The notion behind The Sword in the Stone ride is, I think, an important one, and one that is all too often overlooked. Oh, not by me; I've talked about it at length. I think however, that perhaps the problem is that it's all too easily overlooked. Here you are, trying to learn about what PBS is showing this week, and here I am, telling you about a ride I want to create at Disney World. It lends itself to being skipped over.
Sunday, December 21:
8:00 - 9:00PM
Nature - “Christmas in Yellowstone”. I just hope Yogi and Boo-Boo show up. Okay, so that’s an old joke. But at least it’s old faithful.
9:00 – 11:00PM
Masterpiece Theatre – "Prime Suspect: The Final Act." It's Helen Mirren's last go-round as Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. If you like Mirren, if you like Tennison, if you like detective fare, you'll like this journey to the seedier side of things.
Monday, December 22:
8:00 - 9:00PM
Antiques Roadshow - “Roadshow Remembers.” Originally airing back in 2006, this retrospective looks back on 10 years of antiques. It's described here as a "trip down memory lane," which I find kind of amusing, because the whole show is sort of a trip down memory lane, not just the retrospective.
9:00 – 10:00PM
The Life a House Built: The 25th Anniversary of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. For 25 years Habitat for Humanity has been doing everything it can to help provide housing to those who have known. This hour-long documentary tells you all about what the Work Project has done and how it has helped people.
10:00 – 11:00PM
Christmas at Luther: Night of Glory, Dawn of Peace. For 27 years Luther College has been holding televised Christmas concerts. There's candlelight, Christmas music and six different choirs (at least there are this year). They actually do more than one concert locally every year, either that or the 9,000 people that attend the one concert at the 1,700 seat venue are awfully tightly packed.
Tuesday, December 23:
8:00 – 10:00PM
Nova – "Absolute Zero". I know about absolute zero, and can actually tell you about absolute zero without reading the description. Absolute zero is the coldest possible temperature, it is zero Kelvin. My understanding is that one does not say zero degrees Kelvin, it's just zero Kelvin. As one approaches zero Kelvin, random molecular motion ceases and a special condensate is formed. Check out this Nova two-parter and learn more.
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