And a laugh track and canned applause, which you will not hear on the color version of the end titles when MeTV runs the first two seasons.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 1:25 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > I know you're joking about your age, but the sponsor of "The Filntstones" > was Winston, not Kools. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SMyZMoFL8 > > (I have no idea what's up with the aspect ratio on this one, but it does > include the original closing credits, showing a flashing Winston billboard > on the road into Bedrock.) > > > On Mar 8, 2021, at 11:18 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:07 AM Melissa P <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Apologies for the spotty input -- because grad school was decades ago. >> >> That said, if I remember correctly, a semester class was split into two >> parts, one of them, the economics of advertising. >> >> Around the time that I was in school, the Federal Trade Commission was >> just beginning to lift bans in certain industries that had previously been >> prohibited from advertising on television. I remember long discussions in >> class about those industries and even wrote a term paper on one of them -- >> eyeglass advertising. The others I remember are the funeral industry, >> lawyers, and -- (and non-OTC) pharmaceuticals. >> >> The theory: more advertising = more competition = lower prices (and more >> and better information) for consumers. >> >> By now, I'm sure there's a ton of data and conclusions about how >> effective lifting the bans has been. Benefits outweigh costs? Prices? I >> haven't a clue because I haven't looked at the papers/studies. One effect >> is most certainly the case: advertising by the legal profession has made >> it possible for an oversupply of lawyers to find employment. >> >> Pharmaceuticals? Lower prices? Better health? Better informed >> consumers? I don't know, but the literature is undoubtedly out there. >> >> Just thought I'd post because it seems that a lot of people don't >> remember a time when morticians, optometrists, lawyers, and drug companies >> didn't advertise on TV. >> > > I’m just old enough to remember Fred and Barney pausing from their antics > in Bedrock to smoke some smooth, refreshing Kool cigarettes. > > >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:50 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know of at least two people who stayed up until 2am to watch it live >>> on some kind of dodgy stream somewhere. And yes, there were a lot of >>> comments on the volume of advertising the interview had. I don't know if it >>> was more than the usual 19-20 mins per hour, but that is higher than we get >>> in the UK where we were, until recently, regulated by the EU and still have >>> limits on the number of breaks (two mid-breaks in a one hour show, one >>> break in a half-hour), and the number of ads. >>> >>> But literally every person I talk to who's been to the US for vacation >>> or business will mention the pharmaceutical ads. It's worth noting that >>> this has been (at least until very recently - I believe Canada might now >>> allow them) an almost uniquely American thing. In the UK and EU, you only >>> see drug adverts for over the counter drugs. There's no "Ask your doctor" >>> advertising. There's also much hilarity at the nature of the ads - 30 >>> seconds of benefits/ 30 seconds of hideous side effects. I believe that >>> this type of advertising was only also legal in New Zealand. So yes - it's >>> about as strange to us as seeing cigarette advertising on TV. >>> >>> Of course, European health services are very different. In the UK, most >>> people are treated under the NHS and you basically don't get a choice about >>> drug treatment. Not every drug is even available - there are committees >>> that determine which drugs the NHS will make available. (So yes, really >>> expensive cancer drugs sometimes aren't available). And while some do have >>> private healthcare, it probably doesn't really allow for the kind of >>> drug-picking these ads are hypothesised on. Private healthcare is really to >>> make sure you don't have to wait for surgeries etc. It's probably not going >>> to cover you for an expensive cocktail of drugs otherwise unavailable on >>> the NHS. >>> >>> The interview is airing in the UK tonight on ITV, although obviously it >>> has already been fully gutted by all the news programmes this morning. >>> Personally I'm getting more - small r- republican as the days go by. The >>> Royal Family needs to radically modernise or ship out. >>> >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 3:16 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am not in the target demo to watch an interview of Oprah interviewing >>>> “Royals” (though the headline that they allege that someone at the palace >>>> was worried their kids skin would be too dark sounds about right). >>>> >>>> I did find this Twitter thread interesting, in which Brits who were >>>> able to watch the American broadcast of the interview are obsessed with how >>>> many commercials Americans are exposed to for drugs. It is a reminder that >>>> healthcare does not have to be a business. Would be nice to put more >>>> restrictions again on direct-to-consumer advertising in the US. >>>> >>>> Also, I thought Oprah had a relationship with ABC, but it looks like >>>> this interview was in CBS? >>>> >>>> https://twitter.com/ayeshaasiddiqi/status/1368901637604007939?s=21 >>>> -- >>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLU_ug38DOpU4%2B55BaNC_aFODog6AcUz3fqc-BC_B9ZnQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLU_ug38DOpU4%2B55BaNC_aFODog6AcUz3fqc-BC_B9ZnQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDr4hLEEa87ma1bhK6%3Dsy5F_ZeO9G0M_oG36oJ7V8FZhw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDr4hLEEa87ma1bhK6%3Dsy5F_ZeO9G0M_oG36oJ7V8FZhw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPw-5ONQuS66DDs-EN3qV43zMJ%3DtXXLmwny1M63fNahpTQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPw-5ONQuS66DDs-EN3qV43zMJ%3DtXXLmwny1M63fNahpTQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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