Has anyone else watched Time Team out of England? Tony Robinson--Baldrick in Black Adder--is the host, and it's chock full of wonderful over the top personalities digging around England. There's about 20 seasons of the show, with lots of them online. I've watched so many episodes that I'm starting to slash the members of the crews. At least, Tony and Mick, the head archaeologist, seem to touch each other a lot.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2011 2:47:37 pm PDT #13021 of 30001
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Kathy A - Jun 16, 2011 2:58:04 pm PDT #13022 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love Time Team, and was really bummed when History International stopped running it a few years ago. I'll have to look them up online now that I know they're there--thanks, Connie!!!
The few Time Team America shows appear on PBS every once in a while and are decent, but are much more scholarly and less quirky.
My favorite British ep (that wasn't a special) was one where they went to Colchester and ended up finding a Roman-era villa's mosaic floor that was just stunning in its fragmented state. This was in some average resident's backyard!
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2011 3:01:15 pm PDT #13023 of 30001
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They're on veoh.com, Kathy. I love them snarking at each other.
Time Team America seems to assume that there are new people watching every time, and their host is handsome but bland.
My favorite UK episode so far is one where they found a huge gold coin, and the guy who found it is standing there shaking.
sarameg - Jun 16, 2011 3:04:38 pm PDT #13024 of 30001
And Sox, belated thanks for the recs.
Pix - Jun 16, 2011 3:38:19 pm PDT #13025 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Frankie is beyond cute.
javachik - Jun 16, 2011 4:07:20 pm PDT #13026 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
That is a reaaaaallly good pic of Frankie, but I am partial to the one where he's scooting behind someone on a couch!!
Dana - Jun 16, 2011 4:12:44 pm PDT #13027 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Things you learn when watching the Tonys a week after they aired: Sutton Foster is dating Bobby Cannavale? Huh.
beekaytee - Jun 16, 2011 4:24:30 pm PDT #13028 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Frankie! Look at that snoot!! What a sweetie.
I, too, like Time Team. My favorite UK ep is when they tour the down to the bone renovations at Windsor Castle. Fascinating.
Kat - Jun 16, 2011 4:34:41 pm PDT #13029 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
OH SHIT. I have fucked up but good. Please to talk me down from the tree. (Of course I can't really talk about why....)
Then again, maybe today IS the last day I want to be a public school teacher?
sarameg - Jun 16, 2011 4:37:55 pm PDT #13030 of 30001
Stay away from the foliage. It'll work out somehow.