Friday 11/16/2012

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KET2: Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman; #406 "Finding Eight-Legged Tights Isn't Easy" [TV-Y]; It turns out that Ruff has two phobias: spiders and ballet! Ruff sends Sterling and Bethany (someone else who shares his fear of spiders) out to meet an arachnologist to work in a spider lab, and gives Brian another daunting assignment - to become a ballet dancer! [High-Definition]

KETKY: Historic Archaeology: Beneath Kentucky's Fields and Streets; Explores new archaeology investigations into the lives of farmers, slaves, soldiers, immigrants, and laborers during the 1800s in Kentucky. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Cyberchase; #122 "Model Behavior" [TV-Y]; To protect themselves from Hacker's constant attempts to capture cybersite Happily-Ever-After, the King and his fairy-tale subjects construct a glass Skywall. But Hacker unfolds a scheme to crack open the Skywall using the Wicked Witch's Voice, and the kids must construct a model of the situation to outwit him. [High-Definition]

KET2: Kentucky Collectibles; #104; Expert appraisers examine treasures including a baseball signed by several Hall of Famers, a watch fob known as "The Rock," and an Italian Revival Lamp worth a lot more than the purchase price of $25. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Olmsted in Louisville; Renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is best known for designing New York's Central Park. But his last achievement was the design of Louisville's elaborately beautiful city park system. A 2000 KET production. Watch Online

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #921 "Financial Thought Leaders: John C. Bogle" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3903; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with guest host Bill Bryant of WKYT-TV in Lexington Guests: Kenny Colston, Frankfort bureau chief, Kentucky Public Radio; Janet Patton, business reporter, Lexington Herald-Leader; and Mike Wynn, reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #501 "Preserve The Romance" [TV-PG]; Martin finds his return to London delayed by the birth of his son, and then again by some sad news. Meanwhile he begins to have serious doubts about the competency of the new doctor after she misdiagnoses a patient and dishes out prescriptions for totally inappropriate drugs. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #1110 "Wild and Scenic Kentucky: A Kentucky Life Special" [TV-G]; Dave Shuffett rafts, canoes, sails, kayaks, rides, hikes, and bikes his way around Kentucky, enjoying wildlife and outdoor adventure across the state. Sights include the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River, Breaks Interstate Park, the Pine Mountain Trail, black bears at Kingdom Come State Park, Daniel Boone National Forest, Cave Run Lake, the Red River and its surrounding natural arches, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, the Ohio River, the museum at Big Bone Lick State Park, Clifty Falls State Park in Southern Indiana, Mammoth Cave National Park, Land Between the Lakes, Audubon State Park, wetlands at Henderson Sloughs WMA, and Reelfoot Lake. Watch Online

KET2: Movie Classics; #1051 "Rocky" [TV-PG]; A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, and Burgess Meredith star. (1976) [High-Definition]

KET: Broadway: The American Musical; #106 "Putting It Together (1980-Present)" [TV-PG]; David Merrick has a smash with an adaptation of the movie musical 42nd Street, and Cameron Mackintosh redefines the business of show business with Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon. Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George defies categorization, while Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles has two men sing a love song to each other for the first time on Broadway—a breakthrough soon overshadowed by the decimation of the AIDS crisis. Julie Taymor brings Disney to Broadway with a triumphant re-imagining of The Lion King, composer Jonathan Larson scores a bittersweet victory with the rock-flavored Rent, and the old-style musical is reborn in Mel Brooks' The Producers. Growing corporate dominance is evidenced by shows like Wicked. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #109 "Harriette Arnow/Ourselves and That Promise" [TV-G]; In interviews filmed not long before her death, Harriet Simpson Arnow, author of the The Dollmaker, describes the basic biographical details of her life and reveals the difficulties of being a writer, a wife, and a mother. And. three contemporary Kentuckians, James Still, Robert Penn Warren, and Billy Davis, discuss their work and its relationship to the environment in which they live.

KETKY: Jubilee - Summertime Blues; #1501 "Tab Benoit"; Benoit, an iconic Louisiana guitarist and songwriter, delivers his signature swamp-blues-meets-Chicago-blues sound in a performance recorded at the 2010 W.C. Handy Blues &d Barbecue Festival in Henderson, Kentucky. A 2011 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Kentucky Life; #1209 "Model Railroad/Kentucky Railway Museum/Camp KYSOC/Elk" [TV-G]; Ray and Renee Grosser of Pulaski County, who have created a model railroad depicting Minnesota's Soo Line along with a model of their hometown along its tracks; the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven; Camp KYSOC in Carroll County, the first camp in America for children and adults with disabilities; and an elk-watching expedition on the Perry/Knott county line. A 2006 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

KET: WoodSongs; #1102 "Family Music: The McEuens & The Snyder Family Band" [TV-G]; The McEuens perform songs from their album, The McEuen Sessions-For All The Good, followed by the bluegrass sounds of The Snyder Family Band and their latest, Stages.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #116 "Films by Kris Rommel, Thom Southerland, and Natalie Baxter"; In Balance, a film by Louisville filmmaker Kris Rommel, two men find themselves trapped in a mysterious room where they reflect upon their lives. Also featured Holidays by Thom Southerland, and Middle Ground by Natalie Baxter. [High-Definition] Watch Online