Phil Cohen:  

nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland. You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly commercials — many screaming, cajoling, and offending. And most of all, boredom. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it." - Newton Minow 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some people are like Slinkys...They are not really good for anything...But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "This is the way the world works. If you want to find yourself some quality friends you have to wade through all the dicks first" - Eric Cartman". More about Phil:"I still play with trains!".