Television has borrowed from the carnival midway the barker's tease: "Coming Up Next: a Perfect 10" (Sex? Bo Derek? No, the weatherman comes on to say that tomorrow will be nice). — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
You wanna deliver papers in a big city?" an expert with a bent nose told me, "then you gotta shake the trees to find… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Television has borrowed from the carnival midway the barker's tease: "Coming Up Next: a Perfect 10" (Sex? Bo Derek? No, the weatherman comes on… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Cheryl Ladd Special - One-hour long, one thought show of jigglevision. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on election… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat diffident about cuffing television on its rabbit ears for not being something else. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no exaggeration that… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Only a few reporters...discerned that Anderson really combined Carter's ineptness with Reagan's simplicities. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
