New Ken Burns series this fall on PBS Prohibition

[rue]

Everybody is welcome! We keep a well stocked bar in an oak icebox. And it's not even bathtub gin- it's Beefeater!

Somebody else needs to bring the snacks. And be forewarned, the last time I had overnight guests I made them dig out a 8' by 12' space for a patio in the backyard. So come early and bring work clothes.

No problem at all.... I can make snacks and I know how to wield a hammer or a paint brush

 

[sheeplady]

No problem at all.... I can make snacks and I know how to wield a hammer or a paint brush

My kind of lady! Too bad you're in Ohio, we could do fix it up and then party it up weekends.

The rest of your family could come too... I have no problems putting even small children to work. :lol: Somebody's got to pick the rocks out of the patio hole.

 

[rue]

I know and in about two months I'll be even farther away

Thank you for the invite for the family though. It would be great fun if it was only possible

 

[Kirk H.]

I know and in about two months I'll be even farther away

Thank you for the invite for the family though. It would be great fun if it was only possible

Have you guys found out where you are going yet?

 

[rue]

Yep.... northern Arizona, where it snows


Anyway, back on topic, I watched the sneak peek and it made me anxious to see the whole thing

 

[Kirk H.]

Yep.... northern Arizona, where it snows


Anyway, back on topic, I watched the sneak peek and it made me anxious to see the whole thing

Cool. I too want to see this special, from the bits I have seen it looks very well done and interesting.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

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For those with iPhones and iPads the first episode will air early on the PBS app.

 

[fortworthgal]

I'm looking forward to this!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

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New promo and remember that with the PBS app for iPhone or iPad you can watch the first episode now.
Starts this Sunday on your local PBS station.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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New promo and remember that with the PBS app for iPhone or iPad you can watch the first episode now.
Starts this Sunday on your local PBS station.

WHAT is that music in the promo? Meh!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

This music is not in the first episode which I watched already on my iPhone at lunch. The music is of it's time music as in all Ken Burn's work.

 

[sheeplady]

Got my martini olives, gin, and vermouth. I'm all set for the premiere.

 

[Story]

"We were awash in alcohol in the 19th century," says documentarian Ken Burns in a discussion with Audie Cornish on Weekend Edition Sunday. Burns' Prohibition, beginning Sunday night on PBS, serves as the follow-up to his past series on topics as diverse as the Civil War, Jazz, the National Park system, and baseball.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/...lls-a-law-so-strict-it-was-tee-totally-doomed

 

[Dubya]

If and when it arrives in Australia I will watch it and record it for sure!:eusa_clap

Same here for Blighty!

 

[davidraphael]

Can't wait for this...I'm sure there'll be a few places online where I'll be able to..ahem..pick up a nice hi-res copy

 

[fortworthgal]

Pretty interesting so far... looking forward to episode 2 this evening!

 

[rue]

Pretty interesting so far... looking forward to episode 2 this evening!

Me too!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Here are some screen grabs from the first episode.

 

[John in Covina]

The Dust Bowl, Fall 2012
The Dust Bowl is directed and produced by Ken Burns and written and produced by Dayton Duncan. The film will be broadcast nationally in prime time on PBS in 2012.

The Dust Bowl was also covered by an episode of The American Experience a few years back. Well done, part of a set of 1930's AE documentaries that include Seabiscuit, The Hoover Dam, and the Crash of 1929.

 

[John in Covina]

"We were awash in alcohol in the 19th century," says documentarian Ken Burns in a discussion with Audie Cornish on Weekend Edition Sunday. Burns' Prohibition, beginning Sunday night on PBS, serves as the follow-up to his past series on topics as diverse as the Civil War, Jazz, the National Park system, and baseball. http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/...lls-a-law-so-strict-it-was-tee-totally-doomed

The concept of clean water being available at your sink was not always the case even in the US. (It was said that the health of the Chinese workers on the Transcontinental Railroad was better than most others because they boiled the water to make tea.) Fermented beer and wine tended to be safe to drink in most places.