Dag...I don't think I met anyone who had it till, say, 1980. I still remember my mind being blown that this guy my dad knew *played movies* in *his house*...I think he got indicted for fraud eventually(not for cable theft, but because things that later became known as the "subprime mortgage crisis" used to be known as "selling real estate in Arizona in the eighties") My dad can really pick an awesome mentor, huh? But he had the Chris Reeve Superman in his house.
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erikaj - Aug 24, 2010 6:53:49 am PDT #10880 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
DavidS - Aug 24, 2010 7:00:52 am PDT #10881 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dag...I don't think I met anyone who had it till, say, 1980.
Ditto. I think I remember being conscious of it in the late seventies because of major boxing matches, but in my mind it's an 80s thing. I'm just boggled that they had the financing to survive for so long before they took off.
I'd be interested in a history of HBO, particularly the era when they went to the challenging shows starting with Oz. They really reinvented TV with that stretch: Oz, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Deadwood, Rome, Sex in the City. But I don't really know who was responsible for that or HBO's process.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2010 7:12:17 am PDT #10882 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Somebody should write a book about that...I'd totally read it.
Daisy Jane - Aug 24, 2010 7:16:23 am PDT #10883 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
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Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2010 7:16:31 am PDT #10884 of 30000
hwæt
We had HBO in the 1970s. They would only be on for half a day, coming online in the afternoon.
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2010 7:39:33 am PDT #10885 of 30000
hwæt
erikaj - Aug 24, 2010 8:08:04 am PDT #10886 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I remember when Nickelodeon and A&E shared a channel. Only because it was a weird transition from "Kid getting slimed" to "Whoa, opera singers," I feel you on apps as movies, Scola. ugh.
le nubian - Aug 24, 2010 8:28:14 am PDT #10887 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom,
that ain't right.
JZ - Aug 24, 2010 9:16:30 am PDT #10888 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm sorry, I've used up all my shitty-movie-project outrage over the news that Mister Popper's Penguins is underway, starring Jim Carrey as a high-powered executive. I bet the penguins teach him Important Lessons, dammit.
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2010 9:17:25 am PDT #10889 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
At least Jim Carrey is not one of the penguins....