“Most Canadians don't understand the House of Commons. They turn on their televisions, see us yelling at one another, and dismiss us as a bunch of fools.” TurnsHouseTelevisionFoolBunchTurn-onYellingHouse Of Commons Author:Jean Chretien
“As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.” ChildrenHappensMotherGrowing UpGrowingMinutesTelevisionDramaMountainBunchDancerVillageEstatesGreyHousingSwissSingle MotherBollywoodChildren Growing UpYorkshireGrowing ChildrenSari Author:Simon Beaufoy
“When I was growing up in the mid-'50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number of films and a bunch of television shows that dealt with the mythology of the underworld from that period.” ShowsFilmCultureNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionHugePeriodsTwentiesMythologyBunchTelevision ShowsRoaringUnderworldRoaring Twenties Author:Martin Scorsese
“I saw a lot of lousy movies and watched a ton of crappy television and read a bunch of utterly forgettable books and comics and listened to hours of junk music as a kid. And I'm still drawing profitably in my own art on some of the tawdry treasure I stored up in those years.” YearsArtStillsBookKidsHoursMy OwnSawsTelevisionDrawingTreasureBunchJunkForgettable Author:Michael Chabon
“I mean, if they're doing a television show every night like Jon Stewart, or Ellen, or David Letterman, then they have their bunch of people who are sitting on a payroll someplace, who are coming up with material every day of the week. Those are the people who wind up doing the bulk of the work for them when they host the thing, because that's their team.” PeopleIfsMeanShowsNightWeekTeamTelevisionWindMaterialsSittingBunchHostEvery NightTelevision ShowsPayrollDays Of The WeekLetterman Author:Bruce Vilanch