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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd          A.1 utt2: I'm back on. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Okay. /  

qy          A.3 utt1:  {F Um, } you say you watch evenings mostly? /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  I watch evenings because I work all day.  /
sd          B.4 utt2:  I used to watch daytimes. /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  {F Um, } <<lipsmack>> mainly like ALL MY CHILDREN, that kind of thing. /  

%          A.7 utt1:  {F Oh, } {C so } ... -/  

sd          B.8 utt1: {C And then } sometimes OPRAH and sometimes DONAHUE,  /
sd          B.8 utt2: {C but } now it's mainly evenings. /  

qy          A.9 utt1:  Do you have any that you like well enough that you tape them when you're not going to be there? /  

ny          B.10 utt1:  Yes. /  

qw          A.11 utt1:  Which ones? /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  I tape THIRTY SOMETHING,   

b          A.13 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          B.14 utt1:   and L A LAW.  /
sd          B.14 utt2: Those are the two I like the best. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {F Oh, } two they're going to change.  /
sd          A.15 utt2: {D Well, } one # they're taking, #   

sd          B.16 utt1:  # I know.  /
sd          B.16 utt2: It's going # # to be history, I know. # /  

+          A.17 utt1:  # off. #  /
sd          A.17 utt2:  I don't know what's going to ha-, - /
%          A.17 utt3: yeah,  /
sd          A.17 utt4: we like L A LAW. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.19 utt1: We don't watch THIRTY SOMETHING,  /
sd          A.19 utt2: {C but } that's kind of young for us.  /
sd          A.19 utt3: My husband and I are grandparents. /  

%          B.20 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well. }  {D Well } ... -/  

sd          A.21 utt1:  {C So } we don't watch, {F uh, } that type of show,  /
sd          A.21 utt2:  {C but } we like L A LAW.  /
sd^r          A.21 utt3: We like,   

b          B.22 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  that.  /
%          A.23 utt2:  We're just, - /
sd          A.23 utt3: I'm sorry they're breaking the team up, because we liked all the ones that were on there. /  

aa          B.24 utt1:  I know.  /
sv          B.24 utt2: I'm amazed. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  I'm not sure I like the new ones too much. /  

b          B.26 utt1: Huh-uh.  /
sd          B.26 utt2: [ I'm surprised that, + I was surprised ] at the ending [ of, + ] {D you know, } with all the funny things happening <breathing> and different things. /  

sv          A.27 utt1: I just wonder [ if, + if, ] {F uh, } they just want to go on to other projects and not be stuck in this show, since it's gone on for so long,  /
sv          A.27 utt2: [ it looks like, +   

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.29 utt1:  it looks like ] it might be one of these seven or eight year run things.    

b^r          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  Where you kind of can spend your whole career on one show. /  

aa          B.32 utt1:  I know. /  

sv          A.33 utt1:  Of course, I guess that's not bad.  /
sd          A.33 utt2:  Alan Alda did it on MASH. /  

aa          B.34 utt1:  I know.  /
qy          B.34 utt2:  Isn't that funny? /  

sv          A.35 utt1: It hasn't hurt him at all.  /
qy          A.35 utt2: {D So } [ do you, + do you ] mostly like [ this type of + {D like } a story type of ] thing that lasts an hour? /  

ng          B.36 utt1: {F Oh, } I don't usually like stuff that continues.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: That's why I'm surprised I like those two shows, because usually I like, {D you know, } stuff that just ends sort of, that [ you just, + you ] don't have to,   

^2          A.37 utt1:  In one hour, like QUANTUM LEAP. /  

+          B.38 utt1:  have watched, {D you know. } /  

x          A.39 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

aa          B.40 utt1:  Yeah.  /
%          B.40 utt2: {E I mean, } you don't have to ... -/  

sd          A.41 utt1:  That's one of our favorites  <laughter>. /  

b          B.42 utt1: Yeah.  /
sd          B.42 utt2: You don't have to have watched it last week in order to follow,  /
sd          B.42 utt3: {C so, }   

aa          A.43 utt1: Right,  /
sd          A.43 utt2: which they do at the beginning of the season,   

+          B.44 utt1: {D you know, } I usually don't like that. /  

+          A.45 utt1:  to grab your attention.    

b          B.46 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.47 utt1:  {D You know, }  /
sv          A.47 utt2: that's always a bummer too. /  

aa          B.48 utt1:  I know. /  

sv          A.49 utt1: Sometimes it's better just to tape record both of them and then watch it all in one. /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.51 utt1: [ We, + we ] do that sometimes.  /
sd          A.51 utt2: [ I, + I ] guess [ I'm, + I'm ] not into real heavy stuff.  /
sd          A.51 utt3: L A LAW is about the heaviest thing I watch.  /
sd          A.51 utt4: [ [ I, +   

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.53 utt1: I'll, ] + mostly I'm ] into it for relaxation,  /
sd          A.53 utt2: {C so } I like things like GOLDEN GIRLS or CHEERS  /
sd          A.53 utt3: {C or, } {F uh, } Monday night is real good with me, {D you know, } MAJOR DAD [ and, + and, ] {F uh, } NORTHERN EXPOSURE [ and, + and, ] {F uh, } - /
qy          A.53 utt4: {F oh, } what's that one with Burt Reynolds?  /
sd          A.53 utt5: That type of show is [ what we -- +   

b          B.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.55 utt1: -- what, {F uh, } we ] watch.  /
sd          A.55 utt2: We generally just stay on one channel [ all, + for all ] of Monday night, just to watch those.  /
sd          A.55 utt3: Just some of the times they're continued,  /
sd          A.55 utt4: {C but } mostly they're just little vignettes.  /
sd          A.55 utt5: A new one we found we really like is that DINOSAURS.  /
qy          A.55 utt6: Have you seen that? /  

nn          B.56 utt1:  Huh-uh. /  

sv          A.57 utt1: [ [ That is, + it's, ] + it's ] really funny.  /
sd          A.57 utt2: They use {D like } animated, - /
sd          A.57 utt3: it's not {D like } a cartoon,  /
sd          A.57 utt4: {C but } it's {D like } dummies and things,   

b          B.58 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.59 utt1: that are used,  /
%          A.59 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } it's really, {F um, } - /
sd          A.59 utt3: and robots probably.  /
sd          A.59 utt4: {C But } there's always [ a, + a ] moral to each story. /  

qw          B.60 utt1:  {C And } what night is it on? /  

^h          A.61 utt1: {D Well, } [ yo-, + we ] watched it, - /
sd          A.61 utt2: the times we've seen it, it's been {D like } on [ Satur-, + {E or, excuse me, } Friday ] night.  /
%          A.61 utt3: {F Uh, } {C but } it's, - /
h          A.61 utt4: we've only seen it a couple of times.  /
sv          A.61 utt5: {C But } [ it, + it's ] real, - /
sd          A.61 utt6: the first one we saw, {F um, } [ they were, + [ it, + it ] involved ] a tradition of when a [ per-, + person ] reaches seventy-five,  /
sd          A.61 utt7: {C and } I can't remember what day they call it,  /
sd          A.61 utt8: [ {C but, } + {C but, } ] {F uh, } the son-in-laws get to throw the mother-in-laws when they're seventy five over a cliff <laughter>.  /  

ba          B.62 utt1:  <Laughter>  {F Oh, } great. /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  [ {D Anyway } <laughter>, +   

x          B.64 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.65 utt1: {D Anyway, } ] [ it, + it ] goes on, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.65 utt2: {C and } the son-in-law and mother-in-law are sniping at each other and all,  /
sd          A.65 utt3: {C and then } when it comes time for him to throw her over, {D well, } [ the, + the ] teenaged son the night before tried to save her by hiding her. /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd(^q)          A.67 utt1: {C And } she said no,  /
^q          A.67 utt2: you can't do, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.67 utt3: he [ ran her out, + was running ] [ to hi-, + ] in a wheelchair to hide her,  /
sd(^q)          A.67 utt4: {C and } she said, "You can't do that." /  

%          B.68 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

^q          A.69 utt1: "This is tradition.  /
^q          A.69 utt2: This is what old people are supposed to be, thrown over [ the, + the ] cliff."  /
sd(^q)          A.69 utt3: {C And, } {F uh, } he said, "I don't understand."  /
sv          A.69 utt4: [ It's, + it's ] real funny that they give the teenagers [ the, + ] as the one that questions, {F uh, } [ the, + what's ] going on. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd(^q)          A.71 utt1: {C And, } {F uh, } in the end [ of, + ] {F uh, } the son-in-law, when he did get the mother-in-law up to the cliff, {F uh, } [ [ th-, + the so-, ] + the teenaged son ] throws himself in the way and says, "No, you can't do it," [ and then, + and then, ] {F uh, } "Oh, well, we've got to do it.  It's tradition,"  /
sd(^q)          A.71 utt2: {C and } the son was, {D you know, } "Why?"  /
sd          A.71 utt3: {C And so, }   

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.73 utt1:  [ in, + in ] the end he doesn't throw her over, /  

bf          B.74 utt1:  {F Oh, } he doesn't. /  

sd          A.75 utt1: {C and, } of course, the town thinks he's just terrible, because that has been tradition for hundreds of years and he's broken it.  /
sd          A.75 utt2: {C And then } we saw one [ [ where this, + there was a teenage, ] + when a teenage ] boy comes into his manhood,  /
sd          A.75 utt3: they call it the night of the howling,   

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.77 utt1: <Laughter> or something like that,  /
sd          A.77 utt2: {C and } they all go out and howl, {D you know } <laughter>. /  

x          B.78 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.79 utt1: [ {C And, } + {C and } ] the son refused to do it.  /
sd          A.79 utt2: [ He, + he ] did,  /
sd          A.79 utt3: he thought it was not ... -/  

br          B.80 utt1: {D So } he didn't go howl? /  

nn          A.81 utt1: No,  /
sd^e          A.81 utt2: he wouldn't go howl,  /
sd          A.81 utt3: {C so } [ all the, + all the ] people that worked with the father ostracized him <laughter>. /  

ba          B.82 utt1:  {F Oh, } how funny. /  

aa          A.83 utt1: It is.  /
sv          A.83 utt2: [ [ [ It, + it, ] + it's, ] + it's ] real interesting to watch the show,  /
sd          A.83 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] [ wh-, + the ] relationship between the family [ is, + is ] really [ now, +   

%          B.84 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          A.85 utt1: now ] the mother-in-law lives in the house with them.  /
%          A.85 utt2: {C So } it's, - /
sd          A.85 utt3: [ [ our, + our grandson, ] + our oldest grandson ] is the one [ that, + that ] got us to watching it.  /
sv          A.85 utt4: {C But } [ it really is, +   

x          B.86 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.87 utt1: it moves ] real fast.  /
sd          A.87 utt2: It's [ a + ] real short,  /
sd          A.87 utt3: {C and } there's always, like I say, a moral to it  /
%          A.87 utt4: {C and, } -/  

qy^d          B.88 utt1: It's just a half hour,  /
qrr          B.88 utt2: {C or } is it hour? /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  {D Well, } half hour. /  

b          B.90 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.91 utt1: [ That, + that's ] all there is to it.  /
%          A.91 utt2: [ {C And, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } they ... -/  

sv          B.92 utt1:  There's not many half hour shows,  /
sv          B.92 utt2: it seems like that, /  

b          A.93 utt1: Yeah,  /
sd          A.93 utt2: [ [ [ it, + it, ] + they, ] + they're ] trying to liken [ the, + the ] father in there of the teenage son to {D like } JACKIE GLEASON SHOW.   

b          B.94 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.95 utt1: {F Uh, } the way he talks to his mother-in-law and so forth,  /
sv          A.95 utt2: {C and } I guess maybe there are some parts of that,  /
sd          A.95 utt3: {C but } I didn't really see that in there.  /
sd          A.95 utt4: {C But } what I've read about it, they talk about that.  /
sd          A.95 utt5: {C But } anyway, [ we've, + we've ] enjoyed that,  /
sd          A.95 utt6: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } I guess mostly [ I, + I ] like the news shows too, the news magazines, like SIXTY MINUTES or TWENTY,   

b          B.96 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          B.96 utt2: no,  /
sd          B.96 utt3: I watch those if I, -/  

+          A.97 utt1: TWENTY or PRIME TIME LIVE or something like that, {D you know, } [ all, + all ] of those shows, if I can do it,  /
sd          A.97 utt2: {C but } my husband likes to watch, {F um, } old movies, especially war movies, [ or, + or, ] {F uh, } sports, which I'm not, /  

sd          B.98 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D see, } I like sports. /  

ar          A.99 utt1:  No,  /
sd          A.99 utt2: I don't.  /
sd          A.99 utt3:  {D Well, } [ [ I, + I ] do, +  I like ] ice  skating  /
sd          A.99 utt4: {C and } I like, {F uh, } gymnastics,   

b          B.100 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.101 utt1: and some track and field,  /
%          A.101 utt2: {C but } [ I, + I, ] - /
sd          A.101 utt3: {C and } I'll watch snippets of baseball games  /
sd          A.101 utt4: {C and } [ I, + I ] just don't have that much time to sit and watch the whole thing. /  

b^r          B.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.103 utt1: {C And } [ I don't ever, + no matter what's on, I don't ever ] just sit and watch T V.  /
sd          A.103 utt2: I'm usually {C either } doing dishes,  /
sd          A.103 utt3: {C or } I may be sewing,  /
sd          A.103 utt4: {C or, } {D you know, }   

b          B.104 utt1:  I know. /  

+          A.105 utt1: I always have, [ or + ] letter writing,  /
sd          A.105 utt2: {C or } I may be working around in the room somehow,  /
sd          A.105 utt3: {C but } [ I don't, + I don't ] ever just sit and, - /
sv          A.105 utt4: [ I, + that's ] something that comes from your old age, {D you know. } /  

b          B.106 utt1:  No,  /
sd          B.106 utt2: I don't sit. /  

^q          A.107 utt1:  Idle hands are the devil's workshop <laughter>. /  

aa          B.108 utt1:  I know.  /
qh          B.108 utt2: Who has time?  /
sd          B.108 utt3:  I don't have time to sit, I know. /  

b          A.109 utt1:  No.  /
%          A.109 utt2:  [ It's, + it's, ] {F uh, } -/  

sd          B.110 utt1: That's why I don't get to watch that much.  /
sd          B.110 utt2: {E I mean, } I,   

b          A.111 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.112 utt1: watch nine o'clock  /
sd          B.112 utt2: I do okay, because the kids are all in bed,  /
sd          B.112 utt3: {C but } before that, [ I really, + there's ] not much time. /  

b          A.113 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.114 utt1: {C Or } {D like } at six thirty I'll watch WHEEL OF FORTUNE or something like that. /  

b          A.115 utt1: Right,  /
%          A.115 utt2: {D well, } our, - /
%          A.115 utt3: yeah,  /
sd          A.115 utt4: [ if our gra-, + if our grandchildren ] are with us, [ that's, + they ] have to watch that.  /
sd          A.115 utt5: We don't watch it unless they're here <laughter>. /  

b          B.116 utt1: Uh-huh.  /
%          B.116 utt2: No,  /
sd          B.116 utt3: I like that.  /
%          B.116 utt4: No,  /
sd          B.116 utt5: I'll watch,   

%          A.117 utt1:  <<Faint>> {C But } they, {F uh, } -/  

+          B.118 utt1: game show kind of stuff  /
b          B.118 utt2: {C but, }   

%          A.119 utt1: [ It's, + it's, ] {F um, } {F oh, } - /
sd          A.119 utt2: {C and, } {D you know, } [ the, + the ] kids will get you started on stuff like AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. /  

+          B.120 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.121 utt1: We've wound up sending in one.  /
sv          A.121 utt2: That's something I didn't think that we'd ever do <laughter>. /  

qy          B.122 utt1:  Did you send one? /  

ny          A.123 utt1: Yeah.  /
sd^e          A.123 utt2: <laughter> My oldest grandson pulling his tooth.  /
sd          A.123 utt3: [ [ He's, + he's, ] +   

ba          B.124 utt1:  How funny. /  

+          A.125 utt1: he wouldn't ] let us pull it,  /
sd          A.125 utt2: {C and } {E I mean, } [ it, + it ] got to the point he was eating a pear here,  /
sd          A.125 utt3: {C and } he bit into it,  /
sd          A.125 utt4: {C and } it was just hanging by a thread.  /
sd(^q)          A.125 utt5: [ {C And } I, + {C and } I'd ] tell him, {D you know, } it's getting ready to fall out,  /
sd          A.125 utt6: {C and } he walked around the house with his [ fa-, + face ] down toward the floor and his mouth open, hoping it would ((fall out)), because he wouldn't let anybody pull it. /  

x          B.126 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.127 utt1:  And [ he wou-, + <laughter> he wound ] up pull, -/ 
