We spent a good part of our childhood weekends in Sampaloc, gathering around my grandmother's RCA television set to watch shows with the whole clan. Gwammy was particularly enamored with Rich Man Poor Man, one of the first TV miniseries that was culled from the book by Irwin Shaw. The drama was pretty much a shortened soap opera, following the lives of two brothers, well played by now veteran actors Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte (this was was in the mid-seventies, and at that time, they were just starting their careers). We didn't dare miss an episode, and instead of merely watching at home, Gwammy made it a point to make an appointment with the whole clan to follow the series en masse. The plot was discussed, analyzed, argued over, rehashed, and predictions about the ending were made. Talk about wild and crazy fans!
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