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So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperat

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes…. TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. – John Mason Brown, January 1955, modification of an earlier statement by Henri Pe

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