10:00 – 11:00PM
Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America – "Wiseguys and Smart-Alecks: Never give a Sucker an even Break." Herein lies an episode of a six-part PBS miniseries hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris. This week we get to learn all about those hard to love curmudgeons, the Larry Davids of the comedy world. I don't find Larry David hard to love, but I guess some folks do, maybe someone like Groucho Marx (but I doubt it) who would be one of the smart-alecks the show will cover as well.
Tuesday, July 21:
8:00 – 9:00PM
Nova – “Kings of Camouflage.” Yup, all about army surplus. Wow. Stunning, deafening silence. Bad joke. Not funny. I hereby withdraw it. Mea culpa. This is actually an in-depth investigation into the cuttlefish. The easier joke, the one about cuddling, I will avoid, having already offended your senses in this description.
9:00 – 10:00PM
Nova scienceNOW – "Episode 404." ScienceNOW is the newest addition to the Nova family and is currently in its fourth season. Episodes in this series look at a variety of topics over the course of a single episode instead of just one thing for the whole hour. Tonight the show, among other things profiles Tropical Ice Core Man. How awesome is that?
10:00 – 11:30PM
P.O.V. - “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon).” This Academy Award-nominated bad boy is all about Thavisouk Phrasavath's escape to America and the family he found here. It, I'm told, took 23 years to film. See, that's incredible, I would have thought that working on the film for 23 years would have definitely earned the award.
Wednesday, July 22:
8:00 – 9:00PM
Time Team America – "New Philadelphia, Illinois." Another week and another episode. This time out, our team has three days... only three days... to discover everything they can about "Free Frank" McWorter, a freed slave, and the town he founded. Can the team accomplish their mission? I'm betting they can.
9:00 – 10:00PM
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