Brevity by Dan Thompson

Brevity

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  1. Alexikakos

    Alexikakos said, 4 months ago

    This is now far behind the times except for the sentiment, which is still accurate.

    Bruce Springsteen “57 Channels and Nothing On”

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ne62_57-channels-nothin-on-bruce-springs_music

    2 minutes 30 seconds

  2. Number Six

    Number Six said, 4 months ago

    They’re not bored. They’re boring.

  3. win

    win said, 4 months ago

    Now we have thousands of stations to bore into our self-esteem, income and peace-of-mind.

  4. Bruno Zeigerts

    Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago

    To paraphrase Pink Floyd, ‘1000 channels with nothing but s***on the TV to choose from …’

  5. SusanSunshine

    SusanSunshine said, 4 months ago

    I’m lucky…. ever since we went digital, I only get one channel.


    So now I can get bored with it a lot more quickly…. and with less effort.

  6. Prof danglais

    Prof danglais said, 4 months ago

    In the UK, in the 60s, BBC and ITV but it was still new.

  7. A SAINT

    A SAINT said, 4 months ago

    ABC, NBC, CBS & 2 fuzzy UHF channels which naturally had the better shows….

  8. Dogsniff

    Dogsniff said, 4 months ago

    Soon as we get electricity where I live, I’m getting me one of those televisions!

  9. mantydad

    mantydad said, 4 months ago

    @Dogsniff

    Living in the past are we?

  10. Dogsniff

    Dogsniff said, 4 months ago

    @mantydad: Yes, past my bedtime.

  11. Perkycat

    Perkycat said, 4 months ago

    @Dogsniff

    No wonder your tenant moved out.

  12. LafInLarry

    LafInLarry said, 4 months ago

    So Dogsniff has hand-cranked internet.

    Alexikakos, except those kids weren’t around in 1992 when 57 Channels came out.

    Where I live (born and raised here), 4 channels is exactly right and it took an antenna rotor to get them all. One from each network and one independent station.

  13. Godfreydaniel

    Godfreydaniel said, 4 months ago

    There was a good “Thatababy” recently where the evil TV was trying to force him to watch it, and bragging about all the channels, but he turned it off to do something creative instead. Ah, the wisdom of little babies……..

  14. Konrad

    Konrad said, 4 months ago

    When I was very poor, going to a cheap taco place on Friday night was a big deal. Pong was amazing at first.

  15. Burnside217

    Burnside217 said, 4 months ago

    We had just the 2, except during a storm, when we would have a different 2.

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