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Quote by Ernie Kovacs
Television: A medium - so called because it is neither rare nor we

Television: A medium – so called because it is neither rare nor well done. – Ernie Kovacs

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What compels you to stare, night after night, at all the glittering hokum that has been deliberately put together for you? – J.B. Priestley, about Americans

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Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. – Noel Coward, attributed

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