Dennis Hollingsworth

Couch Potato

Gathering thoughts.

Lots of blogposts floated by as I was sealed in the studio. Let this minor post start things off. I might tinker with the painting I recently marathoned on, but it's done.

Sitting here in the living room, television on, fireplace thick with coals, rain is forecast for a week, below five degrees (40-ish?F) outside and 13 (56?F) inside. (It's a crystal clear night, good star gazing.) We got an antenna recently and it's a treat to see television again.

Here's a couple of quick look at the TV experience in Tossa:

FIRST MEASURE:

Our Channels:

1- TV Espa?a

2- TV Espa?a2

3- TV Catalunya

4- (Spanish TV)

5- Telecinco (Castellano) TV Madrid

6- Catalan

7-Digital Canal Pay channel (we don't get this)

8- Euro Sport

9-TV Tossa (community bulliten board postings and home grown programming)

10- French TV

11-BBC

12-Italian TV

13-German TV

SECOND MEASURE:

Here is a list of commercials in the interval between the news and a feature on Spain's history in the Americas (amateur production values, like a high school video). They must last twenty seconds each.

The list:

1. Audi car glossy urbane clever sleek

2. Watch fantasy Lotus

3. Auto: Toyota Daris

4. Coming Attractions

5. UNICEF

6. Auto Insurance

7. Electiric Utility: Endesa

8. Insurance Pension plans

9. Pasta
La Gula del Norte Pasta

10. Endesa Luz y Gas

11. Serrano Ham

12. MIDAS Oil Change

13. Chicken Brtoth

14. Mobile

15. Optical

16. Lottery

17. Soup

18. Internet Connection (Wanadoo)

19. Soup

20. Tampas Kompac

21. Kellog's Cereal

22. Condom Ad from the Government

23. Future of cleaning Wet Vacuum

24. Chocolate

25. Hand Lotion

26. Chicken Broth

27. Travel to Valencia

28. Danon Mousse

29. Flat Screen TV

30. Electric Grill

31. Mobile Camera (Guy gets in trouble, technology always creates a problem)

32. Danon Cholestro reducing drink

33. Orange Juice

34. Danon Chocolate Yogurt Drink

35. Cleaner (Mr. Clean= don Limpio)

36. Movie Preview Coming Attractions

37. Sony Camera

38 Chocolates ("Turron", big here- connotations of the holidays)

39. Pimple Medicine

40. Music program Coming Attraction

41. Some Government ad (undeciferable)

To give them a break, they don't distribute them inside the programming.

Posted by Dennis at November 30, 2004 11:16 PM