ngs, the Howard Beale show was listed as the 4th highest rated show of the month... The "Nieslon ratings" are the actual rating used to measure the popularity of TV shows. ...surpassed only by the $6,000,000 Man, All in the Family and Phyllis. To be "surpassed by" is to be exceeded by, or outdone by. The names that follow are in fact three very popular shows from the 1970s. Diana and Laureen Hobbs prepare to bring weekly terrorism to America’s viewers, as Howard continues to scream the horrible truth as he sees it. I’m Diana Christianson, a racist lackey of the imperialist ruling circles. A "lackey" is a very negative word for a servant or worker who will do anything for their boss. "The imperialist ruling circles" is a Marxist (communist) way of describing those who control powerful nations. I’m Laureen Hobbs, a bad-ass commie nigger. "Bad-ass" is a crude way to describe a tough or strong person. "Commie" is a silly slang word for a communist, and "nigger" is an very racist word for a black person, though some blacks will use it among themselves. When a network says they want to put the ongoing struggle of the oppressed masses on prime time television, I have to regard this askance. "The ongoing struggle of the oppressed masses" is a Marxist way to refer to the struggle of working people to fight for communism and justice (in theory). "Prime time" are the hours between 8 and 10PM, when there are the most TV viewers. To "regard something askance" is tool look at it with great suspicion or mistrust. The Ecumenical Liberation Army is an ultra left sect creating political confusion with wildcat violence and pseudo-insurrectionary acts. Laureen’s view of her radical competition; "Ultra" means extreme, and a "sect" is a tiny group, often with a powerful leader. "Wildcat violence" is unorganized violence with no particular goal or strategy."Pseudo" means false, so "pseudo-insurrectionary" acts are those that in Laureen’s view pretend to be revolutionary, but in fact are not. The Eccumenicals are an undisciplined gang whose leader is an eccentric, to say the least. An "eccentric" is a person who acts very strangely. "To say the least" is an excellent expression that you use when you say something that in fact could be said much more strongly. We’re talking about 30-50 million people a shot, which is a bit better than handing out mimeographed pamphlets on ghetto street corners. In this case, "30-50 million people a shot" means that many people will be watching each program. "Mimeographed" is an old word for xeroxed, or copied, and a pamphlet is a small booklet that is usually stapled together. A "ghetto" is a very poor part of a major city. I’ll be in LA until Saturday, and I’d like to get it rolling. LA is Los Angeles, America’s most loved
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