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clemon79:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 6 2003, 06:39 PM\'] Can't there even be ONE network with some class anymore? [/quote]
 You're fooling yourself if you thought there ever was. Way back, Ernie Kovacs called television \"A medium. So called because it is neither rare, nor well done.\"

PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 6 2003, 09:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 6 2003, 06:39 PM\'] Can't there even be ONE network with some class anymore? [/quote]
You're fooling yourself if you thought there ever was. Way back, Ernie Kovacs called television "A medium. So called because it is neither rare, nor well done." [/quote]
 He was right about one thing---television is rarely, if ever, done well. :-P

Comeback: It's not well done and it's not rare. It's raw. ;-)

whampyl03:

--- Quote ---Man, they REALLY got defensive too! Did you see Guide Angel flat out attack him?
--- End quote ---

I've been just re-reminded why the hell I left again.  The censorship has gotten quite bad.  But I’ll give the moderators the benefit of the doubt.  They are on Cronin’s payroll, and I REALLY wouldn't be surprised if Cronin tells all the message board mods that if they let one bad comment out about GSN or himself, or Boden, they'll be handed the pink slip.  Probably why the first video game block thread was locked and deleted, a few other video game block threads were locked, and any other anti GSN/Cronin/Boden threads were locked, and some deleted.

Just some speculation on my part, though.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 6 2003, 06:48 PM\'] Comeback: It's not well done and it's not rare. It's raw. ;-)
 [/quote]
 Ernie was funnier.


--- Quote ---He was right about one thing---television is rarely, if ever, done well. :-P
--- End quote ---

And why should it be? For all of the bitching and moaning I hear around here about the quality of television (and I don't want anyone to whine about how they haven't been bitching...if the shoe fits, wear it, and if it doesn't, don't), I get the impression that a lot of people here would have NO IDEA what to do with themselves if their TV was taken away from them. So why should the networks strive for excellence, when it's clear that people are scooping up the crap being distributed and asking for seconds?

If you don't like what the TV networks are showing you, TURN IT OFF. Read a book. Listen to the radio (not that that's much better). Use the video input and play a video game. Play a board game. Go outside. Write a letter and tell the network what you think, even. Best idea of all, for my money.

I'm the last one to deny anyone their God-given right to complain, but I sure get the feeling that a lot of folks here are complaining like hell out of one side of their mouth and spouting utterly inane phrases like \"appointment television\" (to me, the ultimate oxymoron. I make appointments to do IMPORTANT things, like see a doctor or maintain my car. TV is NEVER that important.) out of the other. And nothing annoys me more than hypocrisy.

PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'whampyl03\' date=\'Sep 6 2003, 09:53 PM\']
--- Quote ---Man, they REALLY got defensive too! Did you see Guide Angel flat out attack him?
--- End quote ---

I've been just re-reminded why the hell I left again.  The censorship has gotten quite bad.  But I’ll give the moderators the benefit of the doubt.  They are on Cronin’s payroll, and I REALLY wouldn't be surprised if Cronin tells all the message board mods that if they let one bad comment out about GSN or himself, or Boden, they'll be handed the pink slip.  Probably why the first video game block thread was locked and deleted, a few other video game block threads were locked, and any other anti GSN/Cronin/Boden threads were locked, and some deleted.

Just some speculation on my part, though. [/quote]
 Considering that they have an open flamer on there who does it in almost every post he makes, but he's a [Double Talk] backside smoocher [/Double Talk] he's still there. Go figure.

Maybe it was for the better that I was knocked out of there before.....I'd certainly be after this.


ObGameShow: while Googling for info on Allen Ludden's \"Stumpers!\" I came across a post from Randy Amasia that mentioned an unsold pilot from 1977 called \"Backtalk.\" Did he ever tell anyone how it was played?

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