“My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.” WantedFatherBehindsRolesFrontsTelevisionIndustryDirectorsCameras Author:Philip Glenister
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past--the portrayals of family life on such television programs as "Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" and all the rest.” KnowsWayRealPastRememberCoursesFatherFamilyPiecesChildhoodTelevisionProgramAnd LoveVideoCombinationCollectivesBitternessParenthoodFamily LifePortrayalBeaversFather Knows Best Book:Childhood's Future Source: Childhood's Future
“I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television'; it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.” ThinkingSaidKidsHateFatherWatchesTelevisionGrewNeededGrew UpI Hate Author:Robert Knepper
“It is hard to think of conversion as a blinding light on the road to Damascus, or as a highly spiritual or intellectual process, when the light comes from a flickering television; the voice of the deity is Bishop Sheen and you have drilled your father on his catechism answers...I was troubled at a young age by the idea that pouring water over someone's head could change both his relationship to God.” ThinkingIdeasHardLightAgeSpiritualYoungReligionFatherProcessWomenVoiceWaterAnswersTelevisionIntellectualConversionYoung AgeDeitiesBishopsPouringCatechismBlinding Light Author:Susan Jacoby
“On George W Bush: That man sits at that desk in the White House with the button that can end the world. My father's younger than him and we don't give him the controls for the television.” MenWorldGivingEndsHumorFunnyFatherHouseWhiteTelevisionWhite HouseButtonsDesks Author:Billy Connolly
“Though the Floundering Fathers didn't intend it, we now see that representative government quickly turns into the dictatorship of the proletariat. If you doubt this, I congratulate you on not having a television.” IfsGovernmentTurnsFatherDoubtTelevisionDictatorshipRepresentativesProletariatRepresentative GovernmentFloundering Author:Fred Reed
“My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18, that was an early equivalent of educational television. Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.” KindArtPlayShowsFatherTelevisionEducationalVarietySundayAfternoonInvitedTelevision ShowsSunday Afternoons Author:John Sebastian
“I was an apprentice television engineer when I decided to pack it up and go full-time, much to my father's disgust. But I'm still interested and I like messing about with TV. I can't deny it ... TV engineering was the job I'd wanted at the time, and I got what I wanted. But in the long-term it would have been second best to being a musician.” LongHas BeensStillsI CanWantedJobsFatherTermTelevisionTvsMusicianDecidedDenyLong TermEngineeringDisgustingEngineersPacksApprenticeSecond Best Author:Peter Ham