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Marr

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43. Oh, god, I know. Honey Boo Boo.

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #38)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 09:21 PM

Apr 2013

That says it all, right there. Honey Boo Boo is on the Learning Channel here. What else can be said.

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200 channels and nothing on but infomercials....screw the cable companies. nt msanthrope Apr 2013 #11

Oh man, if the The Learning Channel broadcast BBC documentaries all day, I'd be a couch potato. Marr Apr 2013 #17

Remember when The Learning Channel customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #38

Oh, god, I know. Honey Boo Boo. Marr Apr 2013 #43

I'm embarrassed when I see a Discovery "documentary" up next to a BBC documentary DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #40

lol, yeah. Watching US documentaries, I can almost feel the producers editing the copy Marr Apr 2013 #42

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"Reality" shows and all of those commercials turned me right off...n/t monmouth3 Apr 2013 #6

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I've thought of doing that as well Floyd_Gondolli Apr 2013 #20

Wellllllll, Le Taz Hot Apr 2013 #34

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That's me!!! MadrasT Apr 2013 #13

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I may cut the cable if I can get streaming BBC programs somewhere on the net! LongTomH Apr 2013 #22

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Over the air digital and Netflix. Fuck cable and sat tv. Ripoffs! n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #25

They're about to lose me too. ananda Apr 2013 #27

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