Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneurial advertising executive who turned the Chia Pet and the Clapper light switch into retail sensations with jingles — “Ch-ch-ch-Chia”; “Clap on, clap off!” ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneur who was the mastermind behind the 1980s products Chia Pet and the Clapper light switch, died June 22. He was 91. Pedott died at a hospital in San ...

They effectively are stores of memories, potential and provocation.” Top image credit: The Clapper, a popular 2000s light switch that would activate with a loud clap.

Joseph Pedott, the entrepreneur behind the Chia Pet plant and light-switch gizmo The Clapper, died on June 22 at the age of 91. Remembered by longtime colleague Michael Hirsch as a businessman who ...

died on June 22 at the age of 91. Pedott is also credited with making popular the light-switch gizmo The Clapper. Remembered as a "legend" by longtime colleague Michael Hirsch, Pedott turned the ...

Turning the lights on and off more easily has been a goal since The Clapper was invented in the ... It's not as easy as swapping out a dead light bulb or flipping a breaker. If your home still ...

("The clap" has long been slang for gonorrhea ... Instead of climbing out of bed to switch off a light or television, they could applaud and have those things turned off remotely.