I spent my time drinking and staring at a television in the airport bar. More death and destruction. Crime. Pollution. All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.
John Twelve HawksTags: commercial news television tv consumer
A lot of people say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. I don't think there's a fine line, I actually think there's a yawning gulf. You see some poor bugger scuffling up the road with balloons tied to his ears, he's not going home to invent a rocket, is he?
Bill BaileyTags: humour 1998 tv comedian is-it-bill-bailey
I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.
Craig FergusonTags: actors actresses tv puppets talk-show-host
Much of television has been homogenized in the desire to avoid annoying or upsetting people.
Craig FergusonTags: tv
You can never talk religion on network TV. It makes too many people angry. You can talk about sex.
Craig FergusonTags: sex religion censorship comedy tv
There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.
Craig FergusonTags: suits tv commercialism talk-show-host
Look, there is nothing you can say about this show that I don't already know
Craig FergusonTags: self-awareness tv
At CBS, I’m in your house. I’m mindful of that. When I do standup, you’re in my home and I can say what I want to.
Craig FergusonTags: censorship comedy tv self-censorship
I'm so not interesting in having to try and make something out of foil."
What, you didn't like the poncho with wraparound leggings?"
It was beyond hideou- wait a minute. You watch that show?"
My mom loves it."
But your suppose to be sulking in the basement getting ready to light fires."
What can I say? I'm a failure as a teenager. I watch TV with my mom.
Tags: humor fashion tv parensts
The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.
Ray BradburyTags: media tv mass-media commercials
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