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Real People is an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights. Its initial episodes aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.
Real People featured a panel of seated hosts in front of a large studio audience. The hosts introduced pre-filmed segments and engaged in comedic banter about them. Each segment was a visit to someone with a unique occupation or hobby. Occasionally someone was brought into the studio to interact with the audience.
In its early seasons, Real People was NBC's most popular series, often scoring at the top of the ratings, and was a rare hit for the network at a time when NBC was a distant third in the ratings and struggling with numerous flops. Segments included "funny pictures" and funny newspaper errors sent in by viewers, who were awarded a Real People T-shirt. According to a 2008 interview with producer George Schlatter, who also co-created Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In for NBC, the series also covered serious topics, such as war heroes.
An ice cube is a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages. Ice cubes are sometimes preferred over crushed ice because they melt more slowly; they are standard in mixed drinks that call for ice, in which case the drink is said to be "on the rocks."
American physician and humanitarian John Gorrie built a refrigerator in 1844 with the purpose of cooling air. His refrigerator produced ice which he hung from the ceiling in a basin. Gorrie can be considered the creator of ice cubes, but his aim was not to cool drinks: he used the ice to lower the ambient room temperature. During his time, a dominant idea was that bad air quality caused disease. Therefore, in order to help treat sickness, he pushed for the draining of swamps and the cooling of sickrooms.
Ice cubes are produced domestically by filling an ice cube tray with water and placing it in a freezer. Many freezers also come equipped with an icemaker, which produces ice cubes automatically and stores them in a bin from which they can be dispensed directly into a glass.
Learn to keep the pain you feel
Keep it in don't let it spill
Under lock and key - don't let it out
Ohh that's what secrecy's about.
Make it all right
Just keep your eyes shut, keep your eyes shut tight
What you feel ain't bad
'Cause there's no shame, there's no shame in being sad
Place yourself in this little page
Limit your actions, don't be brave
In the shadow of everything
You're the one who's too afraid to win.
Make it all right
Just keep your eyes shut, keep your eyes shut tight!
What you feel ain't bad
'Cause there's no shame, there's no shame in being sad.
Feel the sharpness of the night
Walk into darkness - outa sight
Ohh just don't take that final step
You'll be missed you know I care
Make it all right
Just keep your eyes shut, keep your eyes shut tight!
Ohh what you feel aint' bad