Tag Archives: TV
No News
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 28th June 2023The title of this article is what’s available on the numerous TV outlets purporting to be purveyors of news. Their problem is time inflation. There just isn’t that much real news in comparison to the time devoted to its dissemination. The product delivered as “news” is largely devoid of content though enveloped in a sesquipidelian…
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Plague in the US
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 1st December 2019A recent TV segment (it’s at the end of this article) commented on the recent occurrence of four cases in China of plague over the past month. The medical expert interviewed on the show expressed concern that given the extent of travel from China to the US that the disease might spread here. He did…
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Sid Caesar’s Spoof of Pagliacci
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 28th August 2019I realize many of you may not have a clue as to who Sid Caesar (1922-2014) was. He was a major comic during the early day of TV. This video is 64 years old and shows the kind of stuff he performed. Amazingly Carl Reiner is still with us. At age 97 he’s still going…
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British Men Prefer TV to Sex – Androgen Deficiency Suspected
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 9th February 2008A new survey finds that almost 50% of British men would forgo sex for six months in return for a 50″ plasma TV. Only a third of British women would make the trade. Remember this from a country that only has about four channels and which imposes a yearly tax on each television set. Britain…
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The Met at the End of the Line
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 16th December 2007If you want to know just how great this country is, come to Lubbock. Lubbock is at the end of the line. It’s like lactate metabolism; the only way out is the way you got in (unless you’re flying Southwest Airlines). Yet look what’s here. A major university – one of the few in the…
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