There’s so much TV, and even if you’re watching carefully, some really interesting history and life lessons can fly past you. This website, which mostly focuses on classic TV but also sometimes the new stuff, digs into what we can learn from TV shows if we really pay attention. Consider The TV Professor a happy-go-lucky how-to guide for improving your life by watching television.
The TV Professor's Latest Lessons
What historical gems, personal finance tips and self improvement hacks can we pick up from the TV reruns and shows we watch every day? Check out The TV Professor’s most recent posts.
- The History of the Bermuda Triangle (on TV)
- The History of the Gilligan's Island Theme Song
- Dastardly and Muttley Cartoons Were Based on Actual History
- Problem-Solving: Analyzing the Murderers in "Columbo"
- Living Your Best Life, the "Matlock" Way
- The History of Dynamite, As Explained in an Episode of "Lost"
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History Lessons From TV
Sometimes TV shows are time capsules. Other times, TV characters comment on the past – offering up insight into a character’s own history. And that’s what these posts are all about – the history we can learn from watching TV.
- The History of the Bermuda Triangle (on TV)
- The History of the Gilligan's Island Theme Song
- Dastardly and Muttley Cartoons Were Based on Actual History
- The History of Dynamite, As Explained in an Episode of "Lost"
- The History of How "The Jetsons" Predicted the Future
- A Look at "The Jeffersons" TV Theme Song, "Movin' On Up"
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Self Improvement Lessons from TV
Can watching TV help you go on a diet? Break a bad habit? Become a better person? Maybe! There’s a lot we can learn from our favorite TV characters about improving ourselves, if we look hard enough. Fortunately, The TV Professor is looking for you.
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Personal Finance Lessons from TV
Get rich quick. Barely get by on nothing at all. Live well. TV characters do it all, and if you take notes, you can learn how to become rich – or poor – very quickly.
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About The "TV Professor"
I’m not really a TV professor. But I am professing to tell you what the shows you watch can teach all of us. It’s probably more than you think.