Which is probably just as well since they also didn't have any electricity. No wonder they concentrated on the food. Still, it's the rare household these days where the watching of parades and football games doesn't enter into the holiday festivities. I mean, you can only eat so much. But there's almost no limit to how much television you can watch.
Some people think there ought to be.
Mr. Mander, a former highly successful advertising executive who turned his back on the television industry after he came to believe that it was inherently flawed, went a step farther than other critics of the medium. He insisted that not only is television corrupt and dangerously powerful, but also that it is not reformable. In other words, he claimed that television was bad and it would not get any better. Considering the bulk of what's offered on today's television channels and the insufferable arrogance of the networks, it could be argued that Mr. Mander was essentially correct. I guess sports fans the world over should be thankful that his views were not widely shared.