There are only two people in the world who can claim that the death of Aaron Spelling was like losing a father: Tori Spelling and her unfamous brother. Despite never having met the man, Craig Liggeons claims the same, not because of some scandalous claim to the Spelling bloodline, but because of Liggeons' insatiable love of television.

Liggeons, a former member of the Polywumpus Improv Group, discusses the significant part television has played in his life since he was a kid in the one-man show My Life in 19", which begins on Sept. 8, 1973, with the premiere of The Super Friends, the Hanna-Barbera union of everyone's favorite men and women in tights. The extent of Liggeons' love for the idiot box is demonstrated by his uncanny ability to rattle off dates like the debut of The Super Friends, the last episode of M*A*S*H (Feb. 28, 1983) or MTV's launch (Aug. 1, 1981) as if they were the birth dates of close friends and family.

The portrayal of black Americans on television also plays a major role in the show. Liggeons grew up in an all-black neighborhood but went to an all-white school and used television to acclimate himself to the white culture that he did not experience at home. At the same time, white students used the same tactics on Liggeons, a problem that would follow him around his entire life. My Life in 19" means Liggeons will have to miss the four or five hours of television that he says he watches each day after coming home from his job ... at a TV station. Let's hope he has TiVo.