For Thanksgiving this year I'm planning on making a pecan pie… perhaps a chocolate pecan pie. I love pecan pie, not like I love apple pie, but a good pecan pie is something special. For some reason though I've never actually made a pecan pie before. I'm trying to get into all that sort of homey stuff though for my daughter.
Sunday, November 8:
8:00 - 9:00PM
Nature – "Black Mamba." Seriously, snakes? I hate snakes! Why'd it have to be snakes?!? And, for that matter, why did Jacques put a snake on the plane? Even if the snake has a name, Reggie, it's not like snakes belong on a plane (that's right, Samuel Jackson, I said it). The specific snake in this case is the black mamba, a snake that some say is misunderstood. That's right, misunderstood.
9:00 – 10:00PM
Masterpiece Contemporary – "Place of Execution." Juliet Stevenson as a high-profile TV journalist. Doctor Who is still around to host. The story deals with the journalist looking into the issues surrounding the 40-year-old disappearance of a 13-year-old girl. It's based on Val McDermid's novel, and did I mention that the Doctor is hosting? Because he is.
10:00 – 11:00PM
American Experience - “The Berlin Airlift”. How egocentric of us. This is part of the “American” experience, not, you know, the German experience, or the European experience. It’s funny, because I always thought Berlin was in Germany. Oh, I don’t disagree that the U.S. played a major role in the airlift, but it still seems odd.
Monday, November 9:
8:00 - 9:00PM
Antiques Roadshow – "Louisville (Hour Two)." I imagine that this city is going to be a home run for the series. They're really going to knock one out of the park here. They're going to put a few runs on the board by going yard. They're going to, unquestionably, get the long ball working here. In short, they're going to be Sluggers.
9:00 – 10:00PM
American Experience – "The 1930s – Hoover Dam." In the second bit of a five-part American Experience experience, the 1930s continue and with a damn good episode. Okay, fine, that's a horrible joke and an old joke and a damn bad one. At least it'll be a clean episode.
10:00 – 11:00PM
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin. Learn all about how the rock band rocked the Kremlin… back in the U.S.S.R. While John, Paul, George, and Ringo never played in Russia (at least not together), they apparently made quite an impact on the culture. Kind of like they did in the rest of the world, but in this case the folks they were impacting were behind some sort of metallic drapery.
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