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!” ...

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 ...

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 ...

("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.

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 ...