Just a recollection you stirred up I had not thought about in years: my freshman (and sophomore) roommate in college could only fall-asleep with the television

Just a recollection you stirred up I had not thought about in years: my freshman (and sophomore) roommate in college could only fall-asleep with the television on, but of course did not want it playing all night, so every evening he would start a Shawshank Redemption VHS tape from the beginning when getting in bed. He did that for two entire academic years, never changing the movie. I used to have the first 12-15 minutes of it memorized.