live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"

Wed Dec 29 20:59:09 UTC 2010

At 12/29/2010 01:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Does "live" customarily include the notion the you're seeing them in "real
>time" at the very instant the person/ robot/ cyborg activates the switch?
>My life experience sez no.

In the good old days (or in reruns of them), one might hear
"broadcast live before a studio audience."

Joel

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