(mostly) real conversation with Husband

We now have a digital converter box and an antenna. And we get...four channels. Still, in the long run it's cheaper than cable.

So last night I was checking out the different channels, and it turns out that they have sub-channels, and the Incredible Hulk show is on a channel called Retro TV, which apparently was programmed just for me. (Simon & Simon, Knight Rider...need I go on?) Now, I haven't seen the Hulk in years, so of course I have to check it out. And since Husband was watching it with me, he ended up having to listen to the usual Valis bizarreness. Here is my attempt to chronicle our conversation. I must mention, for accuracy's sake, that it happened last night and as such many pertinent details (such as Husband's perceptive monologue about the reporter on the show and how he was Bruce's only connection to society and how this reporter character was not in the comics) have been omitted or just plain forgotten.

Me: Oooh, let's watch the Hulk! There's nothing much else on.
Husband: Okay. *is secretly relieved that it's not Miami Vice or Riptide*
Me: *notices good guy* Hey, I know that actor from somewhere.
Husband: He was a standard in classic TV shows of the seventies and eighties.
Me: Oh, he was on Riptide! He was in the episode "Diamonds Are For Never."
Husband: *kindly refrains from any comment that might obliquely refer to my overwhelming obsession*
Me: Wow, that's a pretty realistic oil well.
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