In the early 1980s, there were a number of hourly TV shows, which attempted to satisfy the teenage craving for music videos. This craving proved to be insatiable and thus 24-hour music video channels such as Muchmusic and MTV were born. The networks of these hourly music video programs were not idiots. The programming slot was in the 4:30pm to 7:00pm time slot -- just in time for the kiddies to make it home for school. My best friend Tom and I would tear down the street from public...