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...Myhrum helped them organize a system where itwas possible to do 100 to 200 shows per season,"Hyslop says...
Calling the show "quite good fun," Myhrum leftafter 13 years as part of what he describes as his"slow retirement" from the business. While hejokingly quotes his wife as saying that he had"been in New York too long," the primary reasonfor his departure, he says, was a growingdisillusionment with the television business...
...recalls an illuminating discussion with asoap opera producer as a sign that he needed toleave the business. When the producer asked him ifhe had enjoyed the show they had worked togetheron the previous day, Myhrum responded that whilehe enjoyed the people and the process "youcouldn't pay me enough to watch it." It was thenthat he realized it was time to leave...
Hall seconded Myhrum's view of the medium,saying that maintaining standards is nearlyimpossible when overall direction is dictated bynetwork heads and specific content decisions aremade by committees of producers...
After his retirement, Myhrum and his familyspent a year cruising the Intercoastal Waterwayfrom New York to Mexico. He and his wife stillspend five months a year on the boat, and spendtheir summers in a house near Lake Superior...