There used to be this show on WLS in Chicago called The Prize Movie with Ione . Every day, Ione would sit on the set and host a movie, and by "host," I mean she would introduce the film, and then with each commercial break she would completely break the train of thought with chit chat about no particular subject with people who called in. Sometimes callers would talk about the movie and sometimes they would talk about anything but. Sometimes Ione would do exercises on a mat with this fluffy, white immovable dog beside her. And sometimes a man in an ape suit would rush the stage pretending to be her husband. And if there was too much talking or too many crunches or too much ape and not enough time to show the full film, they would just not show the end--you could miss the last ten minutes if time ran out. During the summers, my sister and I never missed a morning with Ione . I think I was twelve before I ever saw a movie straight through without commercials--it was Gone Wi...