THE SUMMER SCROUNGE

 

Guess I'm spoiled, whether its movies or TV shows I reached the point where I refuse to watch reruns unless they are so old I can't remember them! I want something new every time. So far, there's only been a handful of decent summer replacement shows.

I enjoy America Has Talent but I fast forward thru half of it. I'm uninterested in anyone's background or sob story! I just want to be entertained. Also the title of the show needs to be changed! It should be called: Our World Has Talent since many of the contestants are from other parts of the globe plus none of the 4 judges come from the United States.

Speaking of sob stories I know I'm at a big disadvantage because I'm unable to stream. My TV is an older model and not set up for this. But since the contraption still works just fine I don't want to junk it. Plus I'd need to pay someone to come over and teach me how streaming works. Remember I'm someone who has never owned a cellphone.

Growing up back in the days of 5 TV channels and cheap gas my family would hop in the car and go for rides during summer evenings. Also we played board games or cards. Later when we moved into the city limits we'd go on long walks.

Eventually cable came along and WOW we were now receiving 12 channels, plus not a one was snowy!

Often an entire summer was spent watching old comedies from the 1950's that I was too young to remember such as Private Secretary, I Married Joan, & The Jack Benny Show. These were far superior to the sitcoms of today!

Other summers we watched Britcoms on PBS. Fawlty Towers was a favorite along with Are You Being Served.

Also I did lots of reading!

AMC (American Movie Classic) was once true to its name and we spent many a summer enjoying old films that were new to me. Then mogul Ted Turner bought it taking all the best old films to TCM. This was a higher cable tier that father refused to pay for.

I lost my Starz-Showtime package which used to get me thru the summer when ATT merged with Time/Warner and the price skyrocketed. I still have 200 channels but they're either rife with reruns or junk that doesn't interest me.

And I can't read nights anymore due to impaired vision from posterior vitreous detachment so the scrounge continues.

I live for those rare free HBO weekends! Always I kick them off with a celebration of pizza (frozen not delivered) and ice cream (the expensive kind with the sneaky hidden elevated bottom tricking you into thinking you're getting more) but this is just an occasional treat.

Mid-September when the new TV season starts I'll have plenty to watch and no need to scrounge.