Many of my faithful readers know that I’ve written about commercial advertising, and the seemingly endless bombardment. Back some time ago, I wrote that, if you’re as old as I am, television was essentially free. Of course, the choices were far, far fewer, but it didn’t cost anything beyond bunny ears or an antenna in the attic. If you pointed it in the right direction, you got some sort of reception. Every show had its commercials, and that was ok, because it paid the bills so we didn’t have to. At the end of each show, particularly game shows where prizes were awarded, there would be a list of the advertisers that presumably paid for the prize money. Thank you, corporate contributors, to our entertainment.
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