Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!
This week we’re stealing from Christina at Call Me Patsy. Back in 2008, she said this was the TV meme “that everyone has been doing.” Well, we don’t like to be left out.
Sunday Stealing Tunes In
1. Name a TV show you’ve seen every episode of.
For sure, The Dick Van Dyke Show; I watched the five seasons on DVD with my daughter. Probably I Love Lucy; ditto. The Twilight Zone, which I have on DVD. MASH.
2. On which device do you do most of your viewing (television, tablet, computer, phone)?
I have never been on the phone. A CBS Mornings anchor said they were watching MOVIES on the phone, and I shuddered. I have no tablet. The only time I’ve used the computer is when my wife wanted to watch TV. So television by a vast margin.
3. Name an actor/actress who would make you less likely to watch a show.
Can’t think of one.
I watched a LOT of TV.
4. When you were a kid, what show did you love?
There was a wide range of programs: Wonderful World of Disney, Andy Griffith Show, JEOPARDY, Password, The Defenders, Perry Mason, Ed Sullivan, Top Cat, The Smothers Brothers, The Wild Wild West, the aforementioned Twilight Zone, and the Dick Van Dyke Show.
5. What show do you recommend everyone watch?
I don’t. But I’ve long been fond of CBS Sunday Morning, a magazine of the air, since it premiered in 1979. Since I learned to use the VHS recorder, I generally record it to watch later.
6. What shows do your friends like, but you don’t?
I don’t really talk to my friends about their TV viewing habits. That said, it would probably be something in the horror genre.
7. When you watch TV, do you also busy yourself with something else (jigsaw puzzle, folding laundry, etc.)?
Not usually.
8. Do you eat a meal or snack while watching TV?
Maybe popcorn.
I love the word “genre”
9. What’s your preferred genre (comedy, drama, reality, etc.)?
Probably drama.
10. Do you prefer mini series (shows that tell their stories in a pre-determined number of episodes) or shows that come back season after season?
There are SO many shows that I have seen zero or one episode of that are on streaming services: Severance, Man On The Inside, The Morning Show, The Pitt, The Studio, English Teacher, Shrinking, Dying for Sex, Your Friends and Neighbors, and Hacks. I might like most of them, but I have no idea whether they’re ongoing or limited series.
Ten years ago, I read that there are more television episodes, excluding news, sports, and reruns, every day than hours in the day.