I've got the companion book to his series on the Dark Ages from a few decades back. I really like him--he's my second favorite British PBS documentarian after James Burke.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Kathy A - Jan 06, 2009 12:28:26 pm PST #7614 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
quester - Jan 06, 2009 12:47:28 pm PST #7615 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Mine, too, Kathy. They both bring such enthusiasm to the work, but Wood is much cuter.
Kathy A - Jan 06, 2009 12:56:37 pm PST #7616 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm in the middle of rewatching my tape of "How the Universe Changed" (taped when the Science Channel had a vintage-science-series marathon a few years ago), so I've got James Burke on the brain. In addition to being really informative, he's a hoot!
quester - Jan 06, 2009 1:11:12 pm PST #7617 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
the internet ate my post!
I love "The day or How the Universe changed" whatever it was called.
Kathy A - Jan 06, 2009 1:19:20 pm PST #7618 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Eeep! You're right, it is "The Day the Universe Changed". You'd think I'd know that!
I've also got several eps of the original "Connections" on tape, which are just as much fun to watch.
quester - Jan 06, 2009 1:52:17 pm PST #7619 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Burke can talk to me anytime about anything and I will listen!
Kathy, have you ever seen Terry Jones' Medieval Lives?
Kathy A - Jan 06, 2009 2:04:03 pm PST #7620 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Most definitely! I also liked his doc on the Crusades--I learned a lot about the various sides. Also, I loved his "recruiting film" for the Crusaders.
Back in the '80s (I believe), Jones wrote a book called "Chaucer's Knight" that went into why the Knight was not so much a "a worthy man / that fro the time he first began / to riden out he loved chivalrye / truthe and honor, fredom and courtesie" (yes, I do have that memorized--I'm such a geek!) as he was a bloody mercenary who wrecked havoc across the continent. Definitely worth a read if you can find it.
ETA: I just looked it up on Amazon. Not only is it out of print, but the used paperback starts at $50(!) and the hardcover at $60(!!).
quester - Jan 06, 2009 4:13:38 pm PST #7621 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Ack! I'll look in the library for it.
lisah - Jan 07, 2009 5:21:18 pm PST #7622 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, man, the product placement in the Quick Fire. EWWWWWWWWWWW!
Jesse - Jan 07, 2009 5:27:23 pm PST #7623 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes.
But it has been long enough that I forgot about "This is Top Chef, not Top Scallops!" so I died laughing again.