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 | | If so, then it s likely you stumbled upon Marshall McLuhan s theory that television is a "cool" medium, in which laid back, guy-next-door types can thrive for years without wearing out their welcomes, while "hot" stars with strong personalities alienate viewers quickly. |
 | | This explains why Jerry Lewis is only allowed on TV once a year, on a holiday weekend when most people are at the beach anyway, while the almost pod-person-like Hugh Downs is in the Guinness Book of World Records for logging the most hours on network commercial TV. |
 | | Read the copious liner notes, which detail Hugh s many accomplishments: skin diver, astronomer, antique gun and furniture authority, student of American history, mental health volunteer, composer, pianist, guitarist, artist, amateur physicist, hi-fi set builder, double-naught spy...the list goes on and on. |
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