>>>>>>BTW if you want the Olympics you can have it. I don't see why I should be subsiding a bunch of lycra clad drug addicts running jumping and throwing things.
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>>>>>You shouldn't have to. Clubs matching that profile are what *made* the disco era <g>
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>>>>>( you could probably sublet your place during the Olympics for enough to fund a year in the south of France )
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>>>>Definitely. Maybe that would take the sting out of it for Grumpy Nick.
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>>>>Back to the Super Bowl, I read an excellent article online this morning about the Packers victory rally at Lambeau Field yesterday. They sold tickets for $5 (reportedly resold for up to $200) and they sold out in two hours, despite zero-ish temperatures. The players and coaches walked along the stands, exchanging high fives and letting fans touch the Lombardi Trophy. My favorite quote was from a lady who said she touched Aaron Rodgers's pinkie and is never going to wash her hands again ;-) There really is something special about the bond between team and town. Green Bay is the Packers and the Packers are Green Bay. Even a California kid like Rodgers clearly loves it there.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=6101078>>>>
>>>>The game did indeed break viewership records. As I said before, I think it was a perfect storm involving the crap winter, the blue collar teams competing, and escape from the economy and financial worries.
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http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1547372&SM=1>>>
>>>Funny, it was pointed out that viewing numbers and attendance numbers are skewed as the market grows, ticket prices increase etc.
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>>>But there is another factor at work. A couple years ago, two episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top TV ratings of all time.
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>>>*Because there was nothing else on ! *
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>>>Not sure how old you have to be to remember pre-cable TV with 3 channels. Competition was not stiff. On Friday night you had a choice of Bishop Sheen, boxing or some Albanian spinning plates on a unicycle. I think Gunsmoke was on opposite I Remember Mama.
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>>>Last night - Tuesday - The Good Wife, Detroit 187, Southland, White Collar and Lights Out - every one of which better than anything that was on TV prior to about 1995 - were all on at the same time.
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>>>Movies in the GWTW era didn't compete with TV and movies in color in 1939 didn't even compete with a lot of other movies. And studios owned the movie theaters (each showing 1 movie) , the stars and the movie press so they had the option of leaving it out there for as long as it took.
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>>>Things change. <g>
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>>Of course. I remember very well the time when there were only three channels. And we watched them! I can name shows much worse than the ones you cite. (The Albanian spinning plates sounds interesting, though).
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>>In my house the question after dinner was not what we should do. It was which show should we watch. My mom subscribed to TV Guide and kept the current issue in a leather bound holder. "Ooooh, Johnny Carson has a special...." I withdrew from that scene as soon as I realized I had been dropped on my head. To this day I watch very little scripted television, even shows I am assured are excellent.
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>>Maybe I am prepared to make an exception, at least on a trial basis. After all the Super Bowl ads for "The Chicago Code" I set it up to record. It's set in Chicago so I am going to check it out. I think there is some connection to "The Shield" as well.
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>I really really liked Chicago Code. The male protag is the guy who played in Showtimes "Brotherhood" based on Whitey Bulger and his brother - except in RI. He is Irish, I think but nailed RI accent and now does Chicago Pollack perfectly.
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>Tonight at 10 on FX is open of season 2 for Justified !!!!! Very very cool show based on Elmore Leonard's Raylan Givens character. Give it a try.
Will do. I know zero about Justified but a lot about Elmore Leonard. He has written so many books, I don't even remember Raylan Givens. A master. You know a writer writes good dialogue when it is said they are as good as Elmore Leonard. He once published a list of his principles. The one I remember was, "The parts readers tend to skip over? I try to leave those out."
Here ya go -- good advice to all writers.
http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/2010/07/elmore-leonards-writing-rules.html
