A tradition fades; commercials don’t
So I was watching the Rose Parade — please don’t judge — and kept confronting something odd: Commercials.
Real ones, telling me where to bank, which cell phone to use and, especially. which drugs to take. “How can they have commercials?” someone asked. “Isn’t the whole parade a commercial?”
It is, but there used to be an escape route: When I watched this every year — remember, I asked you not to judge — it was on HGTV, which did it commercial-free; as a bonus, it had announcers who were less likely to gush.
This was a pleasant tradition. Each year, the parade was followed by a full day of specials and season premieres. But this year (shown here), that quietly ended. Read more…
