Magic Fingers No More

The Associated Press is reporting that John Joseph Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92.

My most vivid memories of Magic Fingers are from a road trip I took with my father and three brothers to Myrtle Beach in the 80s. There were many a fight over who got the Magic Fingers Bed in musty motel room after musty motel room. It was one of those things that was never actually fun, and kind of made me feel sick, but oddly desirable.

Apparently Houghtaling came up with the invention while repairing vibrating beds and discovering that “it was the vibrator that counted, not the bed." Words to live by, words to live by.

Read more – AP: 'Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed' inventor dies at 92