Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 27, 2018

You’re behind the times, Frazz. It’s ALWAYS Christmas on the Hallmark Channel. I never watch it, but my wife loves it.

In the movie, The Kid, with Bruce Willis he comes forward in time Andrew complains that there are 90 channels and still nothing on. Now it’s 500…

Why is this surprising? When I was 14 I had 8 TVs. (My parents had two)

My mom’s tvs are all stuck on QVC, or at least it’s usually on that channel whenever I visit.

And me without a TV. Internet has a far better selection

Hey! Hallmark has good movies—-I know many people who say they have family members who like them!

I cut the cable and went with an antenna. 48 channels is more than enough for me. Saving a lot of money.

As if that trite sludge on Hallmark is worth 2 hours of your life

HM channel is the world’s escape from what is. The scripts are idealistic, and the ads are garish, but there are worse choices.

It seems to me that people are getting rid of TVs. EVERYBODY used to have a TV. Now, it’s become common for people to not have one.

Better the fake romances of the Hallmark channel than the stuff FOX Propaganda serves up.

i’m the slime oozin’ out …

Anybody remember when the only channel was 3 hours a night with Milton Berle?

I wonder how many Lacey Chabert movies will be on.

(trash)?

I haven’t bothered to count how many channels I can get; I watch two the most.

I’m proud to admit that, as a male, I love the fluff of the Hallmark Christmas movies. G-rated and a nice escape from the violence, hate, and grit of the other shows…and the news!

It’s a trite saying among all creative types, but for every artist there’s an audience.

Nothing says “Fourth Grade appropriate” like Pink Floyd’s The Wall.

Television has turned into niche narrowcasting with over 50% of it “Reality” programming. The Boss is still correct, it’s just become 257 channels and there is still nothing on if you don’t know where and when to look.

Hallmark movies: watch them for the scenery!

My sister loves that channel and leaves her TV on for her dog, so when I go over to walk her dog I stay a while to keep the dog company. It is always some sappy sci-fi movie about happy endings and true love – UGHH!

Something tells me that all 57 TVs are tuned to Faux News. Frankly, I’ve never understood why anyone keeps a TV tuned to any news channel all day long.

At least it’s nice to see something even if predictable, where there are no car chases, gawd awful robots/transformers, bloody murders, etc. for a change. The scenery and cinematography is beautiful. So what do we have? 500 channels and nothing to watch. Fortunately we have tennis and football. Also Gussie likes to sit on my lap to snooze through anything…=^..^=

Pink Floyd or no Pink Floyd, I don’t get the “13 channels” reference. My TV dial went from 2-13 (that’s 12 slots) but only seven (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 here in L.A.) had broadcasting. Even if you include the 2-3 UHF stations you’re still not at 13.

Frazz’s comment can be interpreted to mean that because Hallmark movie season is coming, it is too bad she will miss it because her grandparents’ TVs are all on the same channel that is not Hallmark. At least that is how I read it.

But really, why does she care? Most kids are glued to their various electronic devices, I’m surprised she even noticed.

Why would anyone want to watch “Lawrence of Arabia” or even “B;lade Runner” on a phone or a tablet? I know younger people do, but I can’t understand the willing surrender of the grandeur and pleasure a large screen and home theater sound add. And 3-D when present!

Normally I like the Frazz kids. This brat whining about her grandparents is getting on my nerves. Maybe because I can relate too much.

Frazz17 hrs ·

And when I was growing up outside not so big Big Rapids, Michigan, pre-The Wall, we only got three channels of shit to choose from, and that was on a good day AND if somebody didn’t mind holding onto, and being an extension of, the antenna.

Today, with streaming options for viewers and a whole lot more networks competing, some even with an actual appetite for innovation, there is actually some very, very good stuff on television. Or stuff that can be played on something that looks a lot like a television. But that doesn’t seem to be what the vast bulk of people are watching.

Look up Weird Al Yankovic’s “Can’t Watch This” (parody of MC Hammer’s Can’t Touch This)