[fieldmarshaldj]

I still get a kick out of Spock in the 4th Star Trek movie when he and Kirk were discussing why the (late) 20th century had such “colorful language” amongst its citizenry. Kirk cited the “collective works” of Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susann as examples of that culture, to which Spock replied, “Ah, yes. The giants.”

Who knows, what was considered high sudser fodder for the lonely housewives and fags of our prior era will be considered great literature on par with Shakespeare by the 23rd Century.

[Aliska]

Star Trek is another series that never interested me although who doesn't remember his face? I guess I had strange preferences. Ian Fleming. MacGuyver. The dark-haired guy who think he was good with a gun. Memory going bad. Went through a long list. Something must be the matter with me. A few I liked sporadically. The Honeymooners but was kind of barren, no children, dismal tenement, jobs. That was my mom's favorite partly because she said Jackie Gleason looked exactly like her father (I don't see it from his photo). Some I did like off and on but not that I looked forward to every week. Bonanza, Charlie's Angels, I Love Lucy in small doses, syrupy cute teen blonde Tab Hunter type stuff, etc.

I watched a lot of Divorce Court in the late 60's. I don't know why, ended up with an nasty one myself. Luckily I didn't waste too much time on soap operas.

Guess I read to make up for it and looked forward to made-for-tv films and just some that I enjoyed. Dr shows until it was making me scared and a tendency toward hypochondria.

I saw two porn movies and never wanted to see any again, hate prurient sensational stuff.

Your next post great music on par with Shakespeare. You are probably right. Some of it by fiat and not the choice of large groups of people.

Seleek. Tom Seleek. That was his name. I loved that show whatever it was.

Hope I didn't bore you; our tastes are different. But I wouldn't fight you for the tv over any of it. Except maybe football and too much sports. Did some in school but preferred golf, a little tennis, biking, walking.

Enough, maybe we won't have a 23rd century. Or by then entertainment of new forms like interact with the screen or a hologram room or whatever environment you want to be in which might bring out the dark side in a lot of people.

And I do appreciate your "listening". It helped me remember a lot of things long-forgotten.