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Monday, October 10, 2005
Television is da bomb
Television was invented back in 1907 by Brian, Bob and Charlie Heightevee. They named the first TV channel after themselves: BBC 1. The technology was brand new and rather basic, and so programmes were broadcast in mono-colour. This made following the on-screen action rather difficult and was akin to looking at a little square of colour whilst listening to the radio. Even so, it proved wildy successful and, a few years later, bi-colour broadcasting was introduced, the famous 'blacken white'. People loved it, and spent up to 20 minutes a week watching their favourite shows such as 'CSI Suffolk', 'The A Factor' and 'Mr & Mrs Simpsons'.
Then in 1997, full colour was unleashed on the world and the reaction was incredible: kids hooked up their games consoles and played fighting games on big screens; movie lovers plugged in their DVD players and could watch films in stunning colour; babies sat slumped in front of the screen watching adults in colourful outfits singing funny songs. It was official: TV was fantastic and everyone loved it. In just 3 months, every single person in the world had at least 2 TVs, and spent almost 75% of their days watching it.
Some say it's bad for you, and I agree. Reading is better, going outside is better, talking to people is better. In fact, pretty much everything is better. But what can be better than watching TV?
This weekend I watched 'The Secret History of Drawing'... for a while but it was too clever for me, so I watched 'The X Factor' instead. And I watched the 'Heaven & Earth Show' followed by 'Countryfile', perfect Sunday morning viewing. And I watched 'School of Rock' on video, which is a fun film. I watched loads of other stuff too, but that was just to fill the gaps between these shows. I love watching TV and rotting my brain, it's just so good! Thank god for Brian, Bob and Charlie.
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