We’re off today, sitting at home, thinking about Martin Van Buren. Also, we can’t believe Mary shot Matthew last night. Oop! Spoiler!
MONDAY: Special President’s Day programming. Mr. Dankosky’s Tree House. Alma the Badger and Big Gopher Ed are digging near the tree house when they unearth the Lost Skull of John Quincy Adams. The animals all argue about what to do with it. Many of the animals have never heard of eBay so Captain Hyena explains it to them. Mr. Dankosky tells them they have to give it to the Smithsonian and points out that one of their friends (Episode #38, “The Death of Sid the Condor.”) is already on display there. Musical guest: Peter Frampton.
TUESDAY: Our Westminster Mixed Breed Dog Show Begins. Guests include Show Dog author Josh Dean, the president of the Mixed Breed Dog Club of America and the founder of Dogs Against Romney. (Those are three different people.) Send us a picture and description of your mixed breed dog at Colin@wnpr.org.
WEDNESDAY: Are you jonesing for Mr. Bates already? Downton Abbey more than doubled PBS’s typical nightly audiences and brought the demographic way down out of the grey-haired set. How did it do that? Why can’t PBS just do that all the time? What else is there in the pipeline? Besides “The Incontinent Monkeys of Pesca Castle”?
THURSDAY: Why is irony so hard to define? Philosopher Jonathan Lear says irony isn’t only about humor or sarcasm. It’s about holding a mirror up to our society and causing real, social change. Was Abraham Lincoln America’s last great ironist? What about comedians like Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert? Lear talks about his new book A Case for Irony.
FRIDAY: Mike Reiss, award-winning writer for “The Simpsons” comes back to The Nose and gets ready to talk Oscars — he hated EVERYTHING — with Colin and Vivian Nabeta. Colin recently saw “War Horse” which was really great because he never has to see:”War Horse” again.
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Of course, you do realize the holiday was “Washington’s Birthday”, and not “President’s Day”, a name made up by advertisers for no apparent reason.
Re: Wednesday’s programm on Downton Abbey & Public Television’s ratings — as a follow up to this series, there is an author (Jacqueline Winspear) who has written 8 books of English life beginning with early 20th century from a different social stratusphere that would be perfect for BBC/WGBH to produce as a Masterpiece Theatre series. I knew the minute I read the first novel that this was a made for TV series just waiting to be discovered. The first book was mentioned on a Faith Middleton show with R. J. Julia owner et al several years ago, and I was a “Maisie Dobbs” follower from then on. The newest book is coming out this March, and I can’t wait to read it. Tastefully done, and with the gentile touch that Downton Abbey exhibited, it’s sure to be another hit if Masterpiece picks it up.