bokonon Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 In my entire life I've only had cable for one year. Now I've been selling ExpressVu and Personal TV for about six months and ogling all these specialty channels and I finally caved and got some digital cable. I have to agree, there is some total shit on tv. However, this week alone I have seen an interview with Chuck Palahniuk, a documentary on Canada's coyote problem, an expose of Frank Lloyd Wright, a few episodes of a wicked show called Don't Forget Your Passport (obviously a travel show) and a documentary where I actually watched a woman die of old age! There are so many amazing ideas being explored on television. It is an extremely powerful and pervasive form of communication completely creating a global village. TV can really help expand your mind if you use it properly. If TV is misused then it becomes a problem, but personally, I think digital cable is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I have learned a ton this week that I otherwise would be oblivious to. Don't get me wrong, I have also watched a lot of Family Guy, the Simpsons and this wonderfully ridiculous show called Iron Chef, (My Iron Chef cherry was popped with the episode with the vegetarian buddhist monk on the yam theme night) but I like the brainy stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterShake Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Nerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 hehe I watch that iron chef show all the time.come to think of it, the only channel I really watch is the food network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 I feel like such a hermit -- I don't have cable (not even "basic" or whatever its modern-day equivalent is), my TV uses an antenna, and I only watch about five hours of TV a week. I heard "Hill Street Blues" was cancelled a few seasons back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 i am such a nerd that i picked out my favourite channels (there were about twenty, i get a lot of channels) and wrote down what number coincided with them so that i could find the good shit faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 you do know that tv never lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Who needs television when you can get retards to joust on tricycles with garden implements for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 you do know that tv never lies.I agree: my television has never lied to me. The refrigerator, on the other hand...Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Our tv nowadays only really gets used for movies; we have neither cable nor satellite, and the fact that Global barely comes in means that the Sunday night Simpsons ritual just hasn't happened in ages. I think the only thing I've made a point of remembering from time to time is that Jon Stewart is on most midnights, but I'm usually in a panic at that point about getting enough sleep to survive the next day to take much advantage of it. That said, as a medium, I imagine that TV would blow the mind off of 99.9999999999% of humans that have ever lived. It's a pity so much of it has gone to so much waste (or worse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I hope that Showcase keeps up the soft-core porn on Fridays for my cat's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 meOw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Louder, shriekier with lots up hissing and scratching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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