Did you know....
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Did you know....
So, what's that song, 57 channels and nothing is on? It's true!
Around 2:30 AM, I was up channel surfing. I would have logged on here, but if Rick woke up and found me on S2Ki at 2:30 AM, he'd call the men in little white coats to come and get me. Oh and I was hungry, but had no cookies in the house.
It really was a bad night!
While channel surfing, I was reminded by Regis Philbin that Dean Martin (some of you may know him) had a variety show for almost 10 years on NBC and you can buy the DVD's of the show. I was tempted. Sad to say, I recognized almost all of Dean's surprise guests.
I also caught part of an episode of "Fresh Prince from Bel Air", and we'll just say that Will Smith's acting had no where to go but up.
I moved on to HGTV and a young woman who was buying her first house, picked up a book for a while then decided I might just be able to sleep again.
Rick had to wake me when the alarm went off, I usually wake to the click of the radio. I need some Diet Coke WITH caffeine.
BTW, I meant to post this in New England as those young guys probably have no trouble sleeping. (I figured they'd ask, Dean who, and get a laugh but posted here in error. ) I'll leave it here as many of you can probably relate.
Around 2:30 AM, I was up channel surfing. I would have logged on here, but if Rick woke up and found me on S2Ki at 2:30 AM, he'd call the men in little white coats to come and get me. Oh and I was hungry, but had no cookies in the house.
It really was a bad night!While channel surfing, I was reminded by Regis Philbin that Dean Martin (some of you may know him) had a variety show for almost 10 years on NBC and you can buy the DVD's of the show. I was tempted. Sad to say, I recognized almost all of Dean's surprise guests.
I also caught part of an episode of "Fresh Prince from Bel Air", and we'll just say that Will Smith's acting had no where to go but up.
I moved on to HGTV and a young woman who was buying her first house, picked up a book for a while then decided I might just be able to sleep again.
Rick had to wake me when the alarm went off, I usually wake to the click of the radio. I need some Diet Coke WITH caffeine.
BTW, I meant to post this in New England as those young guys probably have no trouble sleeping. (I figured they'd ask, Dean who, and get a laugh but posted here in error. ) I'll leave it here as many of you can probably relate.
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Originally Posted by SheDrivesIt,Jul 23 2007, 01:03 PM
TIVO is the insomniac's pal. That way there is always something on.
Thankfully, this does not happen often, so no need to invest in Tivo quite yet.
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Why should 2:30 AM be any different than any other time on TV?
There was a column in yesterday's Sunday Republican that spoke to the vapid nature of American TV.
You can read it here.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said "Bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on...
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'
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There was a column in yesterday's Sunday Republican that spoke to the vapid nature of American TV.
You can read it here.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said "Bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on...
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'
Copyright
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[QUOTE=ajlafleche,Jul 23 2007, 02:33 PM] Why should 2:30 AM be any different than any other time on TV?
There was a column in yesterday's Sunday Republican that spoke to the vapid nature of American TV.
You can read it here.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said "Bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on...
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'
Copyright
There was a column in yesterday's Sunday Republican that spoke to the vapid nature of American TV.
You can read it here.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said "Bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on...
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'
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Aw, come on.
There's lots of fascinating, intellectually challenging things to watch. And at all times of day, too, but especially in the wee hours.
Like, well, like those "send us your videos" pseudo-sports shows where they provide entertaining clips of guys crashing their skateboards in gruesome ways. Or the highly informative shows where they explain how to cure your baldness with a hair weave. Or, and this is really the best, those live debates from the floors of Congress.
Personally, I want to buy some vacation land in Arkansas, but that's just me.
HPH
There's lots of fascinating, intellectually challenging things to watch. And at all times of day, too, but especially in the wee hours.
Like, well, like those "send us your videos" pseudo-sports shows where they provide entertaining clips of guys crashing their skateboards in gruesome ways. Or the highly informative shows where they explain how to cure your baldness with a hair weave. Or, and this is really the best, those live debates from the floors of Congress.
Personally, I want to buy some vacation land in Arkansas, but that's just me.
HPH
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Get a good book, Lainey. That's how I go to sleep. I haven't turned the TV on in months. Oh, a a little red wine helps too. I should talk, though. I think I was posting or PMing after 3 am this morning.
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From: Flintstone GA
TV is a sleep aid. If you don't believe me try the Golf Channel or that Bob Ross painting show on PBS. Or any of the other programs requiring Barb to pry the remote out of my hand after the snore fest has started.