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  1. allan (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2019 10:50:49 EDT allan allan

    There's a post on boingboing about a particularly amazing shot that was timed perfectly with the launch of Voyager 2, arguing it may be the best shot in TV journalism https://boingboing.net/2019/06/03/is-this-the-greatest-shot-in-t.html

    Which, yeah, but also: Connections is a fantastic television series and you should all watch it.

    In conversation Monday, 03-Jun-2019 10:50:49 EDT from mastodon.club permalink

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      Is this the greatest shot in TV journalism?
    1. allan (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2019 10:56:00 EDT allan allan
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      It's funny but if I was to make a list of life changing television kids should watch, a lot of those series are from the 70s and 80s. e.g. Connections, Cosmos, The Ascent of Man

      I wasn't even alive when they were made but the have a certain authority that only dusty old VHS tapes from the library carry. Watching these used to require unearthing ancient technology and wiring together whirring machinery and cathode ray tubes.

      In conversation Monday, 03-Jun-2019 10:56:00 EDT from mastodon.club permalink
      1. allan (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2019 11:05:12 EDT allan allan
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        I learned most of what I know of post-confederation Canadian history through a series of VHS tapes produced by CTV (I think?).

        The worlds oldest colour TV would be wheeled in front of my class and a famous news anchor who had retired long before I was old enough to watch TV would tell us all about the Meech Lake accords (or whatever) along with clips from relevant CTV news broadcasts.

        It was like looking into a window of the past.

        In conversation Monday, 03-Jun-2019 11:05:12 EDT from mastodon.club permalink
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