“I do believe that we’re in a true golden era of television, and I think it started with Hill Street.” ThinkingBelieveStreetsTelevisionGoldenHillsEras Author:Graham Yost
“I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a lucky break.” ChildrenWishBreakStreetsTelevisionGeniusLuckyLuckThanksWorkshopsSesame StreetLucky Breaks Author:Joan Ganz Cooney
“Sesame Street is the epitome of children’s television. It has continued to maintain the successful structure that was established in the beginning. Through it’s amazing research department, teaching has been made fun. This, the heart and humor works for children and adults alike, that’s why I’m very honored to be a part of it.” HeartChildrenHas BeensMadeFunSuccessfulStreetsTeachingTelevisionResearchAdultsStructureDepartmentHonoredEpitomeSesame Street Author:Kevin Clash
“I find that people can pass me on the street who've just seen my picture in the paper and they wouldn't recognize me. If they'd seen me on television, the heads turn. They say, "Wait a minute. I don't know who that is, but he's somebody.” PeopleIfsKnowsTurnsWaitingStreetsMinutesTelevisionPaper Author:Tom Lehrer
“Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down.” PeopleFactsFictionStreetsTelevisionWalkingStrangerToneStranger Than Fiction Author:Ricky Gervais
“TV taste is an aftertaste. Whatever gets on the tube is always a foregone conclusion, a fait accompli. That is, any new ideas or social changes have already been fought for in the real world of the streets, or in the bedroom or even the law courts long before they reach the screen. By the time you see it on prime time, it's usually all over and done with, whatever it was. Television by definition is not avant garde. It is often reactionary and always sentimental.” WorldLongIdeasRealDoneLawSocialStreetsTelevisionTvsTasteCourtDefinitionsScreensConclusionPrimeReal WorldNew IdeasBedroomSentimentalSocial ChangeTubesReactionariesAvant GardePrime TimeLaw Courts Book:Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television Source: Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television
“My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.” ThinkingShowsStreetsTelevisionFootballMy FavoriteAll TimeHillsBoxingMuhammadTelevision ShowsHill Street Blues Author:Lennie James
“For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.” ChildrenImportantKidsSchoolStudyCuttingStreetsHavensDangerTelevisionSafeLibraryTemptationSafe PlacesNumbing Author:Scott Turow
“The Street is as large as consciousness itself. So, when creating art for the street, be mindful of where the public's head is at these days. Give the public a real alternative to the strict diet of celebrity gossip, religion, and un-reality television.” GivingArtRealRealityConsciousnessStreetsTelevisionCreatingAlternativesThese DaysDietsGossipStrictCreating ArtReality TelevisionCelebrity Gossip Author:Eric Drooker
“Because I wake up late, my day is often short. I'm much more active in the evenings, during which I alternately read, write, needle-point, smoke, email, and despair over my decision last June to put my television and DVD player out on the street because I wasn't getting enough work done.” WritingDoneEnoughLastsDecisionPlayerStreetsTelevisionDespairLateWake UpActiveEveningSmokeEmailJuneNeedlesDvdsWork Done Author:Cate Marvin
“Depressions, local and larger strikes, boom times, wars, repressions, all impact a life as do epidemics such as AIDS and pollution that may take years off a person's life. We all, whether we like it or not and whether we acknowledge it or not, are impacted by the racial attitudes we carry within us, and experience in some form every time we turn on the television, the radio, go to a movie, read a magazine or a newspaper, or walk down the street.” YearsMayPersonsWarFormTurnsWalksAttitudeStreetsTelevisionImpactRadioStrikesAidsNewspapersLocalsMagazinesAcknowledgePollutionTurn-onRepressionEpidemics Author:Marge Piercy
“Television, I love it, everything that happened before television lumped together, never caused folks to turn on a street to stare at me, or waitresses to ask for autographs.” TogetherTurnsAsksHappenedStreetsTelevisionFolksStaringTurn-onAutographsWaitress Author:Bennett Cerf
“One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way.” PeopleWayChildrenHandsStreetsTelevisionCome UpShakesUp To YouRespectfulGreatest FearPresenter Author:David Icke
“I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.” WorldWantHumansCareJobsSocialWalksWatchesDemocracyRightsStreetsSecurityTelevisionBuildingCitizensPaperHuman RightsHealth CareBritainInvitesPapersSocial SecurityPensionGreat BritainVenezuelaTrue Democracy Author:Hugo Chavez
“I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.” PeopleYearsShowsFoundNiceStreetsFrontsTelevisionSurpriseBritishLondonBritainPublishingTelevision ShowsDenmarkBritish Television Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem. We're a world, as I said in The Affluent Society, of filthy streets and clean houses, poor schools and expensive television.” WorldSaidProblemSchoolHousePoorStreetsTelevisionDependsCleanExpensivePrivate SectorFilthyAffluentPublic SectorClean House Author:John Kenneth Galbraith