Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!marie From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: No tv? Message-ID: <171@harvard.ARPA> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 18:34:01 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.171 Posted: Tue Nov 27 18:34:01 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 08:11:57 EST References: <292@ut-sally.UUCP> <255@scc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 26 What's wrong with something that's a waste of time? As long as you know it's a waste of time... Most novels are a waste of time, but I enjoy reading them. I don't consider news shows to be a waste of time (although I know that some people do). I don't have time to read the newspaper (and, to tell the truth, I generally find it boring). I do read Newsweek, but that's only weekly, so I watch the daily news when I can. Public TV can be (and often is) very informative -- for example, "The Brain" (a weekly series on PBS) is really interesting. Also, there are some good kids' shows (Sesame Street, Electric Company, wildlife shows, etc. etc.) However, I think that tv (in addition to fulfilling, at least to some extent, the role of educator) is there for entertainment. I find some shows entertaining (in particular, I happen to like Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, Cheers, Hill Street Blues, and the Johnny Carson Show). I watch them because they make me laugh. I watch old Brady Bunch shows because they remind me of when I was a little kid (I also had a large family, although we fought a lot more than the Brady Bunch did!) and they make me laugh. So I don't think we should ban TV just yet. (Maybe if they ever take Brady Bunch reruns off, we should consider it. :-)) Marie desJardins marie@harvard