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- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: Short shameful relief
- Message-ID: <74525@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:19:22 GMT
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- Lippy:
- |You are talking to the Amazing Child Who Had No Life. I watched them all.
- |And I do mean ALL. Pre-cable, no less. I have become so in tune with the
- |TV mentality that I can watch a show I have never seen before, figure out
- |who all the characters are, learn their basic quirks, analyze the
- |situation, and determine the outcome of the plot less than 10 minutes into
- |the show. In some cases, I can even predict actual dialogue. It is a
- |symbiotic relationship I have with the Great Box.
-
- As I have said before, I have no complaints about people becoming
- video culture experts; share and enjoy and all that.
-
- But this is the place where you put your knowledge to good use -- by
- analyzing the sociopathological traits and impetus of them. For
- example, you could compare and contrast boy shows and girl shows, or
- study historical trends. I mean, merely comparing The Partridge Family
- and 90210 ought to be most enlightening.
-
- Of course, you could just sit on your duff and say "I knew that was
- gonna happen. BEEEEEEELLLCCCHHH. Pass me another Old Milwaukee."
-
- |Mark "I know someone who reads Sassy AND likes 90210" Lippert
-
- And the obvious followup is: "Yes, but has she started to menstruate
- yet?"
-
- mr HEINOUS
- and the search for the best tambourine player in teevee history continues
-