tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post911912837787105131..comments2023-08-16T10:32:46.866+00:00Comments on E3 Gazette: Connections: 101The Monsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15291546809967159683noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-40694719653030314062008-01-13T03:18:00.000+00:002008-01-13T03:18:00.000+00:00Connections was one of those shows that made you t...Connections was one of those shows that made you think, entertained and showed the importance of knowing a least a little history to understand the world around you. I remember both the series and reading the books but cannot place when the series was made right now. Go figure. When were these made?Unquiethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06917301097400971513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-26246709598124568682008-01-13T02:03:00.000+00:002008-01-13T02:03:00.000+00:00Wayne, I don't think the connections were always "...Wayne, I don't think the connections were always "If X didn't happen, Y <B>never</B> would have happened" so much as "Because of X, Y happened a heck of a lot sooner".<BR/><BR/>Svin, I'm thinking an episode a week might be about right. What do you think?The Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291546809967159683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-50215387643191407242008-01-13T01:08:00.000+00:002008-01-13T01:08:00.000+00:00Third it. The TV show was fun, but when he starte...Third it. The TV show was fun, but when he started writing a column for Scientific American (before I dropped the magazine in disgust for it's politicization of science) and you could read and think about his connections at leisure, they were pretty flimsy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-86873222409824428942008-01-12T21:49:00.000+00:002008-01-12T21:49:00.000+00:00Svin,"...Alexander the Great was the son of Cather...Svin,<BR/><I>"...Alexander the Great was the son of Catherine the Great."</I><BR/>LOL!<BR/>Everybody knows he was her dad!<BR/><BR/>Just finished watching episode one, (just in time to watch the Packer game) Anybody else notice that the elevator he's in is the WTC? And the airplane that's part of the NYC blackout story is Scandinavia 911?<BR/>How's that for a connection.daddyquatrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845283760860562110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-40632475653954919732008-01-12T21:06:00.000+00:002008-01-12T21:06:00.000+00:00Wayne,Second that! Connections was always entertai...Wayne,<BR/>Second that! Connections was always entertaining. <BR/>Monster,<BR/>Hope you can post all of the episodes sometime.<BR/>The lack of history education among the general population is sometimes astonishing. I have an acquaintance trying to trace his identity through the DNA/haplogroup project. I am trying to give him some sense of historical perspective, but he thinks that Alexander the Great was the son of Catherine the Great. Long road to travel there.<BR/>Perhaps we are doomed to repeat it.Svinrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263062001927781526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385085882160667044.post-88797241232016662612008-01-12T16:42:00.000+00:002008-01-12T16:42:00.000+00:00Connections was a great show, even though I'm not ...Connections was a great show, even though I'm not convinced all of the connections he made were valid as far as causation were concerned. Sometimes he had to hang on to some pretty tenuous connections to make the story.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790677413950555081noreply@blogger.com