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My Love Affair with TV. Part 1

I love television. When I was little, a person who loved television was dumb, and lazy. Nightly news reported on the dangers of watching too much TV. TV rotted peoples brains turning them in to zombies. TV hurt your eyes if you sat too close. TV was too violent, too sexual, too excessive. TV was a danger. TV was amazing. The ABC network combatted the negative image of Television by producing family friendly content in their Friday night line up from 1989 - 2000.  TGIF (Thank God it's Friday or Thank Goodness it is Funny) is where I spent my formative television watching years. I cut my teeth on The Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Step by Step and Hanging with Mr. Cooper.    If I was really good, or really  quiet I got to stay up late and watch 20/20 with Barbara Walters. Or as my mom used to say, "Baba Wawa." I thought my mother was hilarious!  Turns out Gilda Radner was hilarious and my mom was just a thief. The TGIF lineup
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