GDTVD

GDTVD is not what it once was. For its first seven years, it was single people sitting around in an apartment for three days watching television and eating junk food. Now, almost twenty years since its inception, GDTVD has evolved into a single-day party for kids, including swimming in the pool and playing on the swing set. The TV and the junk food are still there, but now they're secondary.

But before you start pining for the old days, consider all this:

• We're not as young as we once were. Sitting around eating junk food for three days was hard enough in our twenties. In our forties, it's downright dangerous.
• Classic TV is more accessible now than in 1988. You don't need a party like GDTVD to catch episodes of "Green Acres" or "I Dream of Jeannie". Just turn on TV Land.
  
• The kids really, REALLY like the new GDTVD.
  

Plus, GDTVD is still a great way to catch up with people that we only see once a year. And, if you like, you can still plop yourself down in front of the tube with a Ding Dong and a corn dog and watch Gilligan screw up yet another rescue.

GDTVD is dead. Long live GDTVD.