ABSTRACT
First, a confession. The first time I tuned in to the Home Shopping Club, I couldn’t get out of my chair for three hours. I sat stunned, mesmerized by the parade of neckchains, earrings, china birds, barstools, flashlights, dolls, microwaves, music boxes…. It took every ounce of my will power not to pick up the phone and dial. (1-800-284-3200) Jane, I said, remember the anorexic state of your checking account. Still-two teak serving trays for only $10, minus my first-time-shopper rebate of $5 equals only $5! I didn’t exactly need teak trays-(2)—but then, who does? They were a bargain. I am a capitalist. It seemed like a marriage made in heaven. At last, I thought, the PBS slogan running through my mind, ‘TV worth watching!’
