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Post by Eowyn on May 4, 2005 15:24:06 GMT -5
and to borrow from one of your post 'okay i will stop now' ;D lol, luvarchfeind! And do you know that I always catch half of the show before our Korean dramas (8:30ish). For the longest time I couldn't understand the dynamic of the show and who was related to who until I read a synopsis of it in a BBC video catalog; then I got it straight (but not before being confused again by Judi Dench's other sitcom, the one with her real husband!)
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Post by TheBo on May 26, 2005 22:21:45 GMT -5
Wasn't it Bungalowdweller who mentioned a PBS-20 show about Korea recently? I saw one this evening, I don't know if it's the same one, it was called 'Battle for Korea'. It was a two-hour documentary tracing the Korean War beginning with Stalin driving Japan out of Korea (after Nagasaki/Hiroshima, he suddenly decided to declare war against Japan, the shate) at the very end of WWII and ending with the armistice. It was amazing--I had no idea. No frickin' idea. All my info on the war pretty much came from 'M*A*S*H' for god's sake. How the heck did any Koreans survive that? I recommend you see it if you get the chance.
Bo
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Post by chigirl68 on May 27, 2005 8:08:01 GMT -5
I'll have to check for any future airings for this. It sounds interesting. I was at an industry party last night. So no TV.
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Post by moreshige on May 27, 2005 19:45:26 GMT -5
Wasn't it Bungalowdweller who mentioned a PBS-20 show about Korea recently? I saw one this evening, I don't know if it's the same one, it was called 'Battle for Korea'. It was a two-hour documentary tracing the Korean War beginning with Stalin driving Japan out of Korea (after Nagasaki/Hiroshima, he suddenly decided to declare war against Japan, the shate) at the very end of WWII and ending with the armistice. It was amazing--I had no idea. No frickin' idea. All my info on the war pretty much came from 'M*A*S*H' for god's sake. How the heck did any Koreans survive that? I recommend you see it if you get the chance. Bo You know what war can do to a whole generation? I've thought about this for awhile during my lifetime. Most of my Korean friends who are around my age don't have a full set of grandparents on at least one side of their family. Was it just coincidence? As for myself I never knew my paternal grandpa. It was said that he was last known to have gone to the north during the war.
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Post by TheBo on May 29, 2005 7:36:00 GMT -5
Yes, Moreshige. I think many people in Africa will have the same experience in our lifetimes, and Serbians and Croatians probably have a lot to say about that. War is a destructive situation. The thing that show brought home to me about Korea in particular, however, is the length of the Japanese occupation. 40 years! Now so much makes sense, such as why everyone goes into the army. Poor Korea had a tough road to follow for so very long, it is a miracle that South Korea is now in a situation where they are exporting high-end dramas. During the war, the dictator in the South went around killing all suspected communists, and then the North came through and killed all who were not "helping" the communists. Then anyone who was leftover got bombed by the UN forces trying to target the North. In the documentary, there was image after image of civilians running up and down the roads, carrying their children and increasingly fewer raggedy belongings on their backs, running from one army or the other. It was gripping. I recommend it to anyone interested in Korea, it really illuminates so much about what shaped the national characters of North and South.
Bo
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Post by TheBo on May 29, 2005 8:05:30 GMT -5
Who was asking about Channel 56? I have basic Comcast in Chicago, and Channel 56 airs on its channel 48. It's from Indiana, I think. Seems similar to Channel 20, a bunch of stuff is shown, from cooking shows to old mysteries to farm reports.
There's a cool thing called "Breakfast with the Arts" on A&E (Comcast 64) that shows clips from operas, concerti, ballet--nibbles of "kul-chah," LOL. I just put it on to check the channel, and they're showing a clip from a Tom Jones concert, of all things. It's a nice accompaniment to breakfast, when I don't have a Korean soap to watch or if YSS happens to be in the player (bloodshed over breakfast, I don't think so). (Yeah, I have the terrible-TV-with-breakfast habit--sometimes it's the only time I get to see my soaps.) (Our building gives us basic cable for free while Comcast is rewiring for digital, otherwise, I was fighting cable tooth and nail before we moved here. Now Bob's talked me into digital, but we can't get it yet.)
I LOVE AS TIME GOES BY! I have all the DVDs they have available, people get them for me for birthdays and Xmas. It's brilliant, and Judi Dench's portrayal of Jean is the most hiilarious thing I've ever seen. Really, I love it, I love her, it's brilliant. (I only saw her other sitcom once, I just couldn't get into it.) I'm looking forward to the final DVDs coming out this spring. My mother is hooked on it, and also Bob's mom (I'm a pusher, I draw them in and let them get the fever, LOL). It's just funny and doesn't take itself too seriously, and it's firmly rooted in what people really do and how they really act.
I guess you can tell. I love the show.
Bo
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jun 22, 2005 17:52:02 GMT -5
Does anyone watch Two Men in a Trench? Archeologist/historians go to various battlesites in Britain with metal detectors and dig up stuff that they discuss at the end with a museum guy, and model the battles with computer maps-sometimes they correct common notions of what happpened. Also there was l940's house in England, where life got tougher as time went on, there was less to buy at the grocery, the house had a simulated bomb attack and they had to make repairs and clean up the plaster dust etc. Also they put up a shelter (an Alison shelter?) in the back yard and retreated into it during "airraids". Scary.
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Post by IAPD3000 on Jun 25, 2005 11:02:54 GMT -5
I think you don't have the series Reel New York in Chicago. It's is my favorite shows in PBS!
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Post by skinz on Sept 9, 2005 12:28:35 GMT -5
Old topic, but my favorite PBS shows are mostly documentaries like American Masters and Wide Angle. I also watch Newshour for my news (I hate cable news), Charlie Rose, and sometimes Great Performances like the three tenors and etc.
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Post by ovaridedis24 on Sept 9, 2005 13:36:03 GMT -5
It's Coupling for me, that show's hilarious, yeah it has some crude jokes but, that's what makes it funny.
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Post by chigirl68 on Sept 9, 2005 13:40:16 GMT -5
It's Coupling for me, that show's hilarious, yeah it has some crude jokes but, that's what makes it funny. Yes the original is far better thatn the American version (which didn't last long).
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Post by galacticchick on Sept 9, 2005 14:35:03 GMT -5
Yes the original is far better thatn the American version (which didn't last long). I think only two or three episodes aired and then it got canned. Back to PBS though, I don't know what the name of the show is, but it's from BBC and it features homeowners w/hoarding problems and then they make them get rid of their unecessary stuff and then re-do their space w/the stuff they've kept. The thing some of these people keep is unbelievable to me. I like it though, keeps me inspired to keep the house nice and tidy. Plus I love their accent.
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Post by chigirl68 on Sept 9, 2005 14:53:28 GMT -5
Yes the original is far better thatn the American version (which didn't last long). I think only two or three episodes aired and then it got canned. Back to PBS though, I don't know what the name of the show is, but it's from BBC and it features homeowners w/hoarding problems and then they make them get rid of their unecessary stuff and then re-do their space w/the stuff they've kept. The thing some of these people keep is unbelievable to me. I like it though, keeps me inspired to keep the house nice and tidy. Plus I love their accent. I think you are think of "Life Laundry" BBC info page
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Post by roxelanahybrida on Sept 16, 2005 13:40:29 GMT -5
Oh I used to LOVE watching Mr. Bean on channel 11. It would come out on Saturday nights, and I would catch it if I was home. I thought he was just hilarious, even though he never talked. Now I don't have alot of free time to watch tv But I do like to watch historical documentaries and anything that has to do with animals (whenever I can). About 2 weeks ago, I saw a show that was talking about the jungle and all these weird species that we've never heard of or seen. There is so much out there in this world that we don't know about. YES! I loved Mr Bean! I don't understand why Rowan Atkinson dosen't do new episodes. The funniest episode is the Christmas one.(Picture Bean playing with a nativity scene in the middle of a department store...) I'm ridiculously pleased that the new season of Check Please! is going to be starting soon. I found quite a few good resturants through that show.
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Post by Lovely on Sept 18, 2005 20:10:12 GMT -5
I love the Mr. Bean cartoons! I don't know what happened to them though. I love the episodes where and he and Teddy go on adventures. It's so cute!
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