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I saw about half of this show last night, looking forward to rest of it plus the next two in the series.

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-roosevelts/

It seems well done thus far, thought some of you may enjoy it.
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Watched it last night. Loved it.
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If Ken Burns makes it, I'm watching it.
He has yet to disappoint me.
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MathWizard wrote:If Ken Burns makes it, I'm watching it.
He has yet to disappoint me.
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That is exciting!

I'll now have a show to binge on for the week. Thanks for the link.
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A wonderful way to learn history. :D
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I hope it shows up on Amazon Prime (or other similar services) soon.
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jeff1949 wrote:
MathWizard wrote:If Ken Burns makes it, I'm watching it.
He has yet to disappoint me.
+1 :sharebeer
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Check Roku's PBS channel.
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ieee488 wrote:Check Roku's PBS channel.
thanks, I will do that tonight.
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linenfort wrote:Watched it last night. Loved it.
Same here. Love anything Ken Burns does!
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I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
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Leesbro63 wrote:I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
Yes, you must be. I watched it last night. 2 hours of Uninterrupted Roosevelt.
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You can stream all the episodes from PBS thru 9/28.

I just got an Apple TV this weekend so I'm looking forward to using the AirPLay feature to throw the stream from my iPad onto my TV. It gets me a much better picture than me just watching the scheduled broadcast through Comcast. Comcast will only give my a 480P picture - they purposely degrade the broadcast signal because I asked for just basic TV.
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Leesbro63 wrote:I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
Yup. Each episode is 2 hours. Your timing must have been off. Seems like you got 1/2 hour of promo talk.
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Leesbro63 wrote:I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
My local PBS station showed the entire show for 2 hours, with no begging or adulation of its maker.
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Leesbro63 wrote:I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
You probably watched the one-hour preview of the series. I saw that last month. The series is seven two-hours episodes. Here it started Sunday and will run through Saturday.
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Duckie wrote:
Leesbro63 wrote:I recorded it. Correct me if I am wrong...I got 30 minutes of actual Roosevelt show, and 15 minutes of how great Ken Burns is and 15 more of PBS begging. Am I missing something?
You probably watched the one-hour preview of the series. I saw that last month. The series is seven two-hours episodes. Here it started Sunday and will run through Saturday.
Ah! Yeah, that does sound like what I watched. I'll need to figure this out better. Thanks!
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I made sure to record this after watching the Mark Twain PBS special by Ken Burns.

I was amazed to learn how poor of an investor Mark Twain was -- too bad this forum wasn't around when he was alive :)
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Good stuff. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
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my favorite TR quote from tonight's episode:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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Watched it last night, and we are "taping" it tonight (DVR), so DH can watch baseball.
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Hooked on It :happy
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furwut wrote:You can stream all the episodes from PBS thru 9/28.

I just got an Apple TV this weekend so I'm looking forward to using the AirPLay feature to throw the stream from my iPad onto my TV. It gets me a much better picture than me just watching the scheduled broadcast through Comcast. Comcast will only give my a 480P picture - they purposely degrade the broadcast signal because I asked for just basic TV.

I have an Apple TV. Instead of using airplay, you can get pbs on your Apple TV, and all 7 episodes are there. Easier than airplay.
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Theodore Roosevelt had quite the family dynamic (I'm just about threw the first episode), mom and wife die within 24 hours, brother had some mental issues. One thing I did not realize is how much Theodore Roosevelt like being the big kid on the block, seemed to enjoy war in some twisted way.

Its been a great series thus far, hope to get caught up tonight.
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I watched Sunday's episode, and half of last night. Loved it. Going to have to switch to the online version, OTA is giving me some grief, plus the wifey does not enjoy the show. Plus to be truthful I can't make it through 2 hours myself...

I've been slowly working my way through a biography on Joe P Kennedy, and so this series is well timed for me.
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FYI, Doris Kearns Goodwin (a familiar face on any Ken Burns PBS project, including this one) wrote a wonderful book in 1995 called "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II". Well worth reading if you like all things Roosevelt. Lots of insight on the nature of their relationship, as well as a good look inside the FDR White House during the war.
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DW and I are now watching the second episode, and enjoying the series a lot.

I recommend it!
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Just saw the first 2-hour episode via the PBS app on Apple TV. Fantastic! Historical, and funny.
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Soporific!

Three nights in a row I have fallen asleep in my chair watching the show.
Better than Ambien!

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Mid way thru the 2nd episode, its starting to ramp up. I did not realize Theodore Roosevelt was how do I but this, a very colorful/powerful leader. If someone tried what he did today they would have tossed him out long ago.
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TR in action

Was able to watch TR in action on PBS last night, at one point I was surprised on how bad he was looking after his expedition to The River of Doubt in Brazil, and he was only 50 years old then.
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cfs wrote:TR in action

Was able to watch TR in action on PBS last night, at one point I was surprised on how bad he was looking after his expedition to The River of Doubt in Brazil, and he was only 50 years old then.
Yes, I also was surprised at how those very old films clearly showed the progressive aging of TR. I already knew that FDR looked progressively haggard as he approached the end. I never knew the whole story of the "Bull Moose" thing. Teddy's 1912 3rd part run against incumbent Republican Taft and challenger Democrat Wilson was very similar to the 1992 election with incumbent Republican Bush1 being challenged by Democrat Bill Clinton, with the 3rd party Ross Perot.
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spectec wrote:my favorite TR quote from tonight's episode:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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wenzee wrote:Soporific!

Three nights in a row I have fallen asleep in my chair watching the show.
Better than Ambien!

Wenzee :D
My wife has done the same thing all three nights. She told me this morning that she has learned that Roosevelts put her to sleep.

Her snoring has not prevented me from thoroughly enjoying the series so far.
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Doom&Gloom wrote:
wenzee wrote:Soporific!

Three nights in a row I have fallen asleep in my chair watching the show.
Better than Ambien!

Wenzee :D
My wife has done the same thing all three nights. She told me this morning that she has learned that Roosevelts put her to sleep.

Her snoring has not prevented me from thoroughly enjoying the series so far.
We call this "pre sleep" in our home.

And my wife does not snore, she purrs, that's what she tells me anyway.
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FYI, not sure if its been mentioned but all 7 episodes can be viewed on PBS website. I'm on episode 6 right now.
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Hawkeye_Saver wrote:FYI, not sure if its been mentioned but all 7 episodes can be viewed on PBS website. I'm on episode 6 right now.

Do you watch this on your Computer or do you stream it to your TV?

If streaming what App do you use?
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Streaming with Chromecast---works flawlessly.

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Engineer wrote:Streaming with Chromecast---works flawlessly.

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So what app are you using to stream with Chromecast?
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Cut-Throat wrote:
Engineer wrote:Streaming with Chromecast---works flawlessly.

Engineer
So what app are you using to stream with Chromecast?

Chromecast is an app itself. You stream the tab.
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Great series so far. I've not fallen asleep once.
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Cut-Throat wrote:
Engineer wrote:Streaming with Chromecast---works flawlessly.

Engineer
So what app are you using to stream with Chromecast?
I have a "Smart TV" with a Web Browser and I just pulled up this series and can stream it. I would imagine that Chromecast is nothing more than a Web Browser. Correct?
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TR was awarded the Medal of Honor, Noble Peace Prize and elected President of USA. Don't believe that has been done by anyone else.

I'm Dee lighted to be viewing it.
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It was TR's son (TR Jr) who was awarded the Medal of honor during WWII.
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Cut-Throat wrote: I have a "Smart TV" with a Web Browser and I just pulled up this series and can stream it. I would imagine that Chromecast is nothing more than a Web Browser. Correct?
Chromecast is a HDMI dongle that plugs into the back of your TV. It connects to a wireless network and you can use apps loaded on your phone/tablet/laptop to direct it to play any content available on the internet.

It's in the same league as the Roku and Apple TV.
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Teddy was fully qualified.

Awesome resume, TR was fully qualified for ANY office:

- Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Governor of New York
- President of the United States
- Colonel, US Army
- CO, 1st US Volunteer Cavalry
- Spanish American War Veteran
- Combat Action, Battles of Las Guasimas
- Combat Action, Battles of San Juan Hill
- Politician
- Historian
- Author
- Explorer
- Conservationist
- Harvard University alumnus
- Columbia Law School alumnus
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1906
- Awarded Medal of Honor (Posthumously, 2001)

And the list goes on . . .
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Engineer wrote:It was TR's son (TR Jr) who was awarded the Medal of honor during WWII.
Both, father and son received the Medal of Honor (President Clinton posthumously awarded TR the decoration in 2001).
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dbCooperAir wrote:Mid way thru the 2nd episode, its starting to ramp up. I did not realize Theodore Roosevelt was how do I but this, a very colorful/powerful leader. If someone tried what he did today they would have tossed him out long ago.
They will probably say the same thing about our presidents in a hundred years. History is written by the victors...
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Great series. Recording it all.
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