[lbo-talk] TV without TiVo (in which lbo-talk defends 'the sopranos')

[Curtiss Leung]

The Sopranos is on HBO, so it doesn't have commercial interruptions,
but in general I guess (pure conjecture) folks who otherwise don't watch
TV
can become *extremely* attached to those shows they do watch.  My HSO's
retired father (former Eng. Prof) only watches The Sopranos and some
sporting events on TV; no TiVO, no interest in examining other lauded
TV series now available on DVD.  His lack of knowledge of TV history
hasn't prevented him from declaring The Sopranos the greatest show in
the history of the medium.  He's similarly ignorant about movies, and
claims the Godfather trilogy is the greatest cinematic achievement ever.

So, based on a sample of one, I don't think you need TiVO to mouth
off in a definitive tone about television.

Curtiss, who when he was into *some* comic books used to believe
fervently that _Love and Rockets_ by the Hernandez Bros. was the
apex of the medium, and this despite never having read a classic
Marvel comic.


> The mystery is that a lot of people (some of whom have long work 
> hours and children) appear to have time to watch TV shows regularly. 
> Regardless of artistic excellence (or lack thereof) of the content of 
> a particular show, watching TV, with all the commercials that come 
> with it, takes too much time for me.  Is it that everyone has a TiVo 
> now, fast-forwarding through commercials, and I'm the only one here 
> who doesn't???