Preference - Commercials and News or no...

[totalpardo]

I was wondering what all of you prefer with your RMT episodes, a straight program or one with the commercials and news included?

I enjoy the commercials and most importantly the news. I think it is an interesting sideline and view into the time period...

[jkrzok]

I strongly enjoy hearing the commercials and news. I enjoy hearing how the Watergate scandal played out at the time, for example. Hearing the news and commercials I think often gives you a better feeling of a time than does the regular programming. The commercials are also great for reminiscing; jingles can have a way of staying with you through the years.

[totalpardo]

I strongly enjoy hearing the commercials and news. I enjoy hearing how the Watergate scandal played out at the time, for example. Hearing the news and commercials I think often gives you a better feeling of a time than does the regular programming. The commercials are also great for reminiscing; jingles can have a way of staying with you through the years.

nice - i have a full day's worth of the nixon resignation - its so full of history and i listen to it alot.

[wadenjulie]

I also enjoy the news and ads when included. It's a nice bonus to go with the show. Helps transport one back to the day.

~Wade~

[Charlie]

Yes to commercials.

Charlie

[MikeH]

I concur with both commercials and news. When looking for an episode I will look for one with a large file size hoping the extra bytes will be news and commericals.

[totalpardo]

I concur with both commercials and news. When looking for an episode I will look for one with a large file size hoping the extra bytes will be news and commericals.

exactly! i love listening to the stuff of the time!

[papastew13]

I too really enjoy listening to the commercials; they are entertaining and make it feel more authentic.

[Ross]

I like both, especially the ones that I recorded.

- Ross

[rfdillon]

Personally, I like the commercials, but when introducing someone to CBSRMT, I like to have them listen to an episode without the commercials.

[Mike Hobart]

Commercials and news around the show help to remind us of the cultural context that the story takes place in. It's similar to the way that whenever my sister reads a novel she checks the copyright date in the front to see when it was written, because it does make a difference -- is five dollars a lot of money or a small tip? Does crossing the country from ocean to ocean take a week or a day? To make sense of the attitudes in the story, you need to understand those things.

[CusBlues]

I guess I'll be the one contrarian. I don't really like listening to the commercials, and I normally fast forward through them. I will listen to the news though. I like to hear what was going on at the time.