Rave: The History Channel

[JL21]

I love the History Channel. It's not always great, but when it is, I'm stuck watching it. Just in the last few weeks, I've found myself watching:

-The History of the Joke (hosted by Lewis Black)

-Their special about the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

-The Philly Mob (it was on last night)

-a special about the Tunguska event in Siberia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

When the holidays roll around, they show their "History of"- primarily, "History of Halloween" and "History of Christmas", which are both great. And now, their shows are even creeping into my Netflix queue. A few weeks ago, I got "History's Mysteries: The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden".

[thrill]

I've seen all of those except History of the Joke. Good stuff.

[JL21]

And the weather disaster shows that they have.... they're called something like "God's Wrath". Those are awesome.

[maddash]

Did anyone catch "Life After People"? Not as good as I hoped it would be - after hearing wonderful things about the book "The World Without Us" - but still really interesting stuff.

[Popeye_Card]

Did anyone catch "Life After People"? Not as good as I hoped it would be - after hearing wonderful things about the book "The World Without Us" - but still really interesting stuff.

I saw most of it. I too was disappointed. It was like they kept repeating the same thing over and over again for an hour. The only part I found pretty interesting was that Russian city that was abandoned in the 80's (70's?). That was cool in a creepy way.

[JL21]

I was mildly intrigued, but I usually avoid their speculative and theoretical future type of shows. I prefer when they're talking about past history, not future history.

[jim]

++ to the HC. I think it's my favorite channel on TV.

[G. Keenan]

Wait, has the history channel stopped exclusively running programs about how much ass the USA kicked in WWII?

[JL21]

Wait, has the history channel stopped exclusively running programs about how much ass the USA kicked in WWII?

Around 2002, they stopped. But that era in History Channel history was an ugly one.

[Secret Weapon]

I was mildly intrigued, but I usually avoid their speculative and theoretical future type of shows. I prefer when they're talking about past history, not future history.

I find that they rarely talk about past history anymore. Like I said in another thread, more often than not they are searching for mythical creatures, ufos, showing mega disasters or the end of the world, the universe, guys with scary jobs, or modern marvels. How is any of this history?