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I FOUND AN IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM KILLIAN -- but it is from 1987
9-10-04
| dfu
Posted on 09/10/2004 6:06:36 PM PDT by doug from upland
In searching the Internet, I found this quote from Killian in 1987. But he die earlier than that?
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"This is television, that's all it is. It has nothing to do with people, it's to do with ratings! For fifty years, we've told them what to eat, what to drink, what to wear... for Christ's sake, Ben, don't you understand? Americans love television. They wean their kids on it. Listen. They love game shows, they love wrestling, they love sports and violence. So what do we do? We give 'em *what they want*! We're number one, Ben, that's all that counts, believe me. I've been in the business for thirty years."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1987; aw; killian; quotes
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To: doug from upland
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:07:24 PM PDT
by
PokeyJoe
(The plural for RAT is RATS, not RATICS)
To: doug from upland
LOL
Yup, but Dan says it's a go. Run with it.
To: doug from upland
I think I read he died in 1984.
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:07:55 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
To: doug from upland
Oh, it's a joke!
Is Dan Rather going to air it?
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:09:00 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
To: doug from upland
Killian the father, the mother, the son?
Or was someone not-Killian quoting his words?
Link? Was it usenet? What's the source?
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:09:30 PM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
(Oh, and Dick Cheney too.)
To: doug from upland
nice typing...what kind of typewriter did he use?
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:10:15 PM PDT
by
woofie
(This document was generated in 2004 by a computer)
To: doug from upland
sorry . . . just saw this was humor . .
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:10:24 PM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
(Oh, and Dick Cheney too.)
To: FairOpinion
I put it under Political Humor. I think Arnold would appreciate this.
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:10:24 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: doug from upland
Very amusing. I always liked Richard Dawson. What ever happened to him?
To: doug from upland
To remove all doubt, Killian was a character (played by Richard Dawson) in the movie the "Running Man" who uttered these words. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the hero of "Running Man".
To: doug from upland
My favorite stalker was the opera-singing Christmas tree.
12
posted on
09/10/2004 6:11:52 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: SolidSupplySide
Thanks for clearing it up. Maybe besides the category, I should have put humor in the title.
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:12:41 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: doug from upland
Well, we (Free Republic) haven't been in the business as long as CBS or Rather.
But we're quick learners! And now we're going to give the people what they want!
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:12:50 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
To: faithincowboys
I think I'll send it to Dan. Maybe a few of us could fax it to him. :)
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:14:14 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: You Dirty Rats
I had the shirt for it but you F'd it up.
By the way, RUNNING MAN is my all-time favorite movie.
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:15:04 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: KellyAdmirer
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:17:38 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: doug from upland
"Killian ... I'LL BE BACK!!!!"
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:26:25 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
To: You Dirty Rats
Only in a re-run.
Tony: How's this one? Case one-fourteen: school teacher, killed his wife and his mother-in-law at a faculty dinner party with a steak-knife.
Damon Killian: Yeah. See, I like that quality.
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:32:08 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
To: doug from upland
"All I've heard are a lot of dreams and talk. It's too late for that. If you're not ready to act then give me a break and shutup."
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posted on
09/10/2004 6:46:26 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
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