History, Bitten
Feb. 24th, 2006 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguySaw what I can only assume is the first episode of History Bites Season VI. Their website is fairly not useful, as it only lists episodes from seasons I-V, and offers to sell episodes for $25 each. Welcome to 1997. I'm sure there'd be NO interest in buying it in season sets from public and educators alike.
The show, for the sad souls who've never seen it, formerly did history education by examining historical periods in the context of television. The Borgias, for example, became the Osborgias. It was wacky, wild, and fun. Good educational tool.
So, I'd assumed HB had gone the way of all quality TV, but it appears I was wrong. Cynra and I saw a new ep via the power of PVR last week, and it was an interesting one.
Primarily, the TV thing seems to have been eliminated, in favour of standard sketches. The topic, instead of being a single period/event was broadened to cover the history of Canadian/US relations, in terms of relationships between Prime Ministers and presidents. I think they skipped the infamous LBJ/LBP "You pissed on my rug!" incident.
They also pumped the show up to an hour, instead of the half our episodes it used to be. The cast seems to have been expanded (Rick Green apparently remembered he used to be in a comedy troupe), and they were top notch.
I wonder whatever happened to Matthew Sharp (the guy who played Gyrich in X-Men)? He was a nice guy.
The show, for the sad souls who've never seen it, formerly did history education by examining historical periods in the context of television. The Borgias, for example, became the Osborgias. It was wacky, wild, and fun. Good educational tool.
So, I'd assumed HB had gone the way of all quality TV, but it appears I was wrong. Cynra and I saw a new ep via the power of PVR last week, and it was an interesting one.
Primarily, the TV thing seems to have been eliminated, in favour of standard sketches. The topic, instead of being a single period/event was broadened to cover the history of Canadian/US relations, in terms of relationships between Prime Ministers and presidents. I think they skipped the infamous LBJ/LBP "You pissed on my rug!" incident.
They also pumped the show up to an hour, instead of the half our episodes it used to be. The cast seems to have been expanded (Rick Green apparently remembered he used to be in a comedy troupe), and they were top notch.
I wonder whatever happened to Matthew Sharp (the guy who played Gyrich in X-Men)? He was a nice guy.
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Date: 2006-02-25 04:55 am (UTC)I forgot it was on. Hopefully they'll air it again.