Amelia's "Good Stuff That Comes On PBS" Thread

[Wilben]

The last thing I watched on PBS was Red Dwarf, or Are You Being Served.

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[gman23]

Lol. Yes, I practice my art as often as possible.

I'd love to see that up close some time.

 

[Wilben]

I *love* Are You Being Served!

I haven't watched it alot, but it is amusing. Red Dwarf was pretty funny too, kind of a sci-fi comedy, some hilarious shit though. They had an episode with a planet inhabited by living wax replicas of famous earthings. They're broken into tribes of evil and good people and are constantly at war. One of the characters deicdes to train the "good guys" and calls Ghandi a wuss and what not...I laughed so fucking hard.

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[Wilben]

I never got into Red Dwarf. I dated a RD addict, though, and had to watch waaaay too many episodes to get some ass.

Eh I always thought it was funny

Never made anyone watch it for sex tho.

 

[gman23]

Sorry, but that's not available for broadcast.

We don't have to broadcast , i was thinking of a personal viewing.

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[Wilben]

There's a lengthy application process...

I bet it involves several Lobster dinners

 

[gman23]

There's a lengthy application process...

I have Robo- Form.

 

[PinkOrchid]

 

[amelia]

Independent Lens

Airing weekly on PBS, INDEPENDENT LENS is like an independent film festival in your own living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers — filmmakers who are taking creative risks, calling their own shots and finding untold stories in unexpected places. Hosted by Don Cheadle, this season zooms in on ordinary and not-so-ordinary heroes: from kungfu monks in America to teenage Mormon missionaries abroad, rediscovered jazz singers to violent ’60s radicals to the children of Vietnam veterans.

 

[amelia]

this was on my PBS tonight. i'm not sure it's on everywhere...

Maurice Sendak is one of my all time favorite children's authors/illustrators.

NOW with Bill Moyer: An Interview with Maurice Sendak

 

[Marxist]

Fuck me, I missed it. I love Bill Moyers. Did anyone see the series he did with Joseph Campbell? It was wonderful.

 

[amelia]

Fuck me, I missed it. I love Bill Moyers. Did anyone see the series he did with Joseph Campbell? It was wonderful.

it said on that site that he's retiring (bill moyers), i didn't know that.

 

[Marxist]

it said on that site that he's retiring (bill moyers), i didn't know that.

I don't believe that. Unless he's sick he is not going to give up broadcasting. Look at Cronkite, he's still working here and there. It's in the blood.

 

[mac340]

The last thing I watched on PBS was Red Dwarf, or Are You Being Served.

OH i love Red Dwarf we always watch the marathons and i just purchased the first 4 seasons on DVD. Thats probably the only thing i watch on PBS lol

 

[amelia]

Secrets of the Dead

Tonight they talk about the flu, perfect timing...right?

 

[Cleopatra]

Tonight was the Search for the Original Tomb of Christ. Very interesting, the looked at two major places where it's supposed to be, and used endoscopes and thermographic imaging to check out the edicules that supposedly surround the actual rock tomb that Joseph of Arimathea had Jesus use.

Followed by Secrets of the dead, about the Syphilis epidemic in early Europe, before it was supposedly "discovered" in the New World. I didn't see it, but it looked interesting.

 

[smartandsexy]

This thread made me think of all the great documentaries that are on the telly here that I look at think how great it'd be to sit down and watch them with my boyfriend *pout*

 

[APhil]

http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/

I watched it.

Reminded me of my grandpa. 88 and can't remember what he had for breakfast. Even though every day it's the same thing.




Other than that, I like "Ask TOH", sometimes "Charlie Rose" and "Frontline", "The Woodwright's Shop".

 

[Lasz]

PBS had a speical on the history of video games systems in the home a few nights ago. I forgot what it was called. But it talked about the history of games that made a difference. It was really cool and hosted by Tony Hawk.

 

[amelia]

Innovations: Brain Fingerprinting

" 'Brain Fingerprinting' is a portrait of a technology at the tipping point -- only time will tell whether it is all its inventor claims it to be, or a tool that has been caught up in its own hype. Is it a powerful forensic tool that will far surpass the accuracy of the polygraph test and permanently change the way suspects are convicted or freed?"

 

[Olivianna]

Colonial House!

A must see!