[sumo] Classic sumo

[David Bonner]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Lon Howard <itsulon at wavecable.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your thoughts, Barbara.  I guess there's no way to know what this
> fraction is, but based on my many experiences 'on the ground' with the
> demographic I belong to, it wouldn't be very high.  My opinions are based on
> the fact that this demographic of English speaking fans outside Japan
> (retired/ex-military who were stationed in Japan for some years) SHOULD be
> the one with the most interest in sumo, having had direct exposure in Japan.
>  I just haven't found this interest so it's hard for me to believe that
> there are that many of us English-speaking sumophiles out there.   It's
> possible I've been running in the wrong circles, or running in circles
> generally, but I'm just going by what I've experienced.  Anyway, I'm very
> happy with TVJ right now, so I've probably generated an irrelevant
> sub-thread.

I would happily be one of the "subscribes every other month" folks if
TVJ was available from my cable provider.  Keeping my fingers crossed
that the new place I'm moving into in the fall gets FIOS, which does
carry TVJ.

I got hooked by the combo of ESPN's Sumo Digest and my tivo, letting
me watch it without staying up until 2am or whenever it used to air.
I've got a couple friends who were roommates at the time who also
enjoyed watching it, just not enough to try and continue following it
via the clips Dale was kind enough to post to the web.

Pretty much everyone I've managed to get to watch sumo has immediately
shed their "fat guys in diapers" opinion, but I have yet to recruit
any real fellow fans, since there's no easy way for them to watch it.

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david bonner
dbonner at gmail.com