Proceeds went to charity....fyi.. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > 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 > > -- READ MY BLOG http://clockchronicles.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
