The History Channel now

[Marty K.]

There is some wonderful programming on the Smithsonian channel... America in Color has some great rarely seen colorized footage.....you can watch on demand....also starting Sunday night The Pacific War.... will be featured.... well done productions...

[MD*GSP]

Originally Posted by Marty Kohler

There is some wonderful programming on the Smithsonian channel... America in Color has some great rarely seen colorized footage.....you can watch on demand....also starting Sunday night The Pacific War.... will be featured.... well done productions...

I'll second this. I don't have the channel yet but was fortunate to catch a few episodes of "Aerial America" recently. It's a fantastic show narrated well and the production is stunning.

I'm looking forward to the shows Marty mentioned.

Richard Flanders: being an alaska guy, I'd like your take on the show Mountain Men, if you've seen it of course? We enjoy that show and I'm kind of partial to the old fella' Tom in Montana. He's got a Shorthair and lets her tag along and help him in the field, provided there's no obvious danger in having her there..how bad could he be?

I'm sure the show's got some fluff (MM) but the guy Marty that flies in to Alaska by himself is reported to be the real deal. And in fact, pretty well respected by many.

[B. Dudley]

Based on what i could find, it was the first show. I really enjoy Forged in Fire personally. I have been looking on-line to see if i could find that episode, but couldnt find anything. I will catch it at some time.

[Craig Budgeon]

I have found that when MASTER is applied to a crafts person it has the most significant meaning when the customer/end-user applies it. Many apprenticeships today have a narrower focus because of the changing technology. While I am most appreciative of master chefs the term can be applied to many trades including mechanics, jewelers, electricians, plumbers, masons, hairdressers, and gunsmiths to name a few. As the number of masters is reduced the value of there skills will increase.

[OH Osthaus]

i remember when the "History" channel actually showed history

[stumpstalker]

The kind of show being described, or at least prefigured by the posts of Brett and Brian, remind me of why I have never bothered to buy a TV, seeing enough of it in other people’s homes or on the tug boats I have worked on where in the common area it is on continuously.

I am reminded of WICKED TUNA, which show has publicized a sport/commercial fishery I have had some involvement in over several decades. It is not enough to highlight the talents of the participants in an extraordinary setting. No, they invariably have to be demeaned, ofttimes reduced to nattering gossipers or even portrayed at their most grotesque, intemperate worst. It just does not square with what I have known, but unfortunately probably does influence an emerging new standard of behavior.

I know ‘there is a lot of good stuff on TV”, but there is still enough of it that for me makes TV, to this day, a national embarrassment.

[Mike Franzen]

Originally Posted by Russell E. Cleary

The kind of show being described, or at least prefigured by the posts of Brett and Brian, remind me of why I have never bothered to buy a TV

Wow! That’s quite a statement. You have never bought a TV?

[B. Dudley]

Hundreds and hundreds of channels and most just bounce between 3 or 4.

[William Davis]

Wicked Tuna is so full of BS I can’t watch it. Reality tv topics I am familiar with it’s never satisfying, see all the errors & staged situations. Some are good though, try Ice Pilots, off Netflix, old equipment in extreme conditions. I don’t know enough about aviation to see the warts.

William

[Roundsworth]

I also 'enjoyed' the comments on the 'unstable 45 Colt that eventually morphed into the 45 Auto', or words to that effect! The producers have the final say, I suppose. Jason Statham hired my brother to be his weapons coach when he made 'Mechanic Resurrection'. My brother said there were a couple times when his advice was trumped. He certainly had a good time, though!