The Curse Of The Boob Tube
December, 1992
I grew up with television, my wife did not. Her native country—South Africa—banned all broadcasting until 1975. We notice the differences all the time—she hasn't a clue who Beaver was, or why it should matter. She has not seen all 117 episodes of The Brady Bunch and couldn't care less about the difference between Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Without a pop-culture base, crossword puzzles are torture.She has a completely different idea of how our family should use the time between...
