As you may know, the first part of his upcoming series, "The War" (about WII) is airing tonight from 8-10:30 (ET).
I just found out about this a couple days ago and wanted to record it. But my VCR has gone on the fritz. It is seperate from my DVD player, which does not record. I don't tape a lot of things, and don't have TiVo, SO....
is there anyone watching it who can tape it for me? I know it is a tall order, this is going to be a LONG series (14 hrs?) spread over 2 weeks, (check PBS.org) for showtimes....but as you might guess, when this comes out on DVD is going to cost upwards of 100$+ I am sure. (THe Civil War" is, what, $120.00?)
Maybe some of you are niot planning to watch it, bored by the subject, maybe. Believe me, watch it. I still remember when I saw "The Civil War" when it debuted on PBS back in Sept of 1990. It changed my life at the time. I STILL remember the end of episode One and the Sullivan Ballou letter.....I am not a war buff but the man is a fantastic storyteller, and his premise, to "bring the dead to life" (there's an excellent Newsweek article on this) and shine a light on who we really are..well, we need more like him. Someone said that instead of "The War" what Americans need is another prime-timne high profile rerun of "The Civil War" b/c much more so than in 1990, it shows who we really are.
ANYWAY....is there anyone who can help? The PBS website will show only short clips.
I'll pay for postage, etc..I know this is a late request (seeing as it starts in maybe less than 5 hrs?) but I may as well try.....
I just found out about this a couple days ago and wanted to record it. But my VCR has gone on the fritz. It is seperate from my DVD player, which does not record. I don't tape a lot of things, and don't have TiVo, SO....
is there anyone watching it who can tape it for me? I know it is a tall order, this is going to be a LONG series (14 hrs?) spread over 2 weeks, (check PBS.org) for showtimes....but as you might guess, when this comes out on DVD is going to cost upwards of 100$+ I am sure. (THe Civil War" is, what, $120.00?)
Maybe some of you are niot planning to watch it, bored by the subject, maybe. Believe me, watch it. I still remember when I saw "The Civil War" when it debuted on PBS back in Sept of 1990. It changed my life at the time. I STILL remember the end of episode One and the Sullivan Ballou letter.....I am not a war buff but the man is a fantastic storyteller, and his premise, to "bring the dead to life" (there's an excellent Newsweek article on this) and shine a light on who we really are..well, we need more like him. Someone said that instead of "The War" what Americans need is another prime-timne high profile rerun of "The Civil War" b/c much more so than in 1990, it shows who we really are.
ANYWAY....is there anyone who can help? The PBS website will show only short clips.
I'll pay for postage, etc..I know this is a late request (seeing as it starts in maybe less than 5 hrs?) but I may as well try.....