I love watching how things are manufactured.

[Pithlet]

That is the one cool thing about having a pre-schooler who loves Mr. Rogers. I love the segments where they show factories and how they make things. The other day I saw how they make books. All the machines that print and cut and collate, and glue the backing and covers on. It's fascinating. Today I saw how crayons are made. Really, if there was a show exclusively about this, say on TLC or something, or DVDs you could buy, I'd watch them.

[roguevalley]

1. try watching unwrapped on the food channel. its killer. I love this stuff

too.

[Pithlet]

10. Yes, I've seen that.

It's great :thumbsup: I love The Food Channel.

[yardwork]

2. Saw a show on extruded snacks once.

No kidding. Like those stuffed pretzel things. They're extruded in long strings from machines that look like big play-dough factories, and then the chopper cuts them up into little pieces and voila! - extruded product food!

I saw that crayons one too. That one was very good.

[shraby]

3. They used to have a program

on t.v. that was called Industry on Parade. It showed stuff being made. Everything from pencils to baseballs. It was great!

[Pithlet]

11. Yes.

I imagine extrusion revolutionized food manufacturing. Without it, we wouldn't have cheese curls.

[DS1]

4. Koyanisqaatsi

Movie, check it out, unless you've already seen it.

[Pithlet]

8. I've never heard of it.

I'll have to check it out. Is it hard to find?

[DS1]

14. No, it shouldn't be too hard to find

I'd suggest calling around a few video places before getting in the car and going looking blind. Or you could get it off amazon, but then you could be stuck with something you don't like.

It's Indian ( as in the the Native American) word for "Life out of Balance", and it's got high speed footage of just about everything, including manufacturing with some very clever camera placements. What struck me as to your liking would be the shots where they put a camera inside the shell of a television that's going down an assembly line, and speed up the footage by about 800% <- guess , but it's more than that, and as one lib to another, I think you'd like it even without the manufacturing scenes. It really kicks in at the 18 minute mark.

[Pithlet]

16. Sounds good.

Relly sounds like my kind of thing. Thanks :)

[DS1]

18. Please report back

I'd be interested in your review.

If you live in the sticks somewhere, I'd even be willing to mail you my copy. I'm pretty crazy about it. It gets an A+ for cinematography.

[Pithlet]

19. I will.

I don't live in the sticks, though. But I'm definitely going to look for it. Thanks :hi:

[marigold20]

5. The orange crayons on Sesame Street

We watched raptly every time they showed that segment.

[Pithlet]

12. Sesame Street is another favorite, here.

They just had the 35th anniversary special, with vintage scenes. It brought back memories. :)

[Wcross]

6. I love that type of program as well.

Check out John Ratzenburgers (sp) -(cliff from Cheers) show on the travel channel- "made in America" really good stuff!

[Pithlet]

9. Hey, thanks!

They really do make shows like that. I'll watch for it.

[Wheaty]

7. PCN

We have a television station in Pennsylvania called PCN that is a state version of CSPAN, they show the Pennsylvania government in action. In the evenings they show tours of manufacturers in Pennsylvania. Usually the owner or manager walking the cameras through the whole production process. I find myself glued to those tours all the time.

[dolo amber]

13. Yes yes omg YES!!

That was always the best part of Mr. Rogers, Bill Nye...all of those. It's amazing how interesting it is to watch your basic wooden rocking horse or pencil erasers or whatever get made, but I'm like...totally transfixed...STILL! :D

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. Except for sausage :)

[Pithlet]

17. Yeah. That would be an exception.

Mr. Rogers didn't cover that, thankfully :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. It's so fun to watch those machines at work...

They're so efficient. It's hard to pull Skip away from the TV when stuff like that is on.
Duckie

[Zomby Woof]

21. I miss Mr. Rogers

I am glad they have reruns for the new generation, but it would be too sad if I were a parent, knowing there will no new shows...

Ah well, it can only be good for the young minds in your house.

[Pithlet]

22. I do, too.

It was my favorite show when I was a kid, and I was pregnant with my first when I heard he would no longer make new shows. :( I really enjoy watching them watch the same things I did when I was little, and I think Mr. Rogers was one of the highest quality of children's programming ever.

[Pithlet]

23. Thanks for the responses and the suggestions.

I don't feel like such a weirdo, now :)