Saturday 11/10/2012

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KET: WoodSongs; #1101 "Gary "Biscuit" Davis & The Hackensaw Boys" [TV-G]; Three-time National Banjo Champion Gary "Biscuit" Davis performs followed by The Hackensaw Boys playing songs from their latest efforts, The Old Sound of Music, Vol. 1 and The Old Sound of Music, Vol. 2.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #115 "Living Lightly by Robin Burke"; Robin Burke's film Living Lightly documents a family in New Brunswick, Canada and their simple life that revolves around hard work and the love of their land. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #104 "Landscape Design"; A look at cemeteries, gardens, parks, and greenspace communities in Kentucky. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Studio 89; #609 "Majestic Man"; Local indie-rock group Majestic Man perform. [High-Definition]

KET: The National Parks: America's Best Idea; #105 "Great Nature (1933-1945)" [TV-PG]; In the midst of an economic catastrophe and then a world war, the national parks provide a source of much-needed jobs and then much-needed peace; the park idea changes to include new places and new ways of thinking; and in Wyoming, battle lines are drawn along the front of the Teton Range. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Mind of A Chef; #101 "Noodle" [TV-PG]; David Chang makes instant ramen dishes and tsukemen. He travels to Japan for a bowl of the original tsukemen and visits a noodle factory. Food scientist Harold McGee explains alkalinity and its role in ramen. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #108 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category/Coal Miner: Frank Jackson/UMWA: A House Divided" [TV-G]; Nimrod Workman was born in 1895 and spent his life raising a family of eleven by working in the West Virginia coal mines. The film is an extended visit at his home as he and his family prepare meals, build an addition to the house, dig for yellow root, swap jokes with the neighbors, and enjoy each other's company. Next, an early Appalshop film juxtaposes coal miner Frank Jackson's personal recollections of union organizing and mining work with scenes of him in and around the mines. Also, a film of a speech given by W.A. Boyle, president of UMWA, at a miners' rally in Big Stone Gap, Va., in the summer of 1970 with scenes at a mine and interviews with working and disabled miners.

KET2: The Mind of A Chef; #102 "Pig" [TV-PG]; Explore David Chang's relationship to the pig. He travels to San Sebastian to discuss pork bushi, prepares pork belly and tonkotsu, and visits Montreal with comedian Aziz Ansari for Wilensky's fried bologna sandwich. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Mind of A Chef; #103 "Memory" [TV-PG]; This episode explores David Chang's past: dishes from childhood, summer eating, his time in Japan and golf. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Coal in Kentucky; [TV-G]; For over two hundred and fifty years coal mining has been a part of Kentucky's history. Through the voices of coal industry professionals, activists, politicians, and everyday people, this documentary examines the significance of this history, what it means today, and how we will move forward to responsibly mine coal while protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Kentucky's citizens, the environment, and the economy. [High-Definition]

KET2: The Mind of A Chef; #104 "Spain" [TV-PG]; Learn all about Spain's influence on David Chang's career. He visits with some of his idols - Juan Mari Arzak and Andoni Aduriz - makes fideos, salt cod omelet and a sponge cake from chef Albert Adria. [High-Definition]

KET: Islands of Britain; #103 "The South" [TV-PG]; Clunes explores islands off the south coast including Guernsey in the Channel Islands, Sark, St. Michael's Mount, and the Scilly Isles. [High-Definition]

KET2: Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence; [TV-PG]; Ohio's annual Ferret Buckeye Bash is the largest and most popular ferret show in the country. Hundreds of top breeders, seasoned experts, and ferret enthusiasts pamper and parade their pets in a quest for prizes and prestige. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Cassius Marcellus Clay: An Audacious American; A documentary about the great Kentucky emancipationist that follows his bold and fearless journey through the 19th century landscape of bitter politics and duels, palatial homes and beautiful women, slavery, the Civil War, and a diplomatic mission which led to the purchase of Alaska. A Michael Breeding MEDIA production. [High-Definition]

KET: Math Basics; #108 "How Much?"; The base-10 system; working with decimal fractions less than 1; computing sales tax; weight, capacity, and volume; different ways of expressing the same amount or quantity.

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1106 [TV-G]; Repointing the old brick foundation, repairing the sagging front porch, rebuilding the rotted historic porch railing to meet conservation district standards, and spray foam insulation begins in the balloon frame house. Plus, the guys visit New York. Richard tours a scale model of the entire city in Queens and Kevin works with a local electrician to add task lighting to a dark kitchen in Brooklyn. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Fried Fitness; #303 "Find Joy in the Journey" [TV-G]; Robin talks about setting "high expectations" both nutritionally and physically.

KET: Math Basics; #109 "Dimensions"; Basic concepts in geometry, including length, width, and area; using maps and grids; expressing locations in three dimensions.

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2905 "2012 Fall Hunting Call-In" [TV-G]; Tim Farmer and experts from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources answer viewers' queries about hunting. [High-Definition]

KET: Bob the Builder; #803 "The Big Dino Dig Special (Pt. 3)" [TV-Y]; Today's job is to build a railway that will travel around the Dinosaur Fun Park. Scratch discovers a huge Stegosaurus skeleton! Muck and the other diggers excavate the skeleton and construct a properly designed bridge. On the last day of the dinosaur park project, the team builds a fence around the park. [High-Definition]

KET2: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1499 "Pets" [TV-Y]; While Lady Elaine Fairchilde plans an elaborate birthday party for herself, complete with a whale, apes, and Purple Panda, Ana settles on a kitten as the pet she'd like to have. [High-Definition]