Great story: http://www.smecc.org/mad_man_muntz!.htm

Stolen from another website:
"Engineers of a certain age still refer to the practice of "Muntzing", which means reducing something to the absolute minimum number of parts it requires in order to run. I worked as a TV repair person while going to high school and it was amazing how we could make the TV's a lot better by adding back in the few components he snipped out!!! Bypass capacitors here and there made a big difference! "

Found the company's production life listed as: Muntz TV, Howard Radio, Television Manufacturers of America, TMA Co. 1948-73

Wasn't aware of Howard Radio or TMA and didn't know they used the Muntz name on TV's up till '73 either. Does anyone have any more info? I can only assume that the latter 2 companies were either the actual manufacturers of the Muntz sets or perhaps obtained the rights to the name at some point.

Anthony