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Bookshelves on TV

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10717)
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With COVID, many TV "personalities" are videotaped in front of a huge book shelf. Do you ever pause to check out what they have? I sometimes wonder if its not manufactured and changed to fit a certain narrative.

[–] FredBurroughs (22310) 4 years ago

All books and bookshelves are manufactured. How else would they get made?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Handmade.

[–] FredBurroughs (22310) 4 years ago

Which is a form of manufacturing, a word derived from the latin root literally meaning made by hand.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

Magic. Look up Samantha Stephens.

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

I promise not to ask what's on your bookshelf.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

I call shenanigans on the Covid Background Bookshelves and the ferns and 'Live Laugh Love' type wall hangers

...and I totally respect my coworkers who do our Zoom meetings with their homes looking like a messy hellscape in the background😆

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

Right they'll never have controversial books even though they're the best ones usually.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39864) 4 years ago

Yes I do and it induces much eye rolling.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78608) 4 years ago

What, you doubt that Jack Black has body building and yoga manuals on his bookshelves🤗

[–] AndyKing1967 (39864) 4 years ago

Lol. I notice it more with politicians and journalists.

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

Same

[–] Moonglum9 (11340) 4 years ago

I noticed a lot of them look like homeless weirdos with really messy hair and unkempt beards. Are they so used to stylist and make up people doing everything for them that they don't even know how to shave themselves or brush their hair?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

I doubt they even brush their teeth.

[–] nyctc7 (44116) 4 years ago

Commissioner Gordon - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFQExsSXsAEXjL8.jpg

What's behind those books? - https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/batman60stv/images/d/d8/Study.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160727030809

[–] Stratego (31085) 4 years ago

As a kid I was always a bit disappointed when the books in Ikea display rooms turned out to be fake.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

I'm more dissapointed with the fake computers.

[–] Stratego (31085) 4 years ago

There were no computers when I was a kid.

[–] nyctc7 (44116) 4 years ago

I need more books in here! Send more books! I got another dog bite case!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jkllmlczqfI/hqdefault.jpg

[–] Who (5146) 4 years ago

Many of them have their own books prominently displayed. I notice that the books tend to be mostly nonfiction, scholarly and very NYRB. Thst being said, journalists covering beats like politics and government are often given books to read in advance of interviews.

[–] BillHicksFan (10717) 4 years ago

Yup