June 24, 2006

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Jane Galt:

End of an era

Aaron Spelling has died. Surprisingly, not by being blown up by an insane neighbour, or shot by a jealous lover.

Incidentally, I'm home sick for the first Saturday evening I've spent in front of the tube in a long while. As far as I can tell, the opinion of the television producers is that if you're home on a Saturday night, you'll watch any damn thing.

Unfortunately, they're right.

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Posted by: Kate on June 24, 2006 9:04 PM

And this is why I am watching Cinderella Man on HBO.

Posted by: Michael Tinkler on June 24, 2006 10:12 PM

I spent Saturday evening until now on the balcony with a bottle of wine. It woulda been medicinal. The drive might of killed you, tho....

Posted by: tvless on June 24, 2006 10:28 PM

I don't even own a TV...

Posted by: Adam V on June 24, 2006 10:50 PM

How do you play Nintendo?

Posted by: Reagan Fan on June 24, 2006 11:41 PM

Back in the day, we had a whopping four tv stations. Saturday night TV meant getting to stay up late, watching Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett and getting a pizza from a little mom and pop place that put the pizza in a bag, not a box.

Digital tuning, Domino's, and TV Land be damned! That was living.

"Dust of Snow" Jane! I hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Trieu Truong on June 25, 2006 12:07 AM

TiVo is helpful for such occasions. And others.

Posted by: Ari on June 25, 2006 1:10 AM

Go on, live a little. Don't let a TV Exec make or break your Saturday night.

Posted by: michael on June 25, 2006 1:11 AM

Maybe you'd like to link to some music for persistence:
http://www.hyfntrak.com/knopflerharris/nobuy/

Hit 'Click here to Launch Player.'

Posted by: anony-mouse on June 25, 2006 2:27 AM

Three words:

Boxed DVD Sets.

Posted by: FXKLM on June 25, 2006 2:57 PM

Boxed DVD sets tend to be really expensive, and people rarely watch them often. I think getting TV on DVD from Netflix is a better deal.

Posted by: Mark Olson on June 25, 2006 7:57 PM

Well, you can watch boxed DVD Sets acquired via Netflix.

Posted by: Paul on June 26, 2006 11:36 AM

Aaron Spelling?

You know, I never really got into watching 90210, although I do freely admit that I had the major hots for Shannon Doretty. I could not miss an episode of "Charmed" when she was on the show. She had natural beauty, and she didn't have to wear make-up. I was so absolutely bummed when they killer off her character and replaced her with Rose McGowen.

Posted by: triticale on June 27, 2006 2:50 PM

I don't even own a TV...

How do you play Nintendo?

Magnavox composite color video monitor, sold for use with the Commodore 64 and equivalent home computers. We never had a Nintendo, but it worked great as a display for our video tape player.

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