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Okay, I admit it: I’m old-fashioned enough to enjoy ‘Andy Griffith Show’

Just a Guy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:48:55 +0000

There it is, my “secret vice” besides just loving to read good old, hold-in-your-hand newspapers, I love to watch those corny “Andy Griffth Show” reruns.

Call it a silly weakness, but I really get a kick out of the old Mayberry gang. And, by the way, I even enjoy the mid- to late-60s episodes after Don Knotts left. Many “purists” among fans won’t consider post-Knotts episodes the “real” show. (I do, however, draw the line at anything with Ken Berry or “Mayberry R.F.D.” associated with it. Ugh.)

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Okay, I admit it: I’m old-fashioned enough to enjoy ‘Andy Griffith Show’

Morning television — ‘news’ programs or entertainment?

Just a Guy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:39:27 +0000

For quite some time, my wife and I have enjoyed watching some of the early morning “news” programs put on every weekday morning by the networks. You know the ones I’m talking about on CBS, NBC, ABC, and now Fox and CNN, and I suppose other cable networks.

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Two brothers all movie fans should applaud; one now gone

Just a Guy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:51 +0000

Peter Graves, who died yesterday at his home at the age of 83, was one of two famous actor brothers all movie fans should applaud. The other is James Arness, best known as Matt Dillon, marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, in the classic western series “Gunsmoke.”

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Why are daily ‘soaps,’ medical shows, legal dramas so popular?

Just a Guy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:40 +0000

Ever thought about why the daily “soaps” on daytime television, medical shows, legal dramas, and other such well-worn forms remain so popular on television? It’s my belief that we all have a streak of the voyeur in us. We really want to take a peek behind the window blinds of other people’s lives — and the soaps, melodramas like medical shows and courtroom dramas, and even some of the so-called “reality” shows on television, give us socially acceptable ways of taking those peeks into other people’s lives.

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Wisdom for us all to be found in the ‘funny papers’

Just a Guy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:28:26 +0000

Many years ago when I was a kid, we called the comics page in our local newspaper “the funny papers.” Nowadays, of course, newspapers themselves are failing fast, and some of you may not realize what a “comics page” is — but trust me, it’s a collection of printed comic strips such as you find at some Internet news sites.

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British display sense of great class, banning Savage and hate-filled Kansas ‘preacher’

Just a Guy — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:42:25 +0000

The British have shown some real class, in my opinion, by putting radio talk show madman Michael Savage and the hate-filled, hateful, crazy Kansas preacher and his daughter (I’m not gonna bother looking up or publishing their names here) on a “banned” list.

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How about those Oscar Awards, eh? Or did you even notice?

Just a Guy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:18:22 +0000

When I was a lad back in the 1400s — no, seriously, 1950s-60s I mean, watching the Academy Awards, the Oscars, each year was a big deal of sorts in our household. It was fun to see movie stars/starlets/actors/actresses and see which films and actors were honored. From what I heard about Sunday’s televised broadcast, it was one of the lowest rated ever, though it was up in viewership several points over last year.

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I’m really going to miss good old ‘ER’ on Thursday nights

Just a Guy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:48:57 +0000

Any of the rest of you reading this big fans of “ER”? You know — the long-running medical drama that anchored NBC’s Thursday night television lineup for about 200 years?

I guess it only seems like 200 years. And, frankly, the show has become just a tad worn and probably ready for the end. This is the last season, and they’re pulling out some stops to get former series actors back into the episodes before the end. (I just saw something about unsubstantiated rumors that the mega-star of the founding series cast, George Clooney, will probably do a cameo, but NBC isn’t confirming it. Big surprise.)

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Thanks to McCain, Letterman for the political change-of-pace: humor for a change

Just a Guy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:33:07 +0000

Every election campaign offers its share of humor, most of it unintentional, i.e., debate gaffs or stump speech gaffs, even the choices of political candidates running for office.

But it was refreshing last night to watch John McCain’s long awaited appearance on David Letterman’s show and be treated to some great humor.

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I must be getting old: Television technology has me stumped

Just a Guy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:38:12 +0000

The last time we got a television was one my son gave us about six years ago — maybe seven? It’s a nice but very heavy digital television with a 28 or 32 inch diagonal screen, I don’t even recall that much. I do know it’s heavy, and that it takes up a lot of depth setting in the corner of our living room on the entertainment center where it perches.

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