV and switch channels.