“Most of us have seen the process slowly degrade... must have been a real shock Rip Van Winkle..”
Well, genius, did you notice that I said I had not watched those shows for TWO YEARS and that I was a bit taken aback at the blatancy of their hate?
Yes, that's where the Rip Van Winkle joke came in... the world (Sunday Morning News Shows) changed while you weren't watching. My comment was meant to be light hearted - no offense was intended.
I don’t think he meant that in a disparaging way.