Sunday, April 16, 2017

Word of Mouth with Eric Burns

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Almost 20 years after this episode
Word of Mouth with Eric Burns
Movietime
December 14, 1989
Talk Show
VHS
B

I'm guessing since Burns ended the '80s look-back episode with a promise to look ahead at the '90s the next time, that this aired a week after the one from December 7th.  (Or maybe that's when these were taped.  No matter.)  In any case, they get some things right about the '90s, like the "nerding of America" and the increasing fragmentation of the television audience with the continuing impact of cable, and some things wrong, like the "moralistic" attitudes of computer nerds and, thank goodness, the marketing of videotapes with a very short shelf life.  This is the "next to last" episode, with the compilation coming up....

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