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Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by ghostpepper on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:01AM (#29967172)
I am the opposite. Almost none of the new Netflix content appeals to me, but I watch re-runs of things like The Office and Seinfeld.
Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by JKCalhoun on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:24AM (#29967437)
Ha ha, I'm a bit like you but I instead scour YouTube for even older shows like "Route 66" or the old "You Bet Your Life".
Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by technothrasher on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:47AM (#29967733)
I'm definitely stuck in the 60's through 80's for television shows, and tend to watch my favorites over and over. But honestly, I've downloaded and stored most of the stuff I like because I'm terrified of it disappearing off streaming sources.
Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by mbg721 on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:47AM (#29967724)
Interestingly, "You Bet Your Life" highlighted the fact that Groucho Marx got old, and it's weird in kind of the same way that Elvis getting old is weird.
Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by JKCalhoun on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:18AM (#29968105)
Interesting in other social ways as well — Groucho was allowed to (literally) "cat-call" the attractive female guests on his show.

I suppose there was a sieve that their guests went through but it is still fascinating to see the parade of suburban Los-angelites: housewives, people with strong ethnic ties to the "old country" that had yet to be melted into the pot that was 1950's America. Who knew door to door salesman really was a typical working class occupation?

Re:Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable by mbg721 on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:27AM (#29968214)
Oh yeah, all kinds of baggage attached to the last bits of the vaudeville Borscht Belt. That's also something that makes the transition from Allan Sherman to Weird Al Yankovic so jarring; they did the same act, but even aside from production values, Weird Al didn't bother dragging a previous audience along, and was willing to go anywhere.