The more I work on The Sword in the Stone ride (the ride I would create were I an Imagineer and given the chance), the more I think about it, the more I think that it is, unquestionably, a ride that should be built.  It could be fun in a way that those classic Disney rides are fun, it could be magic.  Seriously, done correctly, the ride could be Disney-style magic.   Read below to see a little bit more of what I would do with it given the chance.

Sunday, July 27

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nature – "Oceans in Glass:  Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium."  Listen, I love the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  I do.  I've been there a half-dozen times and will probably be going again within the next few months.  It's utterly fantastic, but, the most impressive thing, it's the fact that they filmed Star Trek IV:  The Voyage Home there.

9:00PM – 10:30PM

Masterpiece Mystery! – "Foyle's War, Series V – All Clear".  This is it for our good friend Christopher Foyle, at least the bits that relate to World War II.  Series V of Foyle's War feature the end of the war and, only very briefly, the start of the peace.  But, will Foyle finally find piece?  Watch and see.

10:30 – 11:00PM

Remembered Earth:  New Mexico's High Desert.  Filmmaker John Grabowska and author N. Scott Momaday "present a vision of hope for humankind's relationship to the natural world by interpreting the myth, beauty and power of a scarred but sacred landscape of the American West."  Wow, that's quite the mouthful.   

Monday, July 28:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Antiques Roadshow  – "Bismarck (Hour Three)".  I'm going to level with you, I know very little about Bismarck, North Dakota.  I know very little about the Dakotas in general.  I've driven across the country twice, once down south and once more middle/northish, but I never made it to either Dakota.  I wanted to, what with Mt. Rushmore being in one of the Dakotas, but I never got there.  The Antiques Roadshow, however, did.

9:00 – 10:00PM

History Detectives. This show may be the most fascinating show ever, it really may, but its title leaves a lot to be desired.  Seriously, aren't all historians more or less detectives?  The title simply isn't descriptive or exciting enough; I much prefer a title like Josh Lasser, You’ve Been Hired as an Imagineer.

10:00 – 11:00PM

Chasing Churchill:  In Search of My Grandfather – "The Other Country".  Celia Sandys is the granddaughter of one Winston Churchill.  Well, not "one" Winston Churchill so much as "the" Winston Churchill.  In this three-part series, Celia looks at her grandfather's art and literature in attempt to better understand the man she travelled with (or so I'm told) towards the end of his life.

Tuesday, July 29:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nova - “Car of the Future”. If The Simpsons has taught me anything—and I firmly believe it has—the car of the future will be designed by Homer for his long-lost half-brother who will end up going broke because of it. The car will be awesome and will cost way, way more than the average person can afford. It will, in short, be truly swell.