# I watched the Lifetime Channel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-lifetime-channel/47398>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 27, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-lifetime-channel/47398 "2000-12-27T17:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-lifetime-channel/47398/21 "2000-12-29T02:44:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \*  
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> > **Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?**
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> This, of course, was a Tori Spelling vehicle. \*\*

As would be a flaming bus plunging off a cliff, with any luck.

Cordially,

Myron M. Meyer  
The Man Who

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-lifetime-channel/47398/22 "2000-12-29T06:22:38Z")

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Thank God the folks at Lifetime didn’t buy BET. I already feel like I have to apologize for the roll of the genetic dice that put my soul into the body of a white male human. Can you imagine what “original movies” on BET would be like if they followed the Lifetime formula? ☹

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