TV IS A GREAT INVENTION.  I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. ITS A GREAT TOOL FOR EDUCATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.  OTHER THAN A FEW PROGRAMS, AND SOME SPORTS, I FREQUENTLY FLIP THROUGH THE HUNDRED PLUS CHANNELS AND TURN IT OFF DISGUSTED WITH THE AVAILABLE FARE.  THE SIT-COMS HAVE A SAMENESS THAT IS BORING OR FILLED WITH MURDERS AND EXPLOSIONS.  THE LANGUAGE IS FILLED WITH DOUBLE MEANINGS OR DOWN RIGHT PROFANE. AND THEN THERES THE SHOPPING CHANNELS--A TREAT FOR SOME, BUT BORING TO MOST. WHO WRITES THIS STUFF? 

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MILTON BERLES.  MOST COMEDIANS TODAY SEEM UNABLE TO BE FUNNY WITHOUT USING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.  MANY OF THE CRIME SHOWS ARE A BLUEPRINT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A BENT FOR COMMITTING CRIMES. 

 FORTUNATELY WE HAVE THE PUBLIC CHANNEL OR THE CHANNELS THAT REPEAT THE OLD TV SHOWS LIKE "MASH" OR "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER."  WE KEEP OLD VIDEO TAPES AROUND TO FILL THOSE USELESS HOURS WHICH CAN STILL BE TERMED, "THE VAST WASTELAND."

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