Kotro Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 No, not Ye Olde Englishe. Just English spoken a few years back, by a part of the population in America, specifically the part that went on televison.Boy, where the hell am I coming from? Allow me to explain. I am basically a sucker for old American talk shows and panel shows. Thankfully YouTube has a lot of those. Stuff like What's My Line, The Dick Cavett Show, Firing Line. A lot of the pleasure I derive from those shows has to do with the language employed, which I find extremely polite, very rich and well emplyed. Host like John Daly, Dick Cavett and even William Buckley all have a delightful way to express themselves and adress their guests that I simply can't find on today programming. It's as if television has been dumbed down. Or perhaps it's just the natural evolution and I'm hopelessly pining for days gone by.I mean, take a look at one of the shows mentioned, and compare it with the norm today - you can clearly see the difference!What's My Line? Tony Randall, Joan Crawford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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