With a couple of exceptions you can count on one hand even if you used to work in a saw mill and cut off a few fingers, television really managed to not catch up until 1970.
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There simply are not a lot of really good movies that people were interested in. Every time a new element enters the field -- movies have to be better to attract people.Robert Thompson
Pure and simple, these things are promotional tools. They're more fun to consume than 30-second ads, but they're still advertising. If you can get people to go to a show like 'Lost' or 'The Office' every week, why not get them to participate at other times You exploit the existence of this universe you've created and squeeze out more audience participation.
Robert Thompson
We got a lot of kids in the neighborhood going up and down these streets and everything, so it's sad. For the family's sake, you just hope that they would get their daughter returned.
Robert Thompson
If you'd have told me 10 years ago that one of the biggest new phenomena of the 21st century was people playing cards, I would have said you were absolutely crazy.
Robert Thompson
Now when you see the promos for 'Category 7,' everybody knows what that title means, everyone knows what FEMA is.
Robert Thompson
Then, all of a sudden, it was big money. It went from small stakes to huge stakes, but at the same time, it was still very challenging.
Robert Thompson
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