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   Alexikakos said, over 3 years 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
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   Number Six said, over 3 years ago

   They’re not bored. They’re boring.
3. 

   win said, over 3 years ago

   Now we have thousands of stations to bore into our self-esteem, income and peace-of-mind.
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   Bruno Zeigerts said, over 3 years ago

   To paraphrase Pink Floyd, ‘1000 channels with nothing but s***on the TV to choose from …’
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   SusanSunshine said, over 3 years 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.
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   A SAINT said, over 3 years ago

   ABC, NBC, CBS & 2 fuzzy UHF channels which naturally had the better shows….
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   mantydad said, over 3 years ago

   Living in the past are we?
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   Perkycat said, over 3 years ago

   No wonder your tenant moved out.
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   LafInLarry said, over 3 years 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.
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    Godfreydaniel said, over 3 years 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……..
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    Konrad said, over 3 years ago

    When I was very poor, going to a cheap taco place on Friday night was a big deal. Pong was amazing at first.
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    Burnside217 said, over 3 years ago

    We had just the 2, except during a storm, when we would have a different 2.
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    katina.cooper said, over 3 years ago

    My grandfather told me that when he got up in the morning, he would watch the test pattern until the Today Show came on, and then watched silent cartoons. It would be nice if they still had some of those.
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    David Bethke said, over 3 years ago

    I don’t remember being bored with the 4 or 5 we had growing up. Of course, we didn’t sit in front of the thing all day, either!
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    nazzofoggenmach said, over 3 years ago

    @Burnside217

    love it!
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