Instead of doing anything when there’s “nothing on”, I’ll sit there and flip through the channels looking, hoping, there’s something better on the next one . . . there never is. That’s the definition of crazy: keep doing the same thing and expec a different result. Oh well.
Bet you can’t name one made up “fact”. I used to feel the same as you until challenged by a friend to watch and get all my TV news for a month from that source. Now I understand why they are the highest rated cable news channel in the country. I don’t always agree with the commentators (different from the news programs), but had to admit that there was less bias than on such as MSNBC, et. al. Fox has more liberal contributors than the conservative contributors on all the other cable and networks combined. I like to hear both sides and make up my own mind.
A complete forfeiture of experience, extend the passivity to my entire being. these are the kind of statements that make Watterson the best . (In my opinion)
I ended TV service in 2005 and haven’t missed the hours of “dull” and ads since. Anything I really want to see ends up on Youtube or iTunes, or on DVD from Netflix, all of which are far less expensive than cable. I own 2 TVs, but they’re really for computer games or movies and TV programs minus the annoying advertising.
“How Venus Came to Be the Way it Is” by Calvin. Susie gives her half of the report by telling about the runaway greenhouse effect of its atmosphere, and how the surface seems to lack plate tectonics as we understand them on Earth; rather, it is randomly peppered with over 900 impact craters. Calvin: “Aw, those are all special effects by the Venusians to prevent invasion by alien races, such as us Earthlings (to them). The End.”
margueritem almost 13 years ago
I believe they shut down long ago…
rentier almost 13 years ago
I always start to sleep, looking TV.
rshive almost 13 years ago
All those exploding things don’t catch Calvin’sattention?
Makso almost 13 years ago
Calvin desperately needs more homework and house chores.
bluram almost 13 years ago
Ah! A future Congressperson in the making.
tirnaaisling almost 13 years ago
The art of transcendental meditation.
mkd_1218 almost 13 years ago
I’m with you, Hobbs!
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
You weren’t much better when you were ert, Calvin.
thirdguy almost 13 years ago
Calvin is way ahead of his time. It usually takes 3 or 4 beers to start looking like that!
tripwire45 almost 13 years ago
This is kids in the world of digital entertainment today, right?
finkd almost 13 years ago
I’m surprised that Calvin even knows the WORDS “neural transmitters”, much less what they are and what they do.
rpmurray almost 13 years ago
Looks like Calvin is putting in the early training necessary to get through the election.
milano99 almost 13 years ago
He wouldn’t need to go to all that effort if he would just turn on a reality TV show.
cargilekm almost 13 years ago
a true fnc devotee in the making.
Phapada almost 13 years ago
jonathan.james almost 13 years ago
Instead of doing anything when there’s “nothing on”, I’ll sit there and flip through the channels looking, hoping, there’s something better on the next one . . . there never is. That’s the definition of crazy: keep doing the same thing and expec a different result. Oh well.
DavidGBA almost 13 years ago
If I didn’t know my neurons were shutting down, I could almost swear that I hear them! Wait, it takes some to watch and listen!
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
It sounds like a vast wasteland to me!
dahawk almost 13 years ago
Bet you can’t name one made up “fact”. I used to feel the same as you until challenged by a friend to watch and get all my TV news for a month from that source. Now I understand why they are the highest rated cable news channel in the country. I don’t always agree with the commentators (different from the news programs), but had to admit that there was less bias than on such as MSNBC, et. al. Fox has more liberal contributors than the conservative contributors on all the other cable and networks combined. I like to hear both sides and make up my own mind.
kbyrdleroy123 almost 13 years ago
That’s what TV does to you.
Vinobbes almost 13 years ago
k-la almost 13 years ago
Only you!
bmonk almost 13 years ago
Calvin is going for the full immersion deal!
Spyderred almost 13 years ago
I ended TV service in 2005 and haven’t missed the hours of “dull” and ads since. Anything I really want to see ends up on Youtube or iTunes, or on DVD from Netflix, all of which are far less expensive than cable. I own 2 TVs, but they’re really for computer games or movies and TV programs minus the annoying advertising.
khpage almost 13 years ago
Hobbes’ comment absolutely hilarious, particularly in light of the fact that the tv’s volume appears to be up all the way….
khpage almost 13 years ago
You get the Zen state of Calvin when watching soccer or golf. They’re like watching paint dry….
vibjyor almost 13 years ago
The most positive use of TV !
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
that’s how I was watching 2 Broke Girls the other night.
DerkinsVanPelt218 almost 13 years ago
I’ve fallen asleep to Gilligan’s Island before. I didn’t quite look like Calvin does here, though.
JerryTheK almost 13 years ago
Try 90’s TV
burleigh2 almost 13 years ago
…he thinks his neural transmitters are shutting down and he’s still talking? Now THAT takes talent!! ;-)
Gretchen's Mom almost 13 years ago
“Neural transmitters shutting down” . . . a prime example of what happens when parents let a television “babysit” their kids all the time!
peachyanddanny almost 13 years ago
All turned into Ron Raygun.
rgcviper almost 13 years ago
That’s a heck of a lot of work to end up doing absolutely nothing.
But, then again, I suppose that’s the exact point. Never mind.
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
Calvin must be watching sitcoms from the 1980s again.
Karaboo2 almost 13 years ago
Calvin you forgot the junk food and pop.
Rakkav almost 13 years ago
But how long will those faculties last, at the rate Calvin’s going?
Pygar almost 13 years ago
I’m picturing four of Calvin’s brain cells, all playing little tiny stringed instruments… “Nearer My God to Thee”…
khpage almost 13 years ago
Television = bubblegum for the mind….
fastlane_77 almost 13 years ago
he has a pretty advanced vocabulary for a six year old
rickray777 over 12 years ago
“How Venus Came to Be the Way it Is” by Calvin. Susie gives her half of the report by telling about the runaway greenhouse effect of its atmosphere, and how the surface seems to lack plate tectonics as we understand them on Earth; rather, it is randomly peppered with over 900 impact craters. Calvin: “Aw, those are all special effects by the Venusians to prevent invasion by alien races, such as us Earthlings (to them). The End.”