Yes to this Laura. After childhood, TV was not a part of my busy life in work and play, then some with sit-coms- Happy Days, Friends on reruns later, Seinfield...Casablanca was my favorite movie, I played the VHS so much it wore out, then post VCR days bought the CD which also wore out. My TV was a 13 inch with built in VCR, I taped Oprah while at work. In September 1999 I joined a fitness center owned by two for profit hospitals- state of the art and outpaitent cardiac and stroke patients came there. I got hooked on a new soap, neve had watched them, to stay on the treadmill an hour since I typically had a 70-80 year old bypass patient on the one next to me. Inspiration. After 7 years Passion was cancelled but several actors were picked up by Days of our Lives- yep, I have watched that daily, M-F since 2008. I got Netflix in fall 2020 when friends convinced me it was NOT a cable channel, and no, I did not need a TV- I gave away mine on March 31, 2017 when I moved into my apartment and learned a Netflix, and later, Peacock subscription grants me ample viewing time away from my ayurveda studies. I recently watched 21 episodes of Hell's Kitchen disgusted at the horrible attitudes of most of the chef contestants and their host- there is a story in there waiting for me to write. More later, love this!
I have so many questions about all of this, Jann! So fun to get this little peek into your psyche and am kind of dying to know more about what you loved about DOOL and Casablanca-- but at least I'll get to read about Hell's Kitchen when that one comes out! 😂 Also makes me think about what TV I watched when I was a kid-- much more limited then, but I loved the afternoon reruns of "Love Connection" (such a ridiculous show, but I loved the psychology of it!) and the Cosby Show. I'll have to do some reflection about that, too. Appreciate you so much!
Growing up TV had limited hours, 3 channels and all black and white, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room, cartoons were more than enough since outside play in the packed with children alley was the place to be. Then came Sky King with his niece Penny, Silver the horse, then Amos and Andy, Leave it to Beaver..... Casablanca drew me in to its 1942 B/W movie wirh Bogart and Bergman- love, war- heroes.... a great historical movie, no nudity, no swearing, well dressed folks living real lives....DOOL is escape- I have a problem that soaps NEVER have pets in them, that is not realistic, some characters are dressed for a date night out on a work day, or casual nothing day....secretly, I wanted to be a regular walk in on a day time soap, maybe a server at the cafe was an occasional line. A green apron, maybe purple. However, few know that since age 30 something I was sure I would write a romance novel, I even asked ym cousin if i could use her name, the one she kept after her second divorce- she still has it all these years later- I won't share it here since IF I pen that novel, the name will be my pen name and will sell a romance novel faster than my own name.🤣🤣
Jann, this is fantastic. I had no idea! So fun to imagine you in that apron on a show. You’d be a favorite for sure. And I’m counting on you to sign that novel for me when you get it written…
I absolutely love this concept! It resonates so deeply with me. I have been watching a lot of 50's post war movies as a way to see how to maneuver better in the midst of fascism. The third man, the stranger are a few of these examples (mostly because a young Orson Wells just does it for me haha) in order to see how to weed out fascists from our midst. And I am gravitating more towards these older movies because of black and white, the shots are longer, the plots are slower and the action is less explosions in your face; a simple way to circumvent the social media effect of short scenes, grab your attention with loudness and brightness and colors.
Thanks so much for this, Niarah-- I get so much pleasure and insight out of learning about what other people are engaging with. Love the idea of those 50's post-war movies-- and really feeling what you're saying about the different pace of the cinematography. Brilliant!
Yes to this Laura. After childhood, TV was not a part of my busy life in work and play, then some with sit-coms- Happy Days, Friends on reruns later, Seinfield...Casablanca was my favorite movie, I played the VHS so much it wore out, then post VCR days bought the CD which also wore out. My TV was a 13 inch with built in VCR, I taped Oprah while at work. In September 1999 I joined a fitness center owned by two for profit hospitals- state of the art and outpaitent cardiac and stroke patients came there. I got hooked on a new soap, neve had watched them, to stay on the treadmill an hour since I typically had a 70-80 year old bypass patient on the one next to me. Inspiration. After 7 years Passion was cancelled but several actors were picked up by Days of our Lives- yep, I have watched that daily, M-F since 2008. I got Netflix in fall 2020 when friends convinced me it was NOT a cable channel, and no, I did not need a TV- I gave away mine on March 31, 2017 when I moved into my apartment and learned a Netflix, and later, Peacock subscription grants me ample viewing time away from my ayurveda studies. I recently watched 21 episodes of Hell's Kitchen disgusted at the horrible attitudes of most of the chef contestants and their host- there is a story in there waiting for me to write. More later, love this!
I have so many questions about all of this, Jann! So fun to get this little peek into your psyche and am kind of dying to know more about what you loved about DOOL and Casablanca-- but at least I'll get to read about Hell's Kitchen when that one comes out! 😂 Also makes me think about what TV I watched when I was a kid-- much more limited then, but I loved the afternoon reruns of "Love Connection" (such a ridiculous show, but I loved the psychology of it!) and the Cosby Show. I'll have to do some reflection about that, too. Appreciate you so much!
Growing up TV had limited hours, 3 channels and all black and white, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room, cartoons were more than enough since outside play in the packed with children alley was the place to be. Then came Sky King with his niece Penny, Silver the horse, then Amos and Andy, Leave it to Beaver..... Casablanca drew me in to its 1942 B/W movie wirh Bogart and Bergman- love, war- heroes.... a great historical movie, no nudity, no swearing, well dressed folks living real lives....DOOL is escape- I have a problem that soaps NEVER have pets in them, that is not realistic, some characters are dressed for a date night out on a work day, or casual nothing day....secretly, I wanted to be a regular walk in on a day time soap, maybe a server at the cafe was an occasional line. A green apron, maybe purple. However, few know that since age 30 something I was sure I would write a romance novel, I even asked ym cousin if i could use her name, the one she kept after her second divorce- she still has it all these years later- I won't share it here since IF I pen that novel, the name will be my pen name and will sell a romance novel faster than my own name.🤣🤣
Jann, this is fantastic. I had no idea! So fun to imagine you in that apron on a show. You’d be a favorite for sure. And I’m counting on you to sign that novel for me when you get it written…
I absolutely love this concept! It resonates so deeply with me. I have been watching a lot of 50's post war movies as a way to see how to maneuver better in the midst of fascism. The third man, the stranger are a few of these examples (mostly because a young Orson Wells just does it for me haha) in order to see how to weed out fascists from our midst. And I am gravitating more towards these older movies because of black and white, the shots are longer, the plots are slower and the action is less explosions in your face; a simple way to circumvent the social media effect of short scenes, grab your attention with loudness and brightness and colors.
Thanks so much for this, Niarah-- I get so much pleasure and insight out of learning about what other people are engaging with. Love the idea of those 50's post-war movies-- and really feeling what you're saying about the different pace of the cinematography. Brilliant!