Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it.
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Already in our culture telethons are beginning to wear out a little bit simply because we do have so many of them,
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The genius of Nickelodeon is that they figured a couple things out, ... They knew that especially among the very young, it was the parent that chose to turn on the TV, so Nickelodeon came up with a program that would appeal to their targets and the parents. They had shows that were cool enough that even the older sibling would watch.
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I think the American culture right now is in a state where we have an unlimited appetite for irony. The great thing about a weird pageant is, if you don't win, is that really a bad thing?
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I think the '70s was the last pure decade. Once you're in the '80s, you're in the post-modern era,
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The peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich is part of the whole Elvis mystique. He wasn't only the king, he was one of us.
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If you're a U.S. senator and your sex tape is leaked, it could end your career. If you're Paris Hilton, it makes your career.
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For all the enormous social and cultural upheaval and change and revolution which we've all come to know as cliched definitions of the '60s, prime-time television in this country managed to almost completely ignore it,
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It's awesome that the controls we have in place to flag suspicious cases actually worked.
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The fact these shows are airing while hurricane season is still going on seems insensitive, but on another level it's what gives them juice,
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It's so dense. There are so many mysteries going on. It's the perfect show for internet speculating.
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People are ceasing to believe those things for which we have empirical evidence. That creates a vacuum into which psychics can flow.