Roll-Oh the Household Robot Solves All Domestic Problems in 1940
A bored housewife, her “chromium butler,” and a condescending workman from Ray’s Robot Repair star in Leave It to Roll-Oh (1940), a film short originally shown at the New York World’s Fair of 1939-40. Roll-Oh answers the door, vacuums the rug (with his foot), and makes dinner, among other domestic chores, thus freeing the housewife…
