Nobody Reads A Lousy Book Twice

[Flanders]

I never watched the alphabet networks before Planned Parenthood got caught. This reaffirms my wisdom:

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Were it not for my wife I would not have subscription television in my home. She signed up for pay television. In fact, I would not own a television. I watch a bit of FOX because it is there. In truth, FOX is just as liberal as the other networks with one saving grace. FOX will cover stories the alphabet networks ignore whenever a story exposes liberalism’s innate inhumanity to man; an inhumanity born of Socialism/Communism.

NOTE: The term “Pay TV” was coined because it was considered unwise to let the term “commercial-free” enter into the language; especially since Pay TV was never going to be commercial-free. The commercials the American people pay for is the television the government gave them.

Faint praise

Subscription TV provided recording right on the television. No VCR required. So I can fast-forward through the shows I record. Without recording and fast-forward functions TV would be un-watchable.

As far as fiction goes, I noticed that TV is imitating all of those libraries in every city and town. Basically, the same books —— “The Classics” —— are read by generation after generation. Many people will read the same book a second time after a number of years passed between the first and second reading. Nobody reads a crap book twice. Most of the crap sits untouched on library shelves until they are thrown away to make room for new crap.

Television libraries run every crap movie over and over again with a small number of so-called movie classics spliced in-between the crap movies that nobody watches. Television librarians make the assumption that viewers will watch the same movie every other day. Ditto with TV shows. Television calls it a rerun. Nobody ever called reading a book the second time a rerun.

Incidentally, whenever I glance at the program menu on my TV screen, I see the same shows are scheduled over and over again. The actors in a few of those shows must be in nursing homes by now or dead. It’s akin to rereading a book written by a long-dead author.

NOTE: The owners of a hit TV show can buy a broadcast licence and show nothing but reruns of their show 24-7. In that way they get to keep all of the tax deductible advertising dollars.

Finally, all hell broke loose at the Ministry of Propaganda on the day the remote control device showed up in retail stores. Then, just when the propagandists were learning to deal with that damned remote control, the VCR reared its ugly head. Then came subscription TV with built-in recording. The Internet made life even tougher for propagandists. People are spending far too much time talking to each other on the Net instead of sitting in front of a TV set listening to the Word from The Man. Is there no end to the indignities that propagandists must endure?

 

[blastoff]

Your "Note:" makes no sense. Care to elaborate?

 

[Flanders]

Your "Note:" makes no sense. Care to elaborate?

To blastoff: If you meant this one:

NOTE: The term “Pay TV” was coined because it was considered unwise to let the term “commercial-free” enter into the language; especially since Pay TV was never going to be commercial-free. The commercials the American people pay for is the television the government gave them.

Way back in the days when TV was young, people were a lot smarter than they are now. Commercials on TV in those early years drove viewers crazy, but the public, for the most part, consisted of people from the radio generation. They were used to electronic sales pitches. Of course, there was some talk about commercial-free TV programming.

Back in the beginning, a few Americans said that they would be willing to pay a buck or two a month to watch commercial-free TV. “No commercials” was the one and only justification for even considering paying a fee to watch television in your own home. Most Americans just laughed at the idea and said, “I’ll be damned if I’ll voluntarily pay for something that I’m now getting for free. After all, the airwaves belong to all of us.” Today, a number of Americans pay for TV and get the commercials, too. Will any fellow poster dare to claim that Americans are smarter now than they were back in the days of TV’s infancy?

Or this one:

NOTE: The owners of a hit TV show can buy a broadcast licence and show nothing but reruns of their show 24-7. In that way they get to keep all of the tax deductible advertising dollars.

Reruns of once popular TV shows are all scheduled on one channel or another. Most viewers only watch the show they like. Basically, the owner of a hit show would make more money from commercials if his show was the only one running. Fans would watch that show. Star Trek is a classic. Middle-aged Trekies are the only ones who watch that nonsense.

Incidentally, did you know that Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock were Socialists? Think about it. Many of the old Star Trek shows dealt with omnipotent entities, or were just plain silly. However, those storylines involving the Klingons, or the Romulans, always ended with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock bringing off Peace Without Victory. There was never an all-out war with a winner and a loser that I'm aware of. Such shows were loaded with numerous references to the all-supreme United Federation of Planets. Clearly, a clever way of plugging the United Nations into impressionable young minds. Hell, the fictional Federation even had a flag that looks like the UN flag:

How many then-young Trekkies —— now, well into their middle-age —— realize how shamelessly they were brainwashed?

 

[blastoff]

Your "Note:" makes no sense. Care to elaborate?

To blastoff: If you meant this one:

NOTE: The term “Pay TV” was coined because it was considered unwise to let the term “commercial-free” enter into the language; especially since Pay TV was never going to be commercial-free. The commercials the American people pay for is the television the government gave them.

Way back in the days when TV was young, people were a lot smarter than they are now. Commercials on TV in those early years drove viewers crazy, but the public, for the most part, consisted of people from the radio generation. They were used to electronic sales pitches. Of course, there was some talk about commercial-free TV programming.

Back in the beginning, a few Americans said that they would be willing to pay a buck or two a month to watch commercial-free TV. “No commercials” was the one and only justification for even considering paying a fee to watch television in your own home. Most Americans just laughed at the idea and said, “I’ll be damned if I’ll voluntarily pay for something that I’m now getting for free. After all, the airwaves belong to all of us.” Today, a number of Americans pay for TV and get the commercials, too. Will any fellow poster dare to claim that Americans are smarter now than they were back in the days of TV’s infancy?

Or this one:

NOTE: The owners of a hit TV show can buy a broadcast licence and show nothing but reruns of their show 24-7. In that way they get to keep all of the tax deductible advertising dollars.

Reruns of once popular TV shows are all scheduled on one channel or another. Most viewers only watch the show they like. Basically, the owner of a hit show would make more money from commercials if his show was the only one running. Fans would watch that show. Star Trek is a classic. Middle-aged Trekies are the only ones who watch that nonsense.

Incidentally, did you know that Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock were Socialists? Think about it. Many of the old Star Trek shows dealt with omnipotent entities, or were just plain silly. However, those storylines involving the Klingons, or the Romulans, always ended with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock bringing off Peace Without Victory. There was never an all-out war with a winner and a loser that I'm aware of. Such shows were loaded with numerous references to the all-supreme United Federation of Planets. Clearly, a clever way of plugging the United Nations into impressionable young minds. Hell, the fictional Federation even had a flag that looks like the UN flag:

How many then-young Trekkies —— now, well into their middle-age —— realize how shamelessly they were brainwashed?

Sorry, I was referring to the second Note. Forgot there'd been a previous one when I wrote my post.

Specifically what I didn't understand was that show owners "can buy a broadcast license" And "get to keep all of the tax deductible advertising dollars."

 

[Flanders]

Sorry, I was referring to the second Note. Forgot there'd been a previous one when I wrote my post.

Specifically what I didn't understand was that show owners "can buy a broadcast license" And "get to keep all of the tax deductible advertising dollars."

To blastoff: My fault. I should have made it clear that I was not talking about buying a network. I was referring to a channel.

Nobody watches a bunch of those channels you see on the schedule menu. It cannot be difficult to buy a broadcast licence from someone who owns a channel that nobody watches. I’m not sure how it all works, but the owner of a hit show that wants his own channel should have no trouble. Maybe they can still get one from the government agency that handles licensing. Once they own the license they do not have to split the advertising dollars with anybody. Example. The owners of the Law & Order franchise have a fan base larger than any other show. Can you imagine how many advertising dollars I love Lucy brought in!