Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:08

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Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes:
><hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

>> The television aspect of cable TV certainly has dramatically
>> increased, yet, they have also dramatically increased the
>> number of commercials in a show.  For instance, I timed it
>> and years ago it was roughly 25% commercials while now it
>> is 40%.
>
>I usually see 25-30%. When I watch a show I've DVRed it seems like an hours
>show takes about 40-45 minutes when I skip the commercials.

I was watching a _Man From U.N.C.L.E._ DVD the other day, and
noted that the episodes were 50 1/2 minutes in length (leaving
9 1/2 minutes for commercials).    Today, it is closer to 20
minutes for commercials.

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