Biography

Nickolodeon, the cable network for kids, started out showing uplifting stuff---documentaries about children who were concert violinists, ballerinas and so forth.

Then they did a study and learned that this depressed children in the audience. Made them feel like losers.

I sort of feel that way now. I'm sitting here watching Biography.

"You rich bastard!" I tell the TV.

They always want us to feel bad about the stars' eventual sad decline.

Nickelodeon changed----started showing the kind of stuff they have on there now, and the kids in the audience feel much better about themselves.

Reminds me of what Bob Denver said about Gilligan's Island. They started out trying to figure out a plausible reason why they brought so much stuff on a three hour tour, and they finally gave up. They decided they would let the kids watching be smarter than the show.

Think about that next time you hear someone complain about the stupid crap on TV.