If you’re looking for something to watch, you could always give Liberty’s Kids a try 🙂 Some of the people they get to voice the characters sure are amusing choices.

I do not despair however. I do think that young people can become interested in history, but they need an appropriate approach. It is interesting to note that many very popular films are historical in nature whether it is recent history – Saving Private Ryan – or ancient history – The 300 – there is interest out there. Admittedly, there is a degree of myth, legend and fiction in these films, but there is a lot of that in what is taught as “history” as well.

Perhaps the history channel needs to use some of the computer graphics that they are presently using in the programs on the WWII carrier Enterprise to interest the kids who see that as an extension of their “video games” technology.

In any event, I wouldhope that the History Channel doesn’t succumb to a perceived lack of interest. On the other hand, I wish it would be a little more daring in bringing to the public legitimately researched programs which challenge the current historical “orthodoxy”. There’s an awful lot of “history” that has been and is being taught that is more myth than fact.

How about, “History in the Making Channel?”

PS – Real men do not watch MTV

Excellent post, and as to CW history on the channel; IIRC most of the stuff they presented on the channel came from the folks at Greystone. I may be and am probably wrong, but most of the programs aired are from outside and rarely have they produced programs on History by themselves.

I did finally watch their 2 hour program on Sherman’s March, and why they felt that actors were needed to interpret what happened is beyond my intelligence.

The way the channel has been going, am sure we will see a hour long program on the history of the toaster. Then again, all the e-mails you have all sent has doomed the history of the Basecat on earth, and had such high hopes for the success of the series which was gonna be called… “Base…That stinks!!!” 🙂

Regards from the Garden State,

Steve

But why on the History Channel.

An e-mail to them is in the works.
Thanks for speaking out Eric.

Karl

We had the same conversation here yesterday, when I noticed HC was airing a show called “Saddam and the Third Reich”. Description said it “revealed the ties betwween individuals of the Third Reich and Saddam Hussein”. Which begs the question – is history by the Brothers Grimm better than no history at all? A sad state indeed.