I really enjoyed a recent This American Life episode of “What I learned from Television“. Act 1 is titled “29”:
This American Life contributor David Rakoff, who swore off TV in college, returns to it in dramatic fashion: he attempts to watch the same amount of television as the average American—29 hours in one week.
David tells a humorous story about his life and trying, even forcing himself, to watch TV. His first words are to swear off the “mightier than thou” and claims his lack of TV is not from elitism, but something much more profound.
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July 13, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Everybody’s got to make a living some how, some day. He is going to try to make a living entertaining people with “real” stories.
That is the best he could come up with? He must be desperate for a story line and plot.
July 13, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Haha, I love it when you comment sarcasticly about people I think of as luminaries. This American Life is, and has been, a pillar of light in my life. It is my quiet place. My solace in this busy world.
Telling stories has to be one of the oldest professions and a rare skill in this day of visual stimulation.
Still, I enjoy your view on things. It’s always fresh and new and makes me smile.
July 13, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Not to mention… they have been on the air with a rather dedicated and large audience for more than 10 years… so YES, he is trying to and succeeding in entertaining people this way.