Book Board Chat

diane (furtima) All of the ones that you mentioned are not my cup of tea either, except for Undercover Boss. I do like Antiques Roadshow and will watch Pawn Shop. I learn a lot from both of those. There have been a number of times that we have picked up books on some painter whose painting was on Antiques Roadshow. Antiques Roadshow has expanded our knowledge about fine arts, furniture, and knick-nacks. While we were not dumb about all fine arts, esp DH and furniture (he used to be a furniture maker); we have made money off of what we have learned just by buying books on the subject matter. Sometimes we will already have a book on such and such and then Antiques Roadshow will cover the topic and that night or the next day the book will sell! So that show and similar piques people's interest and helps ebay sellers with the right goods.

My brother and his wife went to Antiques Roadshow with a vase that had been my mother's. The guy evaluating it keep trying to get the attention of the cameramen. My brother is funny in telling the story of how the expert keep saying the same thing over and over and louder and louder trying to capture the attention of the camera crew. They didn't get on TV but did learn a lot about the vase and that it was worth a couple of hundred.

I know several people here like watching Pickers for similar reasons. Learning something new, esp. if you are an ebay seller. I watched it in the beginning but now flip the channel usually.

Sandy (bookbase) ~ ah, another Walton repeat fan! LOL I recently saw an episode that I had missed. I had wondered how they did the transition from "old John boy" to the actor who took his place. I thought it was very well done by using the news article about him being found after being MIA in WW 2 and as the family is reading the article the camera goes to the newspaper they are holdand and there is a pix of the new actor! Very smooth.

I remember there were several Survivor fans on board and the topic would come up often. I think of mainelady often - Survivor ads, football games, ice skating on TV all bring her to mind. I still miss her and am so glad I had the opportunity to met her when we went to Maine. She was such a kind and sensible lady.

Speaking of 60 Minutes, it is amazing how long lasting that show has been and all the copy cats. It started in
1968 and in 2002 it was ranked #6 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. "The Newsroom" show that I mentioned in an earlier post reminds me of a cross between it and CNN. What is unique about "The Newsroom" is that all the news events that are portrayed really did happen. Sometimes the time sequence is out of step of when it did happen but they use "real news events". The creator and principal writer, Aaron Sorkin, insists that it be that way. Sorkin was the creator and writer of The West Wing, which I thought was a great show.