I once read that the water companies know when the commercial breaks are, even if they don’t have a TV. There is a marked increase in water use as folks dash to the loo.
I give games a 30 minute head start with Tivo, and do not answer the phone to avoid spoilers. Skip not just commercials but also the idiot talking heads and interminable play reviews
I used to wonder why American documentaries repeated the same facts over and over and over again. Then I was told how many commercials there were and how long they took and that by the end of them the people needed to be reminded what the documentary was about. That’s when I stopped whining about our ‘overlong and too numerous’ commercials.
Amazing… they just ran The Grinch the other night with the heading that the show had been “edited for time allotment” WTF? They needed to add more commercials into the half-hour, so they trimmed the show! idjits….
thomas_matkey about 5 years ago
No recorder? If I want something to eat I just hit pause. Of course, that’s not funny. This is.
Rhetorical_Question about 5 years ago
Next time Paper plates
mddshubby2005 about 5 years ago
Gives new meaning to the term ‘two-minute warning’.
Dirty Dragon about 5 years ago
If you stay away from sporting events, you sometimes get five or six minute commercial breaks.
MosheWaisberg about 5 years ago
why cant they eat+drink during the game?
Tyge about 5 years ago
Only another 10 minutes of ’em!
alasko about 5 years ago
PVR Arlo, PVR.
jarvisloop about 5 years ago
I must watch different shows. The commercial breaks in my shows are long enough for us to eat leisurely a full-course meal.
axe-grinder about 5 years ago
Lately, I power-nap during commercials…
Auntie Socialist about 5 years ago
…this plays better if you have the Sabre Dance playing in your head as you read the comic
TrudyQ Premium Member about 5 years ago
Save em for later
Nighthawks Premium Member about 5 years ago
have they been magically transported to the 1970’s?
Dani Rice about 5 years ago
I once read that the water companies know when the commercial breaks are, even if they don’t have a TV. There is a marked increase in water use as folks dash to the loo.
ajr58 about 5 years ago
I give games a 30 minute head start with Tivo, and do not answer the phone to avoid spoilers. Skip not just commercials but also the idiot talking heads and interminable play reviews
flagmichael about 5 years ago
We stopped TV service a year and a half ago to save money (imagine saying that in the ‘60s!) and haven’t missed it since.
TimothyP23 about 5 years ago
I sometimes miss those days of rushing back and forth during commercials.
eladee AKA Wally about 5 years ago
I figure they are still binge watching Downton Abbey—-just like WE are.
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
The commercials are the only reason I watch.
cabalonrye about 5 years ago
I used to wonder why American documentaries repeated the same facts over and over and over again. Then I was told how many commercials there were and how long they took and that by the end of them the people needed to be reminded what the documentary was about. That’s when I stopped whining about our ‘overlong and too numerous’ commercials.
kunddog about 5 years ago
the nice thing about real time ota broadcast is the 3.5 hrs of uninterrupted peace.
William Bednar Premium Member about 5 years ago
Oh, boy. Is he going to get an ear full!
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen about 5 years ago
Ahhhh, pore thang, missed the commercials…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
Don’t they have a delay? And why can’t they eat while they watch?
yoda1234 about 5 years ago
Amazing… they just ran The Grinch the other night with the heading that the show had been “edited for time allotment” WTF? They needed to add more commercials into the half-hour, so they trimmed the show! idjits….
whenlifewassimpler about 5 years ago
OMG brings back memories of me and my hubby…one of us got the food the other a pit stop and vice versa…good old days when games could be watched.
Lightpainter about 5 years ago
I won’t watch movies with commercials, even if I can speed through them. They still disrupt the emotional flow of a movie.