tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post1268228544254976969..comments2024-01-08T13:44:54.771-08:00Comments on Dizgraceland: The usual channelsTimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-52678532804786636332010-01-25T13:04:13.430-08:002010-01-25T13:04:13.430-08:00R. We had B&W televisions for as long as I cou...R. We had B&W televisions for as long as I could remember. I didn't realize the Wizard of Oz had a scene where it went from black and white to full color until just recently. <br /><br />Deb,<br /><br />I agree that HBO and Showtime offer up some great series. I love Entourage and Dexter. How can you go wrong with a romantic comedy/drama about a serial killer? And lately I've discovered another great program on semi-mainstream television -- Men of a certain age. But then again maybe I like it because I am a man of a certain age.Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-91568415838895812922010-01-24T11:47:52.278-08:002010-01-24T11:47:52.278-08:00Being in that 'over-40' group, I can appre...Being in that 'over-40' group, I can appreciate the cultural references. Though I haven't thought about the test pattern in years! <br /><br />It seems that quantity has outweighed quality - although, many of the HBO and Showtime series bring a wealth of talented writing and acting.JP/debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588554280207421724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-84090424510745062202010-01-23T15:31:12.113-08:002010-01-23T15:31:12.113-08:00Oh man. That test pattern is old-school. The test ...Oh man. That test pattern is old-school. The test pattern I grew up with consisted of color bars with the beeeeeeeeee noise. <br /><br />I remember using the volume knob on the television to make "music" of sorts. You could do all kinds of rhythmic things - plus if you turned it up really loud you could get it to distort and make some funky sounding harmonics.<br /><br />Of course I got my ass chewed out for making so much noise at 4:30 AM on a Saturday. <br /><br />My parents should have cut me some slack however. What else is a kid going to do while waiting for cartoons to come on at 6:00 AM?R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03774469060066226829noreply@blogger.com