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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51)9/4/2002 7:32:35 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7689
 
I beg to differ.

Now that we have a couple hundred channels, or some number higher than I can count on my two paws, I have to say that the quality of what is on is hardly least least CD any more. Much of it is dreck for the dim, but much of it is really interesting, some educational, and entertaining. Even the news is available in Far Left, Middle Left, Slightly Left, and Right (Fox) versions.

It is a far cry from the late 70's when I had a choice between Three's Company, The Walton's, The Jefferson's ("We're a movin' on up, to the East Side, to a dee-luxe a-part-ment in the sky"), and William F. Buckley on PBS droning on while his wrist hung from a hinge.



To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (51)9/4/2002 9:06:40 PM
From: E  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 7689
 
Canned laughter is a problem.

Much like

g's...

hee hee

(that hee hee is not canned, it's really me cackling)

Although now that I think of it, g's are used for a different reason than canned laughter. To be sure no one takes seriously something intended as a joke. And canned laughter is used to be sure no one notices that something intended as a joke isn't funny.


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