What to watch tonight
by Marissa Richardson | June 24, 2008 at 6:00 am
Posted in TV, b the paper
From today’s b, the paper
wipeout
8-9 p.m. {WMAR-12} ABC
With obstacle names like Big Balls and Sucker Punch, is this new game show family friendly?
imagine: john lennon
9-11 p.m. VH1-Classic
If you don’t cry during the montage at the end with everyone mourning, then you have no soul.
ripley’s believe it or not!
10-11 p.m. BIOGRAPHY
Forget “Wolf Boy” getting married, I want to see the cat eating with a fork!
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June 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
And for the more cerebral minded, on PBS tonight is “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.” 10p. First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba.
June 24th, 2008 at 3:17 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
what a crappy thing to discover about your family. it seems every family has some kind of secret in their past.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:41 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Marissa:
Against my better judgement, I am watching Wipeout...god I don't know why. Silly stoopid, but pretty funny. One of the previous 'Talk Soup' hosts is an announcer, so snarkiness guaranteed! Help, I can't look away!
On the cerebral side, I found out some years ago that one of my great-great-great + grandfathers was a mountain man who married at least 4 wives (one was 15), fathered about 27 children and made his own moonshine! And most of this was noted down in an old family bible, I was told! I suppose that explains my rogueish streak...
June 25th, 2008 at 3:29 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
a family bible? moonshine? what's next, kevin?
yes, i heard john henson was on wipeout. against MY better judgement, i watched i survived a japanese game show last night.
i'm not sure what's worse. that's japan has game shows like that or we have a reality show like this? a toss-up really
June 26th, 2008 at 1:22 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
It's not often you get to combine bibles and moonshine. Oddly enough,when my mother told me all this, I felt...proud! I guess it was the right kind of sordidness: interesting without being truly revolting.
I couldn't bring myself to watch the Japanese thing. Some sort of weird 'meta-TV' vibe, with the show about the show. Too many mirrors back to back!