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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 23, 2005 22:39:14 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2005 23:13:00 GMT -5
Yawn.
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FLHoya
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Post by FLHoya on Jul 24, 2005 0:31:40 GMT -5
Hey, remember that show "K Street" from HBO?
No? Never watched it? Never heard of it? Fell asleep waiting for G-String Divas to come on after it?
Yeah, it's not anything.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 24, 2005 0:39:10 GMT -5
Fell asleep waiting for G-String Divas to come on after it? That's what TIVO is for, FL.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2005 8:58:45 GMT -5
This show sounds like a bigger waste of DVR hard drive space than the dozen or so episodes of Good Times I've got on there... and I love Good Times.
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Post by nychoya3 on Jul 24, 2005 9:33:33 GMT -5
Oh, wow is that a stupid idea. Biggest problem is that any decent political hack subsists entirely on domino's pizza, nicotine, and diet coke, and as a result, is not "tv pretty."
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Post by thebin on Jul 24, 2005 9:44:04 GMT -5
K Street was a great show. I would say literally better than 99% of the utter on prime time on the networks.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 24, 2005 13:30:13 GMT -5
Unfortunately it was worse than 99% of the shows on HBO. Other than The Comeback - that show is terrible.
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Post by thebin on Jul 24, 2005 19:26:03 GMT -5
Maybe you missed out on many of the references if you are on the younger side, but I have to strongly strongly disagree, it was as far as television shows go, quite good. A significant majority if my polticaly aware friends felt likewise.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2005 21:19:01 GMT -5
You said it yourself, bin. "Politically aware friends." How many Americans are politically aware? Smart tv doesn't stand a chance against the likes of Pauly Shore, Paris Hilton and fat people trying to dance.
The continued dumbification of America. I know its off topic, but are we socially and culturally at our dumbest point ever?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jul 24, 2005 21:40:28 GMT -5
The continued dumbification of America. I know its off topic, but are we socially and culturally at our dumbest point ever? Far from it. The mid-19th century was routinely derided for a lack of civilization, of declining values, for the persecution of religious groups, the slaughter of Indians, and the pursuit of various get-rich quick schemes that often set the national economy into a panic. Disease was rampant in larger cities, where health care was available only to a select few. In 1870, one in five Americans (and a staggering 79.6% of African Americans) were illiterate. Today those numbers are less than 1.5%. TV may skew things, but things are not as bad as they seem.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 24, 2005 23:05:23 GMT -5
The continued dumbification of America. I know its off topic, but are we socially and culturally at our dumbest point ever? Far from it. The mid-19th century was routinely derided for a lack of civilization, of declining values, for the persecution of religious groups, the slaughter of Indians, and the pursuit of various get-rich quick schemes that often set the national economy into a panic. Disease was rampant in larger cities, where health care was available only to a select few. In 1870, one in five Americans (and a staggering 79.6% of African Americans) were illiterate. Today those numbers are less than 1.5%. TV may skew things, but things are not as bad as they seem. You right. TV bad. Me talk pretty one day .
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Post by Cambridge on Jul 25, 2005 8:58:55 GMT -5
Far from it. The mid-19th century was routinely derided for a lack of civilization, of declining values, for the persecution of religious groups, the slaughter of Indians, and the pursuit of various get-rich quick schemes that often set the national economy into a panic. Disease was rampant in larger cities, where health care was available only to a select few. In 1870, one in five Americans (and a staggering 79.6% of African Americans) were illiterate. Today those numbers are less than 1.5%. TV may skew things, but things are not as bad as they seem. You right. TV bad. Me talk pretty one day . proof is in the pudding...the man drops a David Sedaris title subtly into conversation.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jul 25, 2005 16:45:25 GMT -5
indeed - that book is awesome
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