Jack Gould
Jack Gould
John Ludlow "Jack" Gouldwas an American journalist and critic, who wrote influential commentary about television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 February 1914
CountryUnited States of America
antiquated belong chose democracy elected gifts include obviously officials position privilege public serve serving taking terribly wants
This idea that privilege comes with position is something that's terribly antiquated and doesn't belong in a democracy. These are elected officials who chose to serve the public, and the idea of serving the public doesn't include taking gifts from someone who obviously wants something in return.
I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half.
coming gone interest large money public
They've just gone berserk. It's in the public interest to know where these large amounts of money are coming from.
song singing variation
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability. His specialty is rhythm songs which he renders in an undistinguished whine; his phrasing, if it can be called that, consists of the stereotyped variations that go with a beginner's aria in a bathroom. For the ear, he is an unutterable bore.
baths temperature depth
One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
light evil joy
It's like being called up in the draft. The peculiar joy of hemorrhaging without bleeding starts when the evil little red light glows on the monstrous camera.
singing ability
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability.
running home why-not
Why not pick up the new full-length motion picture at the corner drugstore and then run it through one's home TV receiver?
television reassuring worst
There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.
sex television taxes
Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
singing ears hysterical
Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability . . . For the ear he is an unutterable bore, not nearly so talented as Frank Sinatra back in the latter's rather hysterical days at the Paramount Theater.