In a listing of worthwhile TV ( and I'd include most of your list , wow) I can't, in good conscience, leave these omitted:
"The X-Files" (even though the station is owned by Rupert bleepin' Murdoch!)
"NYPD Blue"
"M.A.S.H."
The traditional annual showing of "The Wizard of Oz" when I was growing up.
"The Dick Van Dyke Show"
"The Carol Burnett Show" (her original variety hour with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway)
Ken Burns' "The Civil War," "Baseball," and "Jazz"
the
original "Saturday Night Live"
"The Honeymooners" and "The Jackie Gleason Show"
"I Love Lucy"
"Kaptain Kangaroo"
Some fine telemovies like "Brian's Song" and the recently remarkable "Life With Judy Garland"
"Miami Vice"
"The Andy Griffith Show"
The History Channel, The Learning Channel, Discovery
"Candid Camera"
"The Cosby Show"
And any post-season baseball featuring the Team of the Century
NEW YORK YANKEES! ...
especially that tantalizing one-game playoff in '78! [ducking for cover from all Red Sox fans emoticon]
And lots of other shows that deserve a mention I'm forgetting here...
I've tried to shut it off...I can't! I begin to feel too disconnected. And, at the very least, I need my baseball fix.
So I guess I'm just a child of the tube, a naturalist at heart hopelessly wired...now where's that remote???
