Television!

[NutmegCT]

(hmmm - who remembers Fred Allen's feuding partner?)

(or ... who remembers Fred Allen?!?)

 

[waltesefalcon]

Jack Benny. While they were before my time, I have an appreciation for thr classics.

 

[NutmegCT]

They were actually great friends - but the "feud" was good PR.

“Television permits people who haven't anything to do, to watch people who can't do anything.”
- Fred Allen

 

[JHaydon]

I thought the quote included "it is neither rare, nor well-done"?

And the modern take -- Reality TV isn't reality, it is fiction written by people who aren't writers and acted by people who aren't actors.

 

[mikephillips]

Like Jerry Springer when it was admitted all those he had on were actually hired and told what to argue over and fight about...