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Aug 28, 2022Liked by Erica Manfred

I can't imagine spending that much money on a TV, especially living on a fixed income. When I upgraded from a 24" CRT to a 32” HDTV Smart TV, that's more than enough for me. My needs are few.

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Aug 28, 2022Liked by Erica Manfred

When my old 32" Samsung didn't survive a power surge, I replaced it with the current version. It's a "Smart TV", but since I'm not [technologically smart], I managed to set it up just enough that I can turn it on and get to the channel I want to see.

I watched "ER" for many years until it became too much about the characters and not enough about medicine. That's where I discovered the wonderful Julianna Margulies. Oh, yes, George Clooney was in that show, too.

As far as old BBC dramas, I though "The Pallisers" was really interesting. Besides, who can resist a series with a heroine named Lady Glencora McClusky?

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My parents were so intellectual (and poor) that we never had a TV. My first exposure, in 1969, was to reruns of the I Love Lucy show.

Of course I've spent a lot of time in front of the screen in the past 50 years, but I've never so eager to see anything that I rearranged my day to get home, or (horrors) recorded it. I think on the whole my childhood was better w/o it, except that it's made communication with others difficult -- I don't share the social referents of my peer group, including my husband.

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Aug 28, 2022Liked by Erica Manfred

I look forward to everything you post! Brings back memories of my free range child as well. Also our home seemed to be the only one on our street without a tv and my brother and I spent our early afternoon school hours entrenched at neighbors houses watching their television. Mom must have missed us, we got a tv. Currently , no giant tv in our home, the larger ones actually make me feel anxious, there's got to be someone in there somehow watching me...

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What about the Sopranos the best I’ve seen!

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I replaced my computer monitor some months ago with a huge one (not nearly as big as your tv) and that was a huge mistake. Fortunately I was able to send it back and get a replacement. My tv itself seemed big when I got it but it's small by today's standards. But I don't like the glare of big screens, and screen light makes me hyperalert and keeps me from sleeping.

Sid Caesar was an original genius. You're right, those sketches with a few exceptions are just as funny today. I remember Milton Berle, Jack Benny, George and Gracie. They hadn't figured out what to do the TV yet so they treated it like vaudeville. But none were as brilliant as Caesar.

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How much does something like this cost? I have no idea.

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