with the greatest respect have you lost your marbles,too much talking to Walkabout verse.

Quite possible, Dick, although WAV is known to me personally & quite the personable chap he is too despite his somewhat cranky Mudcat persona!

Seriously though, in my professional work as a storyteller I'm constantly researching & evaluating the morphology and dynamic of traditional narrative & the elements therein that determine the effectiveness thereof. This is pretty much a constant actually, something that will out as it were, be it in The Tain, Buile Suibhne, or the over-arcing sagas of modern day soap-operas - stereotyped characters, sensational plots and all!

Otherwise, I couldn't agree with you more about television & it's impact on more traditional pastimes & culture as a whole, but being born in 1961 I'm afraid I was raised on it! Times I've done without it quite nicely though, and no doubt will do again, but right now with our 50% operative digibox I'm happy enough.

Love the YouTube stuff by the way - slowly working my way through it...