PBS (Public Broadcasting System) was my first favorite channel on tv. For my generation it was for most of us. Thats the channel Sesame Street was on! Also the Electric Company and Romper Room which Im pretty sure no longer air.
Then the yeaes go by. I get hooked into cartoons, then Disney, then comic books, then movies, then video games, and then one day the epic of all epics, the R rated movie with abare bosums.
Now im 53 and find fiction to be less and less compelling. Watching the recent remake of the Stephen Kings "IT part 1" im laughing my balls off as others are terrified. I walk right out of the theater during "The Woman King" because the true story was diluted with Hollywoods glamorous filter, and become disinterested now in things that used to excite me (Star Wars/Trek, Horror, tv series that fall apart after the first season like Ozark). There are some exceptions.
Now im excited about true stories, and documentaries. Even some fiction if its grounded into reality, and can appreciate now a production with a touch of class. A stage play. Where better to go than to PBS. Ive come full circle.
Just downloaded the PBS app and made a $60 donation for a years viewing. Going to watch John Denvers Rocky Mountain High concert from 1974. Dont laugh younguns cause years from now youll be watching an old Dave Matthews concert, and appreciate it more than when it first came out.
Then the yeaes go by. I get hooked into cartoons, then Disney, then comic books, then movies, then video games, and then one day the epic of all epics, the R rated movie with abare bosums.
Now im 53 and find fiction to be less and less compelling. Watching the recent remake of the Stephen Kings "IT part 1" im laughing my balls off as others are terrified. I walk right out of the theater during "The Woman King" because the true story was diluted with Hollywoods glamorous filter, and become disinterested now in things that used to excite me (Star Wars/Trek, Horror, tv series that fall apart after the first season like Ozark). There are some exceptions.
Now im excited about true stories, and documentaries. Even some fiction if its grounded into reality, and can appreciate now a production with a touch of class. A stage play. Where better to go than to PBS. Ive come full circle.
Just downloaded the PBS app and made a $60 donation for a years viewing. Going to watch John Denvers Rocky Mountain High concert from 1974. Dont laugh younguns cause years from now youll be watching an old Dave Matthews concert, and appreciate it more than when it first came out.