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MADem

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47. It's mostly older eyes on those TV LAND reruns, though.

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 03:47 AM

Jul 2012

Younger people who recognize Alda are the science - tech types who like his PBS shows.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/alan.htm

He hasn't really retained his Hawkeye looks, either (can't blame him, it's been awhile, and time marches on--good thing he didn't resort to the knife and the botox and the plugs and so forth)--it's the voice that people recognize if they even remember the show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Alda

I don't watch TV hospital dramas either. There's one that takes place in Seattle--is it Gray's Anatomy?-- that is popular, with Sandra Oh...and there's Showtime's Nurse Jackie (but that is a dramady, and not suitable for this effort) and probably a few others, but I am just unmotivated to check them out. I was in a small minority of people who could bear to miss "ER"--another show that never appealed to me...

I don't presume to know his politics though I'd guess he's more left than right. Don't know if he'd want to do the messaging, or even need to do it. I think quality PSAs with good actors will do the trick. Something a bit upbeat, clean and quick, that can stand repetition without annoying people overmuch.

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