Parades were the first to go. The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, I think was the first to go. There used to be a parade, which was television. Now it is a television show,, about a parade.
The Super Bowl, a television show about a football game with many commercials and other events, interrupted occasionally by a football game. All the "bowl" games are the same, commercials, interrupted briefly, for the game.
The Kentucky Derby, The World Series, all TV shows.
Now, today, the "Go Daddy 500" is a long commercial with interruptions for the race. Someone went to a great deal of trouble and expense, they brought in quite a few "Boston Marathon" runners, who were unable to finish the race ... we only got to see them on a replay, they were doing a commercial. It would have been neat to see all of it, but we saw a commercial. At least they let old Jim Nabors sing, with no commercial breaks.
Let's face it, everything is a television show, loaded with ads, ads, and ads. Everything in our lives, at least here in the USA, is about commercials. We live and follow them, without question, "Tell us, and we will buy." I use Hellman's Real Mayonnaise because of Ruth Lyons, many years ago, take Bufferin because of Arthur Godfrey. So, I've been lead around for seventy years.
I'm thirsty, think I'll go out and get a coke .................
