rave, I was watching TV at that time. I made the conscious decision that I wasn't going to join the circus. Can't remember what I was watching at the time, but it just didn't matter to me.
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I watched (as did the majority of the television watching public at that > hour - you know who you are) and the whole undertaking was so bland and > innocuous that I am amazed at all the reprobation the enterprise has > engendered. From all the strum and drang, you would think this was the end > of civilization as we know it. > > And that might not be a bad thing. > > ~(no)rave! > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > > > No problem with it either, rave. Just glad that I didn't watch. > > > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > As I've stated previously, I find it both interesting and disheartening > > > that people are okay when corporations (the NBA, the New York Athletic > Club, > > > the Kentucky Derby) put on one of these bloated hour-long programs with > two > > > minutes of content but are aghast when an individual does it. Like the > > > police officer in "Malcolm X" most folks seem to think, "That is too > much > > > power for one black man to have!" > > > > > > I am not displeased that Mr. James' asserted his "manhood right" to > apply > > > his trade where ever he wants to. > > > > > > ~rave! > > > > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com><scifinoir2% > 40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > > > > Baxter <martinbaxter7@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The across-the-board reaction I'm hearing in this is that, in the > public > > > > eye, LeBron had lost a lots of fans over this. And not because he > left > > > > Cleveland. I've heard that event described, most charitably, as an > > > > "infomercial". Doesn't bother me only because I watch so few NBA > games (a > > > > grand total of six this past season, counting the playoffs). > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/09/lebron-james-the-decision-is-top-rated-tv-show-on-thursday/56595 > > > > > > > > > > Thursday night's LeBron James "The Decision" on ESPN drew a 7.3 > > > household > > > > > rating in the preliminary overnight ratings. > > > > > Compare that to the top rated show on broadcast last night, a > repeat of > > > The > > > > > Mentalist on CBS, which drew a 6.0 household rating in the > preliminary > > > > > overnights. > > > > > Update: Here is ESPN's official press release. > > > > > A 7.3 is twice what an average NBA game ranks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > > > hell > > > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > hell > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
