On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Beck has also been all over the map politically. He didn't seem to be > comfortable with Trump and threw all in behind Ted Cruz and he lost that > bet. He made a gesture towards black people. But that seemed like a > desperate attempt to pick up subscribers. I think like "Who Wants to be a > Millionaire" was with the general public, Beck is with libertarians and > conservatives. Wildly popular for a time, then people just tired of him. > The Millionaire analogy isn't bad, as it fell victim to constant/over exposure and multiple copycats. When I was a wee lad growing up in the untamed wilderness of Pomona, CA, we had a channel at the upper end of the dial (an actual dial)... channel 56. And on channel 56 was a human sideshow called Wally George. I'm sure Wally was not the first right wing lunatic to grace the UHF band, but he was ours, and watching him was comedy. Aside from (orchestrated) feuds with LA DJ Rick Dees, George received little to no attention outside of channel 56. His studio audience (mostly drunk/high college guys from UCI or CSF) treated the show like a wrestling match, hooting and hollering and getting tossed out by security. Eventually, Morton Downey, Jerry Springer, Bill O'Reilly's Inside Edition, and a phalanx of other white shouty guys proved to be Wally's downfall. When it is just one lone nut screaming on his soapbox, well that's that. But when there are thousands with torches and an ally in the Oval Office, it changes things. https://youtu.be/QcNyvCJJXFQ -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
