I have to say, that Carson actually had a pretty good singing voice in that duet with Midler. Re: the Ed Ames tomahawk clip, the funniest line was Carson's response to Ames asking if he wanted to try a throw... "I can't hurt him any more than you did!" I commented about this on another video showing the Ed Ames clip...when I wondered if Carson was aware that Ames (actual last name Urick) actually was Jewish! Sadly, Ed, the last surviving of the 4 Ames Brothers, only died fairly recently May 21, 2023 at age 95.
Here's what needs to happen within the next couple years now that linear TV might be on its last legs. As soon as Jimmy Fallon's contract ends, send NBC's "Late Night" shows to Peacock, get a new host, and the house band a combination of Quincy Jones' big band/soul style.
I think what hurts the most watching this was when the Probie died and they went to his funeral on September 1st. The fire department was torn apart losing one of their men. I can't even imagine how they survived losing over 300 less than 2 weeks later. I think that hits hardest.
“Eduardo” haha, Hunt was such a joke. That little fascist never did understand that his actions were wrong. He saw no difference in some of the things the CIA of that period were doing and what the plumbers were doing. A sad and pathetic human being who actually tried to throw some kid under the bus as a “double agent” during his testimony before the Senate Committee. He actually thought that some kid who “had ties with Democrats” was the reason he got busted that night, and not his own incompetence and that of his idiotic plumber colleagues. It turns out they turned their radio off so they didn’t hear the warning haha. Some night watchman foiled their plot. Just ridiculous
4:35 - There is a strange irony in Haig describing Bork as a patriot. I think many of my American friends may have a very different opinion of Bork and quite possibly, of Haig himself.
the interesting thing is that the Trump Supreme Court has now declared Nixon's actions perfectly legal; I suppose the judgment does not count retroactively; but any future president can have any place burgled, as long as it is for political motives
I have watched Olympic games since 1968. To me, this was the most memorable Olympics of all even though a lot of countries boycotted it. The athletes, the music, the ceremonies. These Olympics were so well run they ended up making a profit of $225 million dollars. The only Olympics to make a profit.
This is a real time capsule. Somebody pulled an old VHS tape casette with this doc on it. It was recorded in real time with all the commercials intact every 8 minutes. At the same time, it plays like yesterday. It's also 25 years old, and feels like it, too. An essential bit of Space Age history, with new, or at least, rarely aired facts making for compelling viewing. Enjoy!
The music scores for this old documentary may never have been replicated for a PBS series. Absolutely stunning! I'd love for a symphony to one day do a special July 4th concert just using the music from this series. I'd listen to it!
Re- watching this in 2024- thinking about how much has changed since 1999- this was pre- 9/11, 2 decades pre- Covid, and so much has happened in the area of space exploration since then. Shuttle retired, SpaceX has emerged as the premier private launch provider and landing /reusing its' boosters! Really quite amazing!
I was there. The epicenter was in Reseda. I still don't know why they said it named it in Northridge when the epicenter was in Reseda. I'm 73 years old, a California native I was there. Cindy
Steve Buscemi doesn't even tell anyone he worked ground zero after the towers fell. Didn't want credit or to take away from all the firefighters that lost thier lives and worked tirelessly from beginning to end on 9/11 up til all recue efforts ended, and through recovery missions. This documentary really showed more than any I have ever seen! The true family they are, and the true loss we all suffered, none more than New Yorkers, Virginia and loved ones lost inside the planes, towers and Pentagon! But the whole world was affected by this tragic attack 💔 Amazing documentary and deserves more views than its gotten. Amazing over 20yrs and I still find footage and stories from this historical tragedy I had never seen 😢 *EDIT* Can anyone tell me if those pic's of first responder across the country were those who volunteered at ground zero, or just heroes from thier states? I do know that many retired, on/off duty, ect, first responders and military dropped everything and rushed to New York. Volunteered for rescue search & recovery, in the hospitals providing care, triage both inside and on the streets, even grilling up hot dogs and serving cold drinks to all firefighter, EMT, police, soldiers, construction crews, and anyone working at ground zero! How a traumatic attack on our country turned into a most united country is just a testament of our faith in our nation and each other. We united, and no matter what we leaned on each other. That day there was no racism, sexism, or discrimination. We did know we were at war and that we would not remain 1 world united. Ofcourse after we learned who was responsible everything changed for so many. And still 20+ year's later, our country hasn't forgotten about that historical tragic attack and children not even born until decades later are affected by this national tragedy! My son who's 13 has watched 100's of video's, documentaries and stories by surviving victims, families, and listening to the 9-1-1 calls, radio traffic from first responders, and even ATC (air traffic control) and from pilots, flight attendants, passenger's, ect. He tears up everytime and says, "I wasn't even born but I feel like I lived this!" He can talk about specific events as if he had watched it in real time. Not sure if thats healthy, or makes me a bad mom for allowing him to watch all those video's? But every year on 9/11 I watch video's and there's always a program somewhere showing families and reporting live at the freedom tower, and some ceremonies for the victims happening. He chooses to watch with me. We both have visiting New York on our wish list, we'd love to pay our respects personally some day. ❤ Even go to this firehouse and see it in person. Obviously its likely to be new firefighters and unlikely we would meet any firefighters that were at the world trade center on 9/11, but they are all heroes to us and still love to meet anyone of them 💙 ❤😊
Hey, you’re not a bad mom for letting him immerse himself in history (from his POV). I’m a deep thinker and did the very same thing as a kid, although with no internet it meant books (which are, frankly, no less graphic-books on WWII and the Holocaust, Japanese invasion of China, Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, JFK assassination, etc-with descriptions that have stuck in my head). As well as photographs from the Vietnam and U.S. civil wars (where photographs were so plentiful they were seen as toss-away and the glass from them used in greenhouses). I’m a teacher and mom of 3 now, all of whom know my fascination with 9-11. I first saw this doc in 2002 when it was released. My lock on it started the day of, as my parents had just visited NYC less than 2 weeks before this. They’d stayed at the Marriott that was destroyed and were right there. I was supposed to go back with my mom later in September but clearly we never made it, meaning losing the opportunity to go up the south tower and make the most of photographing them. I’m also obsessed with firefighting (lived through a childhood fire), geography and specifically plate tectonics (have a degree in that, but first interest was Mount St Helen’s’ eruption). It’s that innate curiousity of “the real”. I do think that the photos at the end are actual groups that came to support. One of the earliest was an elite search & rescue from Cali who got flight permissions before commercial ones were going again. (These squads as well as NYC’s Rescue squads were created by FDNY’s Downey who died on 9-11…making it harder to get the FDNY’ers who wanted full control of ground zero to understand this squad’s purpose for being there, and that they were fellow firefighters.)
Lived in Staten Island between FDNY & Cantor lost too much. My kids grew up knowing because of who we lost, but the schools don’t teach them. I remember when 🎉his first aired w/ Bob Denario. Third watch was and is still one of my favorite shows. Was so proud when they did this… ppl can talk all the. S”it they want about NY but we are the most loyal and best ppl in this world
What about it? This is about the revolutionary war. Slavery was already on the decline in the northern states as early as 1770. The British empire abolished slavery in the conquered territories like New York and Philadelphia when they occupied those areas.
I was there in studio 1 that afternoon. Spent the whole day at NBC. The tears were flowing. What we don't see is during the credit roll, the RW, BM and JC came back out and took a theater bow.
