That's the wonder of the VCR. Record one thing, watch another.
Oddly enough, I can't do that now that I have a satellite dish (and my friends with cable are in the same boat.) The VCR will only record what's coming in on Ch. 3, which is whatever I'm watching at the moment. I can't tape ch 2 from the broadcast airwaves because antennas haven't been worth squat in NYC since the towers went down.
Cable also makes those old picture-in-picture sets sort of useless, too.
LOL, good point. I hardly ever bother to tape anything anymore. I figure if it's that good, it will be repeated some time or another.
Someone else mentioned not giving new shows a chance to get going. I remember seeing an interview with Dick Van Dyke, and the same thing happened with his show in the early '60's. They decided to give him another shot, and the show took off. It's still one of my all time favorites, and reminds me a bit of Raymond. Every day situations taken to the nth degree, and they end up hysterically funny.