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FILENAME:	2992_1112_1094
TOPIC#:		339
DATE:		910531
TRANSCRIBER:	GL
UTT_CODER:	TC
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TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
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o          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } I know that, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.1 utt2:  I have only {D like } two or three favorite television shows. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  I think one of my favorite then is  from the guy Stephen, is it Brochco, who does {D like } L A LAW -- /  

b          B.4 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah.  /
b          B.4 utt2:  Uh-huh. /  

b^m          A.5 utt1:  -- uh-huh,  /
sd         A.5 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } he  also did HILLSTREET BLUES. /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Yeah, /  

sd          A.7 utt1:  I like those type of shows. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd         B.8 utt2: we really enjoy that too. /  

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  {F Uh, } I don't get [ a lot, +   to watch a whole lot ] of T V.  /
sd          B.10 utt2:  We have a couple of young children,  /
sd          B.10 utt3: {C and so } --   

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- we're usually outside,  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {C and so }  it's usually the nine o'clock shows that if we get them in bed, we usually watch that,  /
sd          B.12 utt3:  {C and } L A LAW is one of my favorites. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sd          A.13 utt2: me, too.  /
%          A.13 utt3:  I know,  /
sv          A.13 utt4:  [ they, +  {F uh, } I think they're ]  different than a lot of other shows of which they have {D like }  the re runs in the middle of the season -- /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  -- {C and then } towards the end when  everybody else is showing reruns, they start showing some of their newer stuff. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Yeah  /
x          B.16 utt2: <laughter>.   

sv          A.17 utt1:  <Laughter> {C So } I thought that was  really interesting the way that they did that.  /
qy^d          A.17 utt2: {F Oh, } {C and so } you must watch a  lot of, {F uh, } Disney or cartoons then? /  

no          B.18 utt1:  {D Well, } we have on SESAME STREET  and  MISTER ROGERS, that kind of stuff,  /
sv          B.18 utt2: {C and } I think those programs are really good for children.  /
sv          B.18 utt3:  I know that both of mine have probably learned quite a bit from there. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.20 utt1:  It's kind of nice to know that they're  just going to be seeing, {D you know, } not a lot of violence and that kind of stuff -- /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Right. /  

sv          B.22 utt1:  -- {C and } they usually, {F uh, } show  a lot of things that really teach them different things about the world.  /
%          B.22 utt2: {C So. } -/  

b          A.23 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.23 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          B.24 utt1:  My [ so-, +  older son, ] he's going to  be five,  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C and } he's more into watching the cartoons and that kind of stuff now. /  

aa          A.25 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's true,  /
aa^r          A.25 utt2: that's true.  /
sd          A.25 utt3:   {D Well, } I noticed that, my kids are, {F uh, } older now,  /
sd          A.25 utt4: they're --   

b          B.26 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  -- {F uh, } getting close to the teenage years.  /
sd          A.27 utt2:  {C But } they did, - /
sd          A.27 utt3: we watched all of MISTER ROGERS and everything,  /
sv          A.27 utt4: {C but } even some  of your, {F uh, } cartoons can be very violent -- /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } they talk about   death,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {C and, } we were watching, {F uh, } {F oh } gosh, BUGS BUNNY just last night -- /  

b          B.30 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F um, } I think it was on,  I have to remember which channel,  /
sd          A.31 utt2: {C but } anyway, {F uh, } we were watching that  /
sd          A.31 utt3:  {C and } it was talking about opera,  /
sd          A.31 utt4: {C and } they showed {D like } what they thought an opera would  be,  /
sd          A.31 utt5: {C and } one of the things was to [ kill the rabbit, +  kill the rabbit -- ] /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd(^q)          A.33 utt1:  -- {C and } I thought, {F Oh, } how  violent, {D you know, } to kill the rabbit.  /
sd          A.33 utt2:  {C So } he ended up killing the rabbit in the end, <laughter> {F uh, }  /
sd(^q)          A.33 utt3:  {C but } then of course, the rabbit comes back to life and says,  {D well, } see this is how an opera is supposed to be.  /
sv          A.33 utt4: {C And } I thought, gee whiz, if a  little kid was watching this, {D you know, } that would be pretty violent even for a small child. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah,  /
sv          B.34 utt2: {C and } {D you know, }  [ they, +  especially boys, {E I mean, } they're ] always talking about shooting and killing and all that kind of stuff -- /  

b          A.35 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.36 utt1:  -- {C and } I don't think that they  really realize that death is forever, {D you know. } /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Right. /  

sv          B.38 utt1:  {C And } showing them something  like that really doesn't --   

aa          A.39 utt1:  That's right. /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- teach them that it is. /  

aa^r          A.41 utt1:  That's right.   /
sv          A.41 utt2: {D Well, } I don't think  cartoons portray that  /
%          A.41 utt3: {C but } {D like, } -/  

aa          B.42 utt1:  No,  /
sv          B.42 utt2: {C and } to get them to feel  like that that's just pretend, I think --   

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah, /  

+          B.44 utt1:  -- is the hardest part, {D you know. } /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.45 utt2:  A cat has nine lives -- /  

b          B.46 utt1:  Yeah. /  

ar          A.47 utt1:  -- {C but } they don't,  /
sd          A.47 utt2:  they just  have one like we do <laughter>. /  

x          B.48 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          A.49 utt1:  <Laughter> {F Oh, } {C so } that's really  funny  /
sd          A.49 utt2: {C but, } {F uh } --   

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-, -/  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- we've gotten, - /
%          A.51 utt2: uh-huh,  /
ad          A.51 utt3: go ahead. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  I was just going to say, I know that,  at least before our kids were born, we used to always enjoy watching the COSBY SHOW,  /
sv          B.52 utt2:   Thursday nights usually had pretty good, [ with that, + ] and as far as very good comedy. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  I like to watch DESIGNING WOMEN if the kids --   

aa          A.55 utt1:  Yes, /  

+          B.56 utt1:  -- are in bed by then. /  

aa^r          A.57 utt1:  Yes,  /
aa          A.57 utt2: yeah,  /
sv          A.57 utt3: that's true,  /
sv          A.57 utt4: that's a good show.  /
sd          A.57 utt5:  I used to watch, {F uh, } DALLAS.  /
qw^d@          A.57 utt6: [ I don't, +  I don't ] know where you're at --  *[[should be slash unit because B orients to it, and following utt by A couldn't be made without info from B]] 

sd          B.58 utt1:  [ We're, +  we're ] in Dallas. /  

+@          A.59 utt1:  -- Dallas,  /
bk          A.59 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          A.59 utt3:  I used to watch  DALLAS, years ago.  /
sd          A.59 utt4: {C And } somewhere in the middle I got, {F uh, } bored,  /
sd          A.59 utt5: [ {C and, } +   {F uh, } {C so ] } [ I, +  in fact, I ] didn't even watch the finale.  /
sd          A.59 utt6: {F Uh, } {D you know, } that's about  how disinterested I had become. /  

b          B.60 utt1:  Yes. /  

x          A.61 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.62 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } I did watch it  just to see what it was -- /  

b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.64 utt1:  -- {C and } it wasn't really that great.  /
%          B.64 utt2: {C So. } -/  

%          A.65 utt1:  {D Well, } actual-, -/  

sv          B.66 utt1:  I think,   

b          A.67 utt1:  uh-huh. /  

+          B.68 utt1:  after a while, [ they just kind of, +   {D you know, } there's ] no new stuff they can do,  /
sv          B.68 utt2: they've done everything dirty in the book --   

b          A.69 utt1:  Yep. /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- {D you know, }  /
%          B.70 utt2: {C so, } -/  

aa          A.71 utt1:  Yep,  /
sv          A.71 utt2: I know,  /
sv^r          A.71 utt3: I know.  /
qy          A.71 utt4:   Was it actually based on a book? /  

nn          B.72 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
%          B.72 utt2: I imagine, -/  

sd          A.73 utt1:  {F Oh, } {C but } you were just talking  about, - /
o          A.73 utt2: okay,  /
o^r          A.73 utt3:  okay, /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  Everything you could think of, {D you know } --   

b          A.75 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.75 utt2: right. /  

+          B.76 utt1:  -- had a hard time,  /
sv          B.76 utt2: {C and } I think  maybe with DALLAS, as far as, they lost a lot of characters that had been around at the first. /  

aa          A.77 utt1:  That's true,  /
aa^r          A.77 utt2: that's true. /  

%          B.78 utt1:  Where, - /
h          B.78 utt2: I don't know,  /
sd          B.78 utt3:  I never watched KNOTS LANDING,  /
sv          B.78 utt4: {C but } I think they've had a lot of their characters stay around. /  

b^m          A.79 utt1:  Stay.  /
b          A.79 utt2:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.79 utt3: uh-huh.  /
qy^d          A.79 utt4:  {D You know, }  {C and } if you notice on DALLAS, they lost all the women. /  

ny          B.80 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Yes.  /
sd          A.81 utt2: {C So } the men mainly stayed  /
sd          A.81 utt3:  {C but } the women were the ones who left,  /
sv          A.81 utt4: {C and } I thought that was very interesting and  [ wondered, +   kind of wondered ] about that.  /
sv          A.81 utt5: {F Uh, } {D well, } anyway that's a whole new issue <laughter>. /  

aa          B.82 utt1:  Yeah  /
b          B.82 utt2: <laughter>.  Oh. /  

ba          A.83 utt1:  <Laughter> {F Oh, } goodness  /
sd          A.83 utt2: {C so. }  Anyway.   I don't know if our five minutes are over yet <laughter>.  /
sd          A.83 utt3:  {C But } [ we, +  {F uh, } we ]  also have the paid, {F uh, } television channels.  /
sd          A.83 utt4: {F Uh, } the only thing I don't like  about it, especially with teenagers, is [ that +  all the ] violence, the sex,  the nudity and the curse words --   

b          B.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.85 utt1:  -- {D you } know.  /
sd          A.85 utt2:  {C And so, } I know  they didn't pick up these curse words from me.  /
sv          A.85 utt3: {C So, } {F uh, } they had to have picked  them up from, {F uh, } the T V. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.87 utt1:  One nice thing though about the cable  company we use, [ they have, +  {F uh, } they have ] that little parental, {F uh, } {F uh, } key, /  

br          B.88 utt1:  Where you can lock up,    

ny          A.89 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.90 utt1:  the channel or whatever? /  

ny^r          A.91 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ny          A.91 utt2: uh-huh.  /
sd          A.91 utt3:  {C So, } [ I, +  I ]  have that at home,  /
sd          A.91 utt4: {C and } I keep the keys with me. /  

b          B.92 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.93 utt1:  {C And } that's about the only way  [ that I can, +  that I can ] do it.  /
sv          A.93 utt2:  {C Because } their natural curiosity, {D you know, } to go  towards that way and want -- -/  

b          B.94 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b^m          A.95 utt1:  -- yeah. /  

sv          B.96 utt1:  {C And } I don't know the way the  generations are growing up now,  /
sv          B.96 utt2: {E I mean } I just think they watch so much more T V.  /
sd          B.96 utt3:  I try to limit what they watch.  /
sv          B.96 utt4: They aren't sitting in the house watching T V all day --   

b          A.97 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.97 utt2: uh-huh. /  

+          B.98 utt1:  -- because I think it's good for them  [ to + ] have physical activity and that kind of stuff, too. /  

b          A.99 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  {C And } especially in the summer  time we aren't in the house very much in the evenings.  /
sd          B.100 utt2: It's the only cool time to be outside <laughter>. /  

aa          A.101 utt1:  That's true,  /
sv          A.101 utt2: {D well, } {C and } here  lately it hasn't been that cool anyway with the humidity being so high. /  

aa          B.102 utt1:  {D Well, } true, /  

fc          A.103 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } it was nice talking to you. /  

fc          B.104 utt1:  {D Well, } it was nice talking to you, too. /  

fc          A.105 utt1:  Okay,  /
fc          A.105 utt2: talk with you later. /  

fc          B.106 utt1:  Okay.  #  /
fc          B.106 utt2: Good-bye. # /  

fc          A.107 utt1:  # Good-bye. # / 
