Word: rerun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same depths of irrationality that possessed Central Europe 60 years ago. Past and present reminders of that madness now reach us with context-blurring frequency. Contemporary television images of skinheads tattooed with swastikas and the firebombed houses of Germany's Turkish immigrants regularly cross paths with rerun footage of Brownshirts rampaging in the 1930s. Have the unholy dead returned to inhabit new bodies? Hasselbach's zombie-like voice, preserved to creepy effect by American co-author Tom Reiss, can almost make you think so. "As he lay on the ground, Frank and I kicked him in the neck...
...however, Comedy Central has moved beyond lame one-liners and developed a series of signature hits. Among them: Bill Maher's irreverent roundtable Politically Incorrect (whose ratings have climbed 40% in the past year); Mystery Science Theater 3000, the perennially inventive spoof of bad old movies; and the endlessly rerun cult favorite from Britain, Absolutely Fabulous. Riding such successes, Comedy Central has tripled its subscriber count, to 36 million households, and today it reaches a higher proportion of affluent, educated, 18-to-49-year-old viewers than any other network on broadcast or cable...
GELL: The day before I went to see The Net, I happened to catch a cable TV rerun of my favorite computer-related flick ever, Jumping Jack Flash. This mid-80s film took place before the World Wide Web was popularized, and yet a female computer analyst somehow became involved in an international cyber-conspiracy. This film blended humor, action, romance and some fine classic rock by the 'Stones. Seeing this film made me excited to see The Net. I was expecting another Jumping Jack Flash, but I figured the new film would use better technology and have a smarter...
...third moonwalk flight, nine months after the Eagle had landed--Americans were already sated with their star-cruising stars. Jim Lovell's little TV show on the third night of the mission, intended for the whole country's viewing pleasure, was not carried by the networks; it was a rerun of a rerun. Fly me to the moon? Yawn--no thanks. A vicarious lunar trip was now no more exciting than a seaside vacation with the kids...
...comedy has been exported to nearly 20 countries, including Israel and Japan. When the show aired on Comedy Central last July, its ratings were twice as high as anything the cable channel had run in prime time. The first 12 episodes have been in continual rerun ever since...