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There s too many of these shows, why are there so many of what seem to be the same thing? but, of course, i think of that hour, you want to tune in to a voice you trust, a voice that has some consistency to it. and i do think, because in that way that people keep trying to do live television and realizing, you know, it s important to watch it tonight, you know, our shows don t age particularly well. you know, if you know i don t think anybody on saturday binge watches the week of late-night with seth myers. it s important to give them what happens on tuesday? right, right. but, so, again, you re just trying to and again, i do think there s a wealth of talented people doing shows right now and i m lucky to be one of them that s getting a chance. and i think the thing you re saying too about the ritual is a huge part of it. as time shifting becomes more normal, as people select what they want, the things you feel there s a little bit of ritual around kind of pops that much mo ....
From jeff greenfield on the budding new technology of the vcr. reporter: it didn t even exist as a consumer device ten years ago. in the decades since sony introduced the first half inch home recorder, vcr sales have skyrocketed. i think vcr is a permanent fixture on the american television scene. i think you ll find that the vcr will stay around for a long time to come. reporter: but as with so many other new inventions, vcr s impact isn t what was originally expected. it was supposed to let viewers record a program while they were out, viewing it later. in fact, relatively few viewers use the vcr for time shifting. but the vcr can do something else. it can let a viewer see anything at all that s been put on tape, like movies. and that s created a whole new business. more than 24,000 retail outlets across america now sell or rent tapes of all kinds. for rates as low as $2 a day or less. that s made literally thousands of features available to millions of americans. when you co ....
Himself is opposing it. there is no way it will pass. he knows that. it looks an if it s just the way he says construction unions, i tried to get you a couple of jobs. on the accelerated depreciation schedule, only for 2011. time shifting. exactly the money he wasted on clunkers program, and on the credit for first-time home purchasers. it stimulated the demand early. it stole demand out of the future. it had no impact on the economy in the end. it cost billions of dollars and that s what he is proposing on this accelerated depreciation. it s not going to help them in the long run. i think all of this is going to go down in flames. bret: the president apparently told abc we re getting word if the mid-term election is a referendum on the u.s. economy, democrats will not do well. ....
Couple of jobs. on the accelerated depreciation schedule, only for 2011. time shifting. exactly the money he wasted on clunkers program, and on the credit for first-time home purchasers. it stimulated the demand early. it stole demand out of the future. it had no impact on the economy in the end. it cost billions of dollars and that s what he is proposing on this accelerated depreciation. it s not going to help them in the long run. i think all of this is going to go down in flames. bret: the president apparently told abc we re getting word if the mid-term election is a referendum on the u.s. economy, democrats will not do well. not surprise what we re getting from the abc interview. here is what the president said in march of 2009, about the stimulus package back then, steve, and today. through the recovery act ....
It was a gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the soundtrack to your life. transformers and cabbage patch dolls may be the two top sellers this year, but for adults there s only one hot item, the vcr. christmas shoppers have again made the video cassette recorder one of the year s hottest get gifts for cloneups. but the vcr is a lot more than a popular christmas gift. it s an invention some say is changing the whole idea of television. there are so many inventions where you can track the success back to the smashing of a limitation, and the vcr smashed the limitation of time. most people use vcrs for what they call time shifting. let s say this sunday is your parents 50th wedding anniversary, but you can t miss the steelers. what you do is set the timer on your recorder, pop in a tape, and watch the steel is where you get home. it just changed the paradigm of television. ....