- It was written in the heat of anger. Since I wrote it, my husband and I have resolved the issue and have worked out a reasonable settlement. As far as I am concerned, the issue is dead and buried, and I see no reason to keep the post up.
- I do not publish anonymous comments. I have no way of knowing who you are or why you're posting the comment. I also do not post comments from people I don't really know, and who don't give any indication of who they are.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Regarding my previous post
It's deleted for the following reasons:
Sunday, January 21, 2007
A nifty concept for a TV channel
Tonight, my chatroom got into a discussion about TV programming. (It's that kind of channel.)
In the 1980s, Nickelodeon had a great idea. Since most children are asleep after 8 p.m., they bought the syndication rights for old shows like the Patty Duke Show and Car 54, Where Are You? Since these shows weren't being aired anywhere else, they were cheap and popular with the Baby Boomers who grew up on them. They used old commercials and PSAs as interstitial material and ran documentaries about popular commercials. Eventually, they spun that off as TV Land, although they still use the Nick at Nite concept.
So my idea is this. Since most parents of children are Generation Xers who grew up watching the original Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Captain Kangaroo and other shows of the 70s, I think Nick could successfully base a channel around these shows. For example, during the day, they could show the old Children's Television Workshop shows commercial-free. They already have an agreement with Sesame Workshop, so it stands to reason that they could extend that into getting the broadcast rights to the old shows, especially since they used to air classic Sesame Street episodes on their Noggin channel, which is aimed at pre-schoolers. During the after-school hours, they could use programs aimed at older children like the old ABC After School Specials and perhaps some of the 1970s and 80s-era Saturday morning cartoons. For interstitial programming, they could air Schoolhouse Rock cartoons, classic commercials and PSAs.
This idea is appealing for a number of reasons. First, as was mentioned before, the current generation of parents grew up in the 1970s and 80s, so the channel would appeal to parents, so there are two demographic groups being served. Second, the concept worked for Baby Boomers. Third, the programs themselves are gathering dust except for DVD box sets that are marketed as nostalgia. Fourth, a number of these programs touched on many different academic subjects like reading, science and math; recent history may be introduced by showing the old CBS In the News shorts narrated by the recently-departed Christopher Glenn. Finally, advertisers have the Gen X demographic.
The downside comes from companies that obtain the DVD rights to these shows. But this can be overcome by the fact that these shows would be exposed to a whole new generation of children whose parents would then buy the box sets, both as nostalgia for their own childhoods, as well as for their kids, who would know and like the show.
I think it's very do-able and I have to wonder why Nickelodeon hasn't done something like this.
In the 1980s, Nickelodeon had a great idea. Since most children are asleep after 8 p.m., they bought the syndication rights for old shows like the Patty Duke Show and Car 54, Where Are You? Since these shows weren't being aired anywhere else, they were cheap and popular with the Baby Boomers who grew up on them. They used old commercials and PSAs as interstitial material and ran documentaries about popular commercials. Eventually, they spun that off as TV Land, although they still use the Nick at Nite concept.
So my idea is this. Since most parents of children are Generation Xers who grew up watching the original Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Captain Kangaroo and other shows of the 70s, I think Nick could successfully base a channel around these shows. For example, during the day, they could show the old Children's Television Workshop shows commercial-free. They already have an agreement with Sesame Workshop, so it stands to reason that they could extend that into getting the broadcast rights to the old shows, especially since they used to air classic Sesame Street episodes on their Noggin channel, which is aimed at pre-schoolers. During the after-school hours, they could use programs aimed at older children like the old ABC After School Specials and perhaps some of the 1970s and 80s-era Saturday morning cartoons. For interstitial programming, they could air Schoolhouse Rock cartoons, classic commercials and PSAs.
This idea is appealing for a number of reasons. First, as was mentioned before, the current generation of parents grew up in the 1970s and 80s, so the channel would appeal to parents, so there are two demographic groups being served. Second, the concept worked for Baby Boomers. Third, the programs themselves are gathering dust except for DVD box sets that are marketed as nostalgia. Fourth, a number of these programs touched on many different academic subjects like reading, science and math; recent history may be introduced by showing the old CBS In the News shorts narrated by the recently-departed Christopher Glenn. Finally, advertisers have the Gen X demographic.
The downside comes from companies that obtain the DVD rights to these shows. But this can be overcome by the fact that these shows would be exposed to a whole new generation of children whose parents would then buy the box sets, both as nostalgia for their own childhoods, as well as for their kids, who would know and like the show.
I think it's very do-able and I have to wonder why Nickelodeon hasn't done something like this.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
This is too good an idea to keep to myself
The geniuses at VW have a promotion going where you get a free electric guitar when you buy a car. Okay, fine, I can accept the whole rockstar thing, but the deal with this is that you can plug the guitar into the car's stereo and use that as an amp.
Lovely idea, but do we really need morons playing the guitar when they drive? Kinda gives Fahrvergnügen a new and entirely bizarre meaning.
Lovely idea, but do we really need morons playing the guitar when they drive? Kinda gives Fahrvergnügen a new and entirely bizarre meaning.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Please, God. Enough already!
So there's apparently a grudge between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump. She said something, he responded, and it escalated from there. Now, apparently Baba Wawa, who is now Rosie's boss, is involved somehow, having been accused of duplicity by The Donald.
Were it not for the fact that these people are on television, no one would care. But they are, and so we're supposed to be involved in it, somehow.
The most dangerous place to be is between any of these people and a camera.
Were it not for the fact that these people are on television, no one would care. But they are, and so we're supposed to be involved in it, somehow.
The most dangerous place to be is between any of these people and a camera.
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