PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of May 31

Part of: PBS in Primetime

The Vogon poetry reading is one of those moments from Hitchhiker's that I wouldn't dare want to lose in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ride, so the big question there for me was how to bring it about. We have, after all, not quietly entered the Hitchhiker's universe in the same fashion as the book, radio show, TV program, film, etc. I think Zaphod is the perfect answer.

 

Sunday, May 31:

8:00 - 9:30PM

Magic Moments: The Best of '50s Pop. You've got your live performances, you've got your archival footage, you've got your hosts – Phyllis McGuire, Pat Boone, and Nick Clooney. If that doesn't make for some magic moments of '50s pop, just pretend you're in the '60s and watch it while high.

9:30 – 11:00PM

David Garrett: Live in Berlin. Imagine a violinist playing AC/DC. Now imagine that the same violinist is of the virtuoso sort. Now imagine that the virtuoso violinist who is playing AC/DC plays a lot of other stuff too. That's a lot of imagining on your part, what are you, an Imagineer?

 

Monday, June 1:

8:00 - 11:00PM

Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone!. Don't you just wish it were that easy? "Begone!" Bills begone! Mortgage begone! Extra weight begone! Sure, excuses are self-defeating, that's what Dyer will tell us, but a lack of income is just plain defeating. I wonder if he'll cover that.

 

Tuesday, June 2:

8:00 – 11:00PM

America's Home Cooking: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking. Simple ingredients? Inexpensive? Nourishing and filling meals? Man, this special could be too good to be true. I just hope that it's not filled with old-time family favorites like stone soup, TiVo soufflé, and the ever popular braised shoe

 

Wednesday, June 3:

7:00 – 8:30PM

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