Famous people Against TV

[TerryS]

Famous people Against TV

Jean, you had a post somewhere listing
celebrities who have come out against TV,
or at least watch it very minimally

There was Madonna, of course, and also
Tom Cruise.

Add to that...

Norman Mailer:

"Mr. Mailer makes an interesting case for
parents to stop using television as a baby
sitter. This is something I’ve advocated
for a long time. The article goes on to
say that he (Mr. Mailer) believes the
rise in the number of cases of ADD in
our youngsters today is partially due
to their constant interruption by
television commercials."

http://www.texasescapes.com/Peary-Perry ... vision.htm

and William Gibson:

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[jlotus]

What about Ralph Nader!
[quote]
“It Happened in the Kitchenâ€

[jlotus]

And Hunter S. Thompson

"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived
as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of
the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and
pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

[TerryS]

Oooh, that Hunter S. Thompson quote is right on the mark...

[TerryS]

I googled "doesn't own a television"
and a few more celebrities showed up.
The most frequently listed was of course Area Man

[TerryS]

Harold T. Webster - Cartoonist

"Cartoonist Harold T. Webster doesn't own a
television set, has never seen a Milton Berle
show, and would rather play bridge than watch
Faye Emerson, plunging neckline and all. Yet
his once-a-week cartoon, The Unseen Audience,
has made him one of the nation's best and
best-known critics of radio & television."

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... hix-sphere

[TerryS]

Perez Hilton - Pop Blogger

"He doesn't own a television, he says, and learns
about TV stars primarily via marketing posters and
YouTube clips. When he does end up in the VIP section
with a celebrity, "They usually pay," he says."

http://www.radaronline.com/features/200 ... rt_iii.php

[TerryS]

Rachel Maddow - Radio & TV Host

"The steadily rising profile of Ms. Maddow —
until earlier this year she was also seen
regularly on CNN before she signed an exclusive,
one-year agreement with MSNBC — is all the more
remarkable considering she does not own a television.
(She said she was worried it would be too distracting.)"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/arts/ ... ref=slogin

[TerryS]

Brian Eno - Pop Star

"He thinks the problem is that "everybody is entertained
to death. There's so much entertainment going on, there's
so much to distract yourself and it all looks so much more
interesting than politics." He doesn't own a television.
"I gave it up because I'm a potential addict. I know that
if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself
that everything on it was really interesting. I would say,
'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! is so sociologically
fascinating that I think I'd better watch.' If I just start
grazing, I'll graze forever.""

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/sto ... 38,00.html