"Classic", or Just Plain Lazy?
There are people who like to watch things over. My husband is one of them. He will watch his favorite movies over and over. He watched Groundhog’s Day on DVD last week and he’s probably seen it 100 times. There are people who enjoy watching Nick at Night and Hulu and watching “classic” episodes of Happy Days or The Nanny. I am not one of those people. Sure, I have exceptions to that rule, and 99% of them are Christmas based. I’ll watch “Miracle on 34th Street” or “It’s a Wonderful Life” every Christmas without fail. But in general, I’m not interested in watching something I’ve already seen. I have a storyline driven mind, which is why Soaps are such a great fit for me. If I already know what happens next, I’m no longer engaged. “What happens next?” is the driving force for my viewing of serialized and episodic TV. Thus, when we’re right in the middle of a juicy storyline on Thursday, I look forward to Friday. I’m dying to see what happens next. But I didn’t/ Instead, I got home from w...