Saturday 12/8/2012

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KET: WoodSongs; #1104 "Celebration of Arkansas Roots Music - Part 2" [TV-G]; The Ozark sound is celebrated with performances by Blue Rain Bluegrass Band, folkgrass duo Still on the Hill, blues musician Nathan A., dulcimer player Scott Odena, and 11-year-old fiddle player River Lee.

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #119 "Films by Thom Sutherland, Justin Hannah, Travis Taylor, and Ashlee Prewitt"; Central Kentucky filmmaker Thom Sutherland's film Fourteen tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who spends Thanksgiving dealing with the eccentricities of her family and the challenges of her new found beliefs. Also featured is Do it Yourself, produced by Justin Hannah and Travis Taylor, and Decadence by Northern Kentucky University student Ashlee Prewitt. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: From the Ground Up; #102 "Architecture of Government"; The varying styles of Kentucky's courthouses. A 1991 KET production. Watch Online

KETKY: Studio 89; #602 "Josh Eagle"; Southern Ohio natives Josh Eagle and The Harvest City perform songs from their album, Show Your Teeth. [High-Definition]

KET: Pioneers of Television; #104 "Game Shows" [TV-G]; Traces one of broadcasting's most resilient genres from its beginnings in radio through its heyday in the late 1960s. [High-Definition]

KET2: Paris the Luminous Years: Towards the Making of the Modern; [TV-PG]; Tells the story of Paris from an unprecedented point of view, not as the familiar, glamorous backdrop for the revolutions that exploded there, but as active protagonist, catalyst and midwife to modernity. The film spotlights now-famous key figures in the art world's first international avant-garde, including Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky, Ernest Hemingway, Serge Diaghilev, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein, Aaron Copland, and many more. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #101 "Sunnyside of Life" [TV-G]; Celebrates the legacy of the country music dynasty the Carter Family by focusing on the Carter Family Fold in Maces Spring, Va., an old-time music hall founded in 1975 by Janette, Joe, and Gladys, the children of A.P. and Sara Carter. The film features Saturday night performances at the Fold by such artists as the Home Folks, Red Clay Ramblers, and Hot Mud Family. The film also includes a history of the Carter Family.

KET: Tupperware! American Experience; [TV-G]; A look at how a plastic food container became one of the world's most ubiquitous products. [High-Definition]

KETKY: The War of 1812; [TV-PG]; Explores this significant event from divergent points of view. Leading historians, battle re-enactors, and historic images help bring this defining conflict to life. [High-Definition]

KET: Market Warriors; #106 "Antiquing In Brimfield, MA - Part 2" [TV-PG]; The pickers head to one of the largest markets in the world, the Brimfield Antique Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts. There they scour the 16 fields of vendors in search of the best piece of art pottery. Some notable picks include a Rookwood vase and a painted blanket chest. [High-Definition]

KET2: Market Warriors; #106 "Antiquing In Brimfield, MA - Part 2" [TV-PG]; The pickers head to one of the largest markets in the world, the Brimfield Antique Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts. There they scour the 16 fields of vendors in search of the best piece of art pottery. Some notable picks include a Rookwood vase and a painted blanket chest. [High-Definition]

KET: Math Basics; #105 "Estimation"; Four methods of estimating—front-end estimation, clustering, rounding, and compatible numbers—and how to decide which to use.

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1110 [TV-G]; Southern yellow pine board accents are installed and the roof deck gets PVC porch boards and a custom rail treatment. Plus, how to properly mulch garden beds and a natural gas line for a barbeque grill is installed. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Southern Fried Fitness; #307 "Robin's Recipe for Success" [TV-G]; Robin demonstrates that long-term, sustainable lifestyle changes can be found in a simple recipe.

KET: Math Basics; #106 "Many Kinds of Numbers"; Introduction to common fractions, decimal fractions, and negative numbers.

KETKY: Kentucky Afield; #2909 [TV-G]; A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation hosted by Tim Farmer. [High-Definition]

KET: Bob the Builder; #807 "Believe In Yourself" [TV-Y]; Scrambler has been reading a book about the super-hero machine, Super-Smasher, and decides he wants to be just like him. Bob is building a weather station for Brad Rad, and Roley is making up a surfing rap for Brad's weather announcements! [High-Definition]

KET2: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; #1695 "Words: Clap & Stomp/Rhythmic Performers from STOMP!" [TV-Y]; Members of the percussion group Stomp! show how they create rhythms with their hands and feet as well as everyday objects like brooms, pipes, and pails. Using a sign that says "Clap" on one side and "Stomp" on the other, Mister Rogers practices making up rhythms. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Life; #607 "Tilghman Heritage Center/Daniel Boone Forest Archaeology/John Ward/Lake Cumberland" [TV-G]; A Paducah museum and antebellum/Civil War education center, a dig in Jackson County where archaeologists are uncovering Kentucky history circa 12,000 years ago, a Mount Sterling painter who's a rising star in the worlds of landscape and wildlife art, and Kentucky's longest lake. A 2000 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online