today, tv 3 are holding the first telethon in 16 years
i remember the community spirit
i remember seeing people on tv who only came out for telethons
i remember the hype
i'd forgotten how cheesy the whole thing is
still, it could be worse. i missed the beginning as i was at dialysis and the people prefered the tv2 alternative-a double feature of high school musical and high school miracle 2.
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I loved the telethons. I watched the marathon of it and sense of event. But I gotta know - do they still play that song 'thank you very much'?
ReplyDeleteoh yes, of course they do-virtually every hour on the hour
ReplyDeletethere were other changes, though. you couldn't pledge, you actally had to donate via credit card ot through an amount being added to your bill.
and there were commercials at about the same rate as usual. i wonder who gets the money from that
That's funny. I don't remember commercials in the original telethons. Was this new?
ReplyDeleteyes. remeber when the early teletons were screened, there were no commercials on sundays
ReplyDeleteand in fact, the country was effectively closed, which explains why ratings were so high then.
still, i couldn't help wondering who was getting the revenue from the advertising-tv3 or the charity