Name something(s) you'd know nothing about if it weren't for television.

[Bertha Venation]

Me?

Miranda rights
How things go in a courtroom
Many, many, many animals
Lots of "Dirty Jobs" (I love that show)
Potent Potables (how drinks are mixed)
Lots of cooking procedures (how to whip cream for whipped cream, for example)

You?

[begin_within]

1. That I would have to buy a converter box to still receive TV

[Bertha Venation]

3. Excellent!

:rofl: I love this.

[HopeHoops]

2. You can hide a gun in a bikini

Charlie's Angels, original TV show.

[Kaleva]

12. And you could squel the tires on beach sand as they did in Hawaii Five-0

[dugaresa]

4. we learned about bees last night watching a documentary, quite interesting

i too love dirty jobs and that is the only program that made me want to puke due to an episode at some farm. but i love that show!

i learned a lot about cooking and sewing from some public tv show too!

[Chan790]

5. Typical plot progression for a 1-hour drama.

How to hack the FBI database. (Seriously, is there a crime-procedural made in the past 5 years where someone doesn't eventually hack the FBI's databases? I think they need a better firewall and maybe some decent encryption and a halfway-competant IT person.)

Conspiracy theories on how Jesus was a freemason and how everybody from Adolf Hitler to John Lennon to Dan Brown is secretly part of Christ's bloodline. (I remember when they used to have real historical programming on History Channel.)

George Lucas. I've never seen Star Wars, I never want to see Star Wars...if they never talked about him on TV, I'd have no idea who he was. The best of the Indiana Jones movies (Temple of Doom) is the one he was unsatisfied with and wanted to kill after it was in the can. Fuck George Lucas, I hope he gets trapped in a small room with Jar-Jar Binks for eternity.

Congress, sausage-making, Mickey Mantle's diseased liver. I'd rather not know, thanks. It's vomit-worthy in all three cases.

[jobycom]

9. If he wanted to kill The Temple of Doom, he's smarter than I thought.

That movie is easily the worst he's ever done. Maybe one of the worst anyone's ever done.

[pintobean]

6. Buckwheat got shot! n/t

[rug]

7. Tablescape.

[kentauros]

8. How Things Are Made

Although I'd like to know how the machines that make the things are designed and made, too :D

[Biker13]

10. Crab Fishing

I'm a "Deadliest Catch" junkie!

Biker's Old Lady

[OffWithTheirHeads]

11. Sky King

[kayakjohnny]

13. Aw.... Sky King

I loved that show.

And there's plenty of good youtube clips from it still.

Just saw some a few weeks ago.

Cheers!

[Kaleva]

18. Kirby Grant's daughter lives not far far from me.

[wickerwoman]

14. How to shoot heroin.

Cake decoration.

Bridezillas...

[phasma ex machina]

15. Nothing

From "Seinfeld," the show about nothing.

[insanity]

16. That I'm not normal

Because I only drink and screw in moderation.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Where to "pig out".

Via Adam Richman.

Places all around the World, and what to see there, what to do there, and what to eat there. Thanks, Travel Channel, Anthony Bourdain, Rick Steves, Andrew Zimmern, Rudy Maxa, and Samantha Brown!

How stuff is made (e.g., "Unwrapped")

How to make interesting dishes with odd ingredients ("Chopped", "Iron Chef")

And, of course, current events and political happenings that only get reported by Keith and Rachel.

[XemaSab]

19. Wild Russia

Really one of the best shows I have ever seen.

[Tikki]

20. Without television I may never heard of TORCHWOOD and never known...

all about Cardiff Wales and the Cardiff Millennium Centre.



Tikki