Station Identification
This is a memoir by a thirty-one-year-old man who has just given up the most meaningful, heartwarming and enduring relationship in his lifeawith his television set. The tale begins with Donald Bowieas discovery of aHowdy Doody, a and ends as he bids farewell to the television world after the last episode of the aMary Tyler Moore Show.a In the span of Donaldas young life, he trades reality for the better life on the tube. TV becomes Donaldas family, his friends, his classroom and, ultimately, his undoing. Station Identification is his hilarious confession of that beautiful friendship. Grappling with the urges of puberty, he finds that athe whole business of womanhood seemed easiest to understand when it was jammed into Elly May Clampettas jeans.a Years later, after a wonderful night on the town, Donald brings his date home to watch TVasomething close to having her meet the folks. aShe fell asleep during a re-run of aThe Honeymooners.aa He writes. aI knew the relationship wouldnat last.a If television was once believed to be a vast wasteland, Donald Bowie has come back to tell us that it is a place where dreams are born.The last question on the Geology 101 midterm was aquot;How many wheels are there on the field trip bus?aquot; I put down aquot;four.aquot; I was wrong, and so were most of the kids in the class. The correct answer was five. aquot;You forgot the steering wheel, aquot; theanbsp;...
| Title | : | Station Identification |
| Author | : | Donald Bowie |
| Publisher | : | Rowman & Littlefield - 2014-03-03 |
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