So, there you are, watching the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ride unfold on the screen in front of you. You’re strapped in to a chair as the theater you’re sitting in moves to give the impression that you’re speeding along like a madman. Of course, you’re not a madman... no, the madman is Zaphod Beeblebrox, he’s right there in front of you and he is not happy.
Sunday, May 24:
8:00 - 9:30PM
National Memorial Day Concert. Another year passes and PBS airs another Memorial Day Concert. Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna are hosting this time out (and maybe last time out too). I’m not bored by it, don’t get me wrong, I like that it’s the same thing year after year. It’s a memorial, after all.
9:30 – 10:00PM
PBS Previews: National Parks. Soon, but not yet, PBS will airing a Ken Burns special all about our national parks. Apparently he thinks they were one of America’s best ideas. I know that because “America’s Best Idea” is the subtitle for the series. I’m like Sherlock Holmes.
10:30PM – 12:00AM
National Memorial Day Concert. Another year passes and PBS airs another Memorial Day Concert. Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna are hosting this time out (and maybe last time out too). I’m not bored by it, don’t get me wrong, I like that it’s the same thing year after year. It’s a memorial, after all.
Monday, May 25:
8:00 - 9:00PM
Antiques Roadshow - “Hartford (Hour Three)". Connecticut – bastion of all that is old and posh, or at least most that is old and posh… okay, some that is old and posh, but the posh is very, very posh. And, why not do it in Hartford. Hartford has television. People like Hartford. It’s no Westport or Greenwich, but people like it.
9:00 – 10:00PM
American Experience – "Buffalo Bill." Hey, Buffalo Bill, who did you kill, Buffalo Bill? Yes, I know that's not right, but I like it anyway. It was either that or some of Annie Get Your Gun, and I chose to alter a Beatles song. Honestly though, that Buffalo Bill guy did a lot of things throughout his life, watch and find out.
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