“I've had this TV for 7 years, this is how it works. Power on - it comes on. Simple clicker, volume control - piece of piss. Works every time…. what the fuck's this? What am I doing? JACK!!”

—  Ozzy Osbourne

The Osbournes television show

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English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter 1948

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