Ken Burns - Hemingway

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I have talked about this before. If I was rich, I'd start up an alternative Hall of Fame somewhere in upstate NY. I'd have to be rich, because I would need a legal staff to fend off the lawsuits. I was inspired after my first visit to Cooperstown, another snooze fest, although worth visiting for every fan. Mine would be a bar, of course. I would have a Hollywood model maker make a realistic Ted William's head encased in a clear container with fake dry ice smoke coming out of it, and make that the centerpiece of the bar. Maybe it would talk a little for ten bucks in a slot. Since my HOF would be near Saratoga, because I like Saratoga, a place that is 50-50 Yankee/Red Sox country, we'd have cage matches once a month between the more loyal fans of either. Of course there will be a cocaine wing, and a steroid wing. It would be fun, for sure.

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If you're looking for investors, I'm in.

Don't expect your money back. Like I said, legal fees will soak that up. But, free beer on cage fight night!

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Don't expect your money back. Like I said, legal fees will soak that up. But, free beer on cage fight night!

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I'm still in. I can think of worse ways to piss away money in Saratoga.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

I just finished the third episode. Well, that was depressing. Sounds like he was a miserable sonofabitch the last 15 years or so, and he made a lot of other people miserable as well.

I hate it when someone that has done inspiring and/or admirable things - artists, athletes, leaders, etc. - turns out to be a raging asshole. I’d often rather that I don’t find that out. I know H was sick, but he was an asshole at the end.

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In his defense he seems to be an asshole since the get go.

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Originally Posted by concretejungle

In his defense he seems to be an asshole since the get go.

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Probably. He just didn’t seem as full of himself earlier.

Is there no way to watch this now without being a PBS member?

I don't understand why broadcast networks have adapted so poorly to the internet. I can watch it for free over the air but not online?
I guess Hulu and others fucked up network TV going online, but PBS?!