so, back in the dark days before my family had cable (which, incidentally, did not occur until i was 22 years old) one of my favorite things was to stay home sick. because, if I stayed home sick, that really meant that i got to stay with my grandparents.
and they had cable.
more importantly, VH1 and pop up video.
does anyone else remember pop up video? they would take a music video or an awards show or something along those lines, and insert snarky comments in little pop up bubbles around the performer's head that gave you background on the song or the person.
well i was crushed when vh1 stopped doing pop up video.
but tonight, because there is a big fat NOTHING on the tv, i happened to stumble across the rerun of last season's finale of Lost. Lost with POP UP VIDEO. now I happen to like Lost, except for the fact that I am not a faithful watcher of TV. It is therefore a little hard to follow a show like Lost, because there is so much backstory that I can't keep up through my sporadic watching. well. pop up video is just as amazing now as it was about 15 years ago when i was watching it on my grandma's couch. there are little green pop up tabs at the bottom of the screen that fill me in on all of the backstory of all of the lost characters, just in time for tomorrow's season premiere. shameless technique to get more viewers during the writers strike? heck yea. most amazing way of updating me on a show i have always been interested in? heck yea.
my not so interesting night just got a little more exciting.
1 comment:
Ohh... Pop Up video was the BEST! Thanks for de-lurking. It's much more fun this way! :)
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