Tag: TV miniseries
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The Lady and the Dale (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Lady and the Dale: A three-wheeled car looks no less ridiculous than those three-wheel motorcycles. Quick synopsis: The story of Elizabeth Carmichael and her three-wheeled car, the Dale. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Liz Carmichael was born Jerry Dean Michael in 1927 in Indiana. Well, allegedly as she had…
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More Than Miyagi (Amazon)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for More Than Miyagi: He was in a lot more than you remember! Quick synopsis: The life of actor and comedian Noriyuki “Pat” Morita. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Morita actually had a disease which was supposed to render him unable to walk, but an experimental surgery healed him. Fun Fact…
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Night Stalker (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Night Stalker: How do you get 19 death sentences and then not get put to death? Oh, California. Quick synopsis: A documentary on Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, who killed 13 people in California. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: A woman married Ramirez after he was convicted.…
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Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez: Well, that was all very unpleasant. Quick synopsis: The life and death of Aaron Hernandez who was a great football player and multiple murderer. So, he had that going for him. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: It’s really unnerving seeing Hernandez acting normal at…
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John Adams (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for John Adams: Paul Giamatti playing a jerk. He’s the best at it! Quick synopsis: The events of John Adams’ life covered by the book of the same name by David McCullough. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: John Adams was the lawyer for the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.…
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Catherine the Great (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Catherine the Great: Bold move by the screenwriters making Catherine the Great suck. Quick synopsis: Part of Catherine the Great’s life but not really. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You can watch the first episode. All of it is exposition in a very distracting and terrible way. Fun Fact for…
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Chernobyl (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Chernobyl: In Soviet Russia, miniseries make you look incompetent and corrupt. Quick synopsis: The story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The miniseries shows what happens when you look into an open nuclear core even for a few seconds. Spoiler alert: You die. Fun…
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Saints & Strangers (TV Miniseries)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Saints & Strangers: You mean they used real American Indians to play American Indians? Get out of town. Quick synopsis: The story of the Mayflower passage through the first Thanksgiving and the establishment of the Plymouth colony. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: You know Squanto, but you don’t know Hobbomock.…