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October 6th 03, 07:52 PM

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(N2EY) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
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In article ,
(N2EY) writes:

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote:

IMDB.com (Internet Movie Data Base) says that "Convoy"
and the first "Smokey and the Bandit" came out in 1977-78.

Just two examples, Jim (that's obviously why I said "and so on").

Of course.

But my point was that the TV shows and movies were a result of the cb
boom, and reflected its outlaw nature. They did not cause the boom,
nor the culture, which were solidly in place in the late 1960s.

What "outlaw" actions took place then
?

On cb (this is the short list):

- Operation without a license (when licenses were required)
- Failure to identify
- False/misleading identification
- Power far in excess of legal limit
- Use of non-type-accepted/certified equipment
- Operation on unauthorized frequencies
- Intentional interference
- Obscenity/profanity/vulgarity
- Contacts beyond the legal distance limit
- Contacts beyond the legal time limit

And the big one:

- Use of radio to facilitate other illegal activities (such as speed
limit violations)

All of the above were common long before there were movies or TV shows
with cb in them.

There
were a rash of movies and television shows featuring CB in the mid to
late
70's

well *after* cb was a fad..

The "fad" continues, over two decades later. :-)

Not at anything like the level of 20 years ago.

I'm sure they did. Note that most of the above are TV shows, and their
dates are all fall premiere dates.

You have a dispute with the entertainment industry and television in
general?

Most of what is produced by the "entertainment industry" is pure
unaldulterated JUNK. Not just worthless but actually harmful. Not a
new phenomenon, either, it's been that way at least as long as I've
been around.

There are notable exceptions, of course, but the *average* TV show or
Hollywood movie is not worth the time it takes to watch.

Take it up with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

A group whose only purpose is for those who work in the "industry" to
give each other awards.

Their headquarters is in North Hollywood...very nice building. Nice
folks in there...

I'm sure there are some nice people in the "entertainment industry".
But that industry produces an awfully high percentage of JUNK.

but watch out on dissing them or you might wind up head-
first in one of the fountains in the courtyard.

How? Are you going to overpower me and throw me there? I'd really like
to see you try.

Sure sounds like you are threatening me, Len. Simply for expressing an
opinion.

cb and its culture were already well established long before the
movies and TV shows caught on.

"Outlaw culture?" :-)

Yep.

The restrictive rules on "external and internal RF power amplifiers"
(also called "linyars") were enacted by FCC in 1978. That was long
after they were all over the place. Given typical bureaucratic delay,
that means amplifiers were a big problem at least two years earlier -
1976.

Okay, here it is 27 years later. Where are all the avenging marshalls
and sheriffs and fast-draw lawmen setting up law and order in the wild
EM west?

They're called the FCC. You may have heard of them.

Things did not go bad because of the movies and TV shows. They went
bad because there was no way FCC could enforce the rules, and no
established culture or tradition of self-discipline, responsibility or
rule-following.

Yes, pity that...no one to "establish culture or tradition or
self-discipline"

That's right. Instead, a culture of "who cares what the rules are"
emerged and became dominant.

Kinda like on TV.

SO, WHERE ARE ALL THE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS FEATURING
AMATEUR RADIO...AND ESPECIALLY MORSE CODE?

Where are all the movies and TV shows about normal, average people
with regular jobs, living in typical families and having normal lives?

Most Americans don't live in Los Angeles, San Franscisco, Chicago or
New York City.

Most Americans do not work in health care or the criminal justice
system.

Most Americans' problems and conflicts are not resolved in 22 or 44
minutes.

Most American television and motion pictures are JUNK.

Now you can get all upset and indignant, Len old boy, but the facts
are the facts.