tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post1837174954371428298..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: TV, Then and Nowvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-75816773907409052402009-10-20T14:11:22.963-04:002009-10-20T14:11:22.963-04:00Andrea, no doubt the "off" switch is the...Andrea, no doubt the "off" switch is the better choice.<br /><br />Bob, they still embarrass me. I guess nothing sells like a bunch of grizzled, sunburned old men sitting around a campfire singing bastardized lyrics to "Viva Las Vegas."<br /><br />Chuck, interesting note via your father's experiences. I remember O'Brien as Pierre in the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and I believe it was "The Barefoot Contessa" for which he won an Oscar, though I don't really recall having seen it.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-44540498962230581112009-10-20T12:08:09.362-04:002009-10-20T12:08:09.362-04:00The best thing I've done lately is upgrade to ...The best thing I've done lately is upgrade to HD satellite service with a DVR. I'm able to pause, replay and jump 30 sec forward while watching live TV. (I have to buffer to be able to jump forward. Just hit pause and give it 20 minutes/hour.) Or I can record and watch later. I don't watch much TV, but I enjoy what I do view.<br /><br />Edmond O'Brien was an interesting fellow served in the US Army Air Corp in WWII. He played Irving Miller in the 1944 film <i>Winged Victory</i>, which was based on a play by Moss Hart. Dad said that movie was accurate in portraying the techniques and pressures of training for would be fliers.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-84064435774786798372009-10-20T11:16:29.318-04:002009-10-20T11:16:29.318-04:00Bob said:
I have often wondered how I would ...Bob said:<br /><br /> I have often wondered how I would have felt watching these commercials When I and Mary were dating? I am not a prude, but I would have been embaressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-62799894240988104742009-10-20T09:44:39.872-04:002009-10-20T09:44:39.872-04:00I am tired of hearing and seeing all those commerc...I am tired of hearing and seeing all those commercials, too. I do not even watch TV much and every time I turn it on...there they are.<br /><br />andreaAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082891172963869545noreply@blogger.com