“Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLooksHateWalksAcceptingTelevisionSightNewspapersVarietyLoathe Author:Bruce Forsyth
“There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.” LittlesShowsTelevisionSeriesLocalsVarietyStationsAfternoonHousewife Author:Jim Henson
“Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp.” IfsDifferentFilmChanceTelevisionTheaterVery GoodMediumsVariety Author:Kenneth Branagh
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.” ThinkingJobsNextActorsKnowingPiecesTelevisionVarietySteadyNot KnowingAdrenaline Author:Lauren Graham
“Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!” LongDifficultCitiesCompanyExampleTelevisionLong TimeLocalsVersionsVarietyLong Time AgoProgrammesDivergentNewcastleSubtitles Author:Larry Trask
“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
“It feels good to turn on the TV and have options, a variety. That's why television is so good.” FeelsTurnsTelevisionTvsFeel GoodVarietyTurn-on Author:Aeriel Miranda
“I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited. Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.” ThinkingWorldNeedsShouldStoriesTelevisionPeriodsVariety Author:Aeriel Miranda