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First, most people aren’t going to do that. Second, there’s a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.

Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like ‘Dallas’ and miniseries like “Roots” and ‘Sho-Gun’ that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.

Hey, kid, while you’re getting Harry Potter, why don’t ya try some cigarettes and beer?

There was one guy who you knew it was a hobby. Milktoast looking fellow who’d sell them on the ferry. Probably the best way he could find to interact with people.

Does anyone remember the Boot-Leg DVD Man? The neighborhood stalwart who peddled the latest movies from the back of his car?

At this point, the world is so fragmented that you can put anything, no matter how absurd, out there and claim that it’s “the latest thing.”

Gene Hackman had already won an Oscar when he agreed to play Luthor. He thought it would be an easy payday without a lot of work required.

The first day of filming was Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Reeve walks in wearing the suit and Hackman realizes that he’s going to have to work hard to keep up with this unknown.

The 'Lost In Space" reboot was amazing. They took everything that was dumb in the original show and made it smart. Then they took the one really good thing [Dr. Smith] and made them fantastic.

lol! I stole my father’s straight razor and used it for a while. I never learned how to keep it sharp, so I abandoned it for plastic ones. Currently using an old fashioned, double edged safety razor. The best option imho.

Back in the day, men who shaved would use a cutthroat razor that would last for decades. Eventually, a capitalist started giving safety razors away for free, knowing folks would end up paying much more in the long run when they brought new blades year after year…

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