Reply #51: Don't thank me, thank Neal Postman.... [View All]

[BiggJawn]

I think he was the first to call the "Boob Toob" that in his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death".

That was a re-occuring theme in "Maxx Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future" also. No matter how miserable you life was, as long as you could watch Network 23 and have your ZikZak Snak-Paks, you didn't give a shit.

I still think that's why the series was killed. Too close to the TRUTH for people like Jack Welch and Ted Turner to handle....

I expect that Il Douche will eventually Nationailze Cable TV, because us Serfs will no longer be able to afford it, and his handlers are afraid of what might happen when we no longer have 8-15 hours a DAY of Drek to let flow into our eyes and numb us to the TRUE "Reality" of being poor, hungry, cold, and sending our young men someplace we never heard of to die in the "War Agin' Terra"...

I'm glad the phrase impressed you! :)

I'm expecting the "Hook up for Free! Watch for FREE!" flyer from Comcast in my mailbox any day, now...