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Adsos Letter

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14. i suspect it was a pretty common experience, back in the day.

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #13)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 01:32 AM

Sep 2013

"Just follow the bouncing ball..."

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TV: Your Mind. Controlled. [View all] damnedifIknow Sep 2013 OP

TV should come in IV form mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #1

ROFL "Goodness." Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #6

An anecdote for your post. woo me with science Sep 2013 #2

Television, the Drug of the Nation johnnyreb Sep 2013 #3

LOL! And here I thought I was the only one that posted that video. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #25

It's been many years since Newton Minow's famous "vast wasteland" comment. Ron Green Sep 2013 #4

as chomsky said tiny elvis Sep 2013 #5

I probably spent at least 30 hours a week watching TV in elementary school, Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #7

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #9

I think that's one of the reasons we watched Wild Kingdom Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #10

We always went over to my grandparents house to watch it. Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #11

Sis, is that you? Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #13

i suspect it was a pretty common experience, back in the day. Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #14

That bouncing ball made me dizzy Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #15

OMG you guys pipi_k Sep 2013 #19

"Out of the blue of the western sky comes... Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #21

Lots of western movies back in those days, too. Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #22

Johnny Quest pipi_k Sep 2013 #32

The Jonny Quest episode that freaked me out the most Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #33

That wasn't Johnny Quest. kentauros Sep 2013 #34

When I had a radio show back in the mid-90s kentauros Sep 2013 #35

I think we also watched Ted Mack's Amateur Hour Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #18

Thirty-four hours of television per week? Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #8

No clue damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #12

You must have very high standards and a finely developed mind el_bryanto Sep 2013 #20

Well I just find TV boring damnedifIknow Sep 2013 #36

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) for one. kentauros Sep 2013 #17

I do enjoy TCM. Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #27

The Documentary Channel recently turned into "Pivot" kentauros Sep 2013 #30

I did not know that about the Documentary Channel ... Adsos Letter Sep 2013 #31

Simpsons quote... Javaman Sep 2013 #16

National Anthem when TV stations signed off at night... MinM Sep 2013 #23

TV sells audiences to advertisers. KurtNYC Sep 2013 #24

so it's fine to post criticism of tv for cali Sep 2013 #26

Good point, cali Link Speed Sep 2013 #29

this is one reason I have not owned a television in more then 20 years.... mike_c Sep 2013 #28