Tag Archives: Television

Looking Back: Matinee at the Bijou

One of the best things about Saturday afternoons* for a couple of blissful years in the early ’80s was the PBS series Matinee at the Bijou, which in my neck of the woods aired on NJN. A cartoon or two, … Continue reading

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Inspiration Index 8: Happy Accidents, Part 2

One side effect of the portable MP3 player: I don’t spend nearly as much time as I used to watching television with the sound turned all the way down and the stereo on. It’s a shame, really, because you can … Continue reading

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Citizenship 101 (or, Are You Smarter Than An Immigrant?)

So much for “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader.” One game show I’d actually tune in to see would be “Are You Smarter Than An Immigrant?” Here’s why: immigrant bashing has never, unfortunately, gone out of style in this … Continue reading

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