Should the "History" Channel change it's name to the UFO Channel

[book_worm]

All day long it's had shows about UFO's on. Oh, come to think of it earlier this morning they did have a program on the Loch Nest Monster.

[BlooInBloo]

1. A good example of my sig.

[tularetom]

2. Some days they should call it the Jeebus Channel

I actually think I'd prefer the UFO's.

If you can get it the History Channel International is light years better.

[book_worm]

4. UFO's /Monsters/ Jesus/ Hitler is their typical menu

Actually I should have included Hitler under monsters since he caused more horror than Bigfoot or the Loch Nest Monster ever did.

[NoPasaran]

3. No, in another week they'd have to change to Nostradamus Channel

They should have stuck with being The Hitler Channel.

[Donnachaidh]

5. you mean they aren't showing "All-Hitler, All-Week" week?

That's a shock.

[Cleita]

6. Actually, they should call it the Bible and mythology channel. That should

cover the extent of their programming. There is very little history aired any more.

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. Yep. It has always been this way, in my opinion

It has disappointed since day one.

[Posteritatis]

34. Honestly, if they dropped the pretense that way I'd wind up more likely to watch it

I like mythology, theology and so on, just not when they're pretending to be something they aren't.

[Best_man23]

41. Take Hitler off of there

And then they can go with The Mythology Channel. The UFOs can stay on there until the aliens actually make themselves known to us.

[Zhade]

58. "the Bible and mythology channel" would be redundant.

NT!

[Ron Green]

7. The lowest common denominator

is always the rule when the Free Market reigns.

[AndrewP]

62. You have a good point there.

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. It's such a joke

I remember years ago when I heard the History channel was coming. I was so excited and anticipated great things. What a disappointment!

[Peace_Sells]

10. history

People complained about the Hitler programs but I would gladly welcome them back over the garbage they usually have now. Ice rod truckers? Wtf kind of crap is that for history? And even though I like monsters and stuff monsterquest just plain out sucks! History channel should not even be considered educational programming.

[book_worm]

11. I agre. Ice rod truckers, I tried watching that once. It's just another reality show

about confrontations between rivals.

[CountAllVotes]

12. George Washington Carver story last night

It was a great show about him on last night on the history channel!

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventors/a/GWC.htm

Too bad you missed it!

:dem:

[IDemo]

13. That was an excellent show

Wish they would do more like it.

[Raine]

32. Yes and they also had one about Abraham Lincoln

that I thought was pretty good.

[DBoon]

14. I call it the Hitler Channel

one day they will figure out a way to combine all of their favorite topics into something like:

Secret Nazi Alien Spacecraft: Was it a Biblical Prophecy?

[Maat]

23. Exactly.

As a homeschooling mom (independent study, actually, under the auspices of a credentialed teacher and charter school), I have the history channel to be useless. Frankly, we can rent great educational films through Netflix, and use the episodes on each subject on www.brainpop.com (in addition to Compass Odyssey).

I found a few good things on NatGeo and History International; but the useful episodes are few and far between.

Nova and Frontline have been wonderful.

[AlCzervik]

27. Same here. tonight on The Hitler channel, Hitler's personal dental floss handler!

and tomorrow, the man who prepared Hitler's crudités, join us for this 4 hour special.

[EFerrari]

39. And their bookend, the Adolf and Eva Channel. :-)

[alphafemale]

40. Ice Road Nazis

Alien abduction Special

[liberalmuse]

15. Thanks for the heads up.

I'm flipping to 'The History Channel'.

[Junkdrawer]

16. In America, History is the most subversive subject there is. The "History Channel"...

is, in no way, subversive.

As a people, we have the memory of goldfish.

[csziggy]

17. Cable needs a "Woo Woo" Channel to carry all the UFO, ghost and cryptobiology programs

SciFi, History, Discovery, TLC, even Style Channel and WE have been showing this stuff. While it can be amusing (who doesn't like a good ghost story every so often?) it's getting really old when so many different channels have the same crap all the time.

[madinmaryland]

19. WTF is up with TLC. They used to be interesting, now it Duggars and other huge

families and families made up of small people.

[LeftyMom]

20. Somebody in GD called TLC The Litter Channel.

I lol'd.

[csziggy]

22. Perfect!

All the cable channels are going downhill and appealing only to the lowest common denominator. Discover Science Channel has been having some good shows, but it is not carried by as many companies - I think it is only on premium satellite deals.

[Lost in CT]

42. Good lord that is perfect. nt

[ipfilter]

53. But what does that have to do with cats...

oh, I get it. :)

[Cleita]

25. That's a good idea. As a person who has an open mind about woo woo

subjects, I think that would be a good channel to have.

[Touchdown]

18. I just wish they'd stop calling it HistoryHD when it's just a stretched screen

I pay for HD, I should get real HD.:eyes:

[ColbertWatcher]

21. They should change it to the Superstition Channel. n/t

[Maat]

24. In my humble opinion ...

the Powers that Be are trying to dumb us down .

One day, I was look at the "history channels," and all I saw was programs related to documenting the "historical accuracy" of the Bible.

Unbelievable.

I had to go to the BBC DVDs to get a comprehensive documentation of human evolution, and the evolution of the planet had to be found there also.

[ColbertWatcher]

30. The city of Philadelphia has held a celebration of Darwin ...

... for the last year.

Yet the History Channel can't figure out how to find programming that doesn't discuss the possibility of UFOs.

And we think somehow we're going to have a generation of scientists who will be able to go to Mars?

[Maat]

31. It is very frustrating.

In my case, it is particularly frustrating because it is difficult to find resources that clearly articulate evolution to a twelve-year-old.

The following have been highly valuable: BrainPop episodes, the BBC series of DVDs, and NOVA: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.

I wonder quite a bit about our future; in our case, we are lucky: Hubby has a doctorate, and is a chemical and materials engineer. So, we are definitely emphasizing science, with virtually no help from the channels that we pay for.

[ColbertWatcher]

38. It's embarassing too.

How are your PBS stations out where you live?

Is there a university nearby that has a television department?

[Maat]

47. I'm very fortunate.

We have Verizon FIOS, am out in SoCal, and have a plethora of PBS stattions.

We're lucky.

That special, Nova:Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial was just the best. I ordered a copy. I can't stop raving about it. Dr. Miller nailed down scientific theory, evolution, transitional fossils, DNA, and testability. It was wonderful. It's two hours long, though, and you have to work through it.

P.S. I'm sorry about that 'typo' above. Dang, and I'm so strict with the kid about grammar, syntax and spelling!

[ColbertWatcher]

54. I watched that Nova special; it was well done.

Don't know if you saw it, but I was surfing through my cable channels and stumbled on the Academic decathlon and they were doing evolution.

It was a thing of beauty!

[Maat]

56. Thanks - I'll check that out.

That's good to know.

To tell you the truth, I agree with Dr. Eugenie Scott, of the National Science Education Center (oh, I'll have to look up the exact name of her organization), that evolution has largely been taken out of textbooks. I had to research material and add it to what was in her textbooks. Dr. Scott stated that the textbook publishers had taken it out because they wanted to avoid the controversy altogether; it was sad watching her say that. I think that, soon, it will be up to parents to make sure that their kids get a complete education on the subject.

Take care!

:hi:

[ColbertWatcher]

57. Text books are the next battle ground.

Some states buy text books as a monolith and water it down to their most ignorant residents (take Texas for instance).

And some of these states are so huge that they can dictate which text books will get published.

Oh, btw, here is the link to Dr. Scott's organization: http://www.natcenscied.org/

[Maat]

60. Thanks for the link.

I don't think I bookmarked it on this fairly new computer.

Take care!

[BirminghamExaminer]

26. Or just the Paranormal channel.....

Between ghosts and aliens, the History channel has become a laughingstock.

[DS1]

28. Supposedly the Germans were interested in the occult, and by extension UFOs

So no, keep it The Hilter Channel

[cobalt1999]

29. Shows the depressing state of education in the U.S.

When so many people can actually believe in this shit.

In any intelligent society this stuff would be laughed off the air.

[ThoughtCriminal]

33. They got tired of the Luftwaffe?

"Ah the Luftwaffe: the Washington Generals of the History Channel" - Homer Simpson

[mascarax]

35. We used to call it The Hitler Channel

seemed like that was 90% of the programming...didn't know it changed to UFOs (?!)...

[The Gunslinger]

36. I've notced that too

I remember when that channel used to have historical documentaries on it. Not so much anymore.

[LeftyMom]

37. UFOs of the Third Reich: Nostradamus and the Monsters of Revelation

A show about UFOs seen over WWII Germany and how they tie into the predictions of Nostradamus and John of Patmos regarding cryptozoology.

On second thought, I shouldn't give them any ideas.

[myrna minx]

55. Your title made me LOL.

It's too perfect. They will *occasionally* play some non-Nazi Yeti, Loch Ness UFOs of Armageddon adherents to the Gray Agenda programming, but it has become few and far between.

[KharmaTrain]

43. I Prefer History International

They are a bit broader in the shows they present. It's definitely not as U.S. centered or gets into the goofy stuff the regular History Channel does.

[LWolf]

44. Really?

I don't watch the history channel, because it has appeared to me that the only history they are interested in is the history of war.

I'll have to keep a closer eye out when I'm browsing.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. They should call it the Sensationalist Crap Channel

Oh wait, that could be just about any cable channel these days.

[lovuian]

46. UFOS sell there is a Big Audience for it

and its getting people more aware of the fact that UFOS exist

this is a campaign being run by US government

soon we will be getting the official word they exist

[cobalt1999]

51. LOL

:rofl:

I only hope you forgot the sarcasm tag.

[Zhade]

59. P.T. Barnum did say "no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people"

And your post is a prime example of why he was rich.

[Sequoia]

48. What's so historic about UFOs.

I'm sick of them.

[Dukkha]

49. network TV has made Americans incredibly stupid

Now the once educational based cable networks had devolved into the same reality-based sensationalist garbage to try to appease to the LCD attention deficit audience.

[Sultana]

50. It's mostly the Hilter channel

I think sometimes they throw in some OBL and Saddam stuff...

[old mark]

52. between UFO's and various religious/prophesy programs,

they should call it the lack of facts channel.
At least Hitler was real, although it seems hard to believe sometimes, that people took a lunatic like that seriously.

mark

[underpants]

61. Did Confederate ghosts advise Hitler?

that is my brother's summary of the History Channel

[ColbertWatcher]

64. BRAVO! Well done! n/t

[underpants]

65. You going to love this. Rabrrr and DS1 riff on the History Channel

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4166295

[ColbertWatcher]

66. That was amazing! Thank you for pointing it out. n/t

[upi402]

63. revision and distraction channel

next stop, text books.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

67. I need to know about Hitler's Haunted UFOs.

They don't teach about this stuff in school, you know.

[depakid]

68. In Australia, it's still the Hitler channel

No UFO/ghosts and whack conspiracy shows- but you can damn near guarantee seeing Hilter's mug just about every day. Kinda like it was in the states in the 1990's.

[and-justice-for-all]

69. they go through phases dont they...

dont worry, it will return to being the Hitler channel soon I am sure.

My German friend ask me "what was with Americans obsession with Hitler.?"

History International fairs much better.

[conspirator]

70. I think you are wrong. They have thematic weeks. One week may be about UFOs

But not every week.