Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I discovered that off in the netherland of our cable channels, we get The Science Channel. What a cool find! The programs are really interesting (well, to me anyway). One of the regular series is "How It's Made". An episode consists of three or four random products and follows them through the production process. This weekend I learned how shock absorbers, banjoes, hockey pucks and various other assorted items are created. Anyone else seen this program?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Here's the site... <a href="http://science.discovery.com/fansites/howitsmade/howitsmade.html" target="_blank">http://science.discovery.com/f ansites/howitsmade/howitsmade.html</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan (Oops. This probably belongs in "General Entertainment". Sorry about that!
Originally Posted By friendofdd One of my favorite channels. I seldom watch the "networks" anymore because there is such edifying stuff on a number of cable channels.
Originally Posted By DAR I've watched it a few times. It's kind of hit and miss for me. I liked how they made golf clubs, a hot air balloon and such. But not so much air filters, that was a little boring.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<One of my favorite channels.>> Same here. I have also enjoyed their Mars exploration documentaries. <<I seldom watch the "networks" anymore because there is such edifying stuff on a number of cable channels.>> Agreed.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I love watching how its made though they sometimes brush over a step in the process that leaves me scartching my head.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Actually, How It's Made is also now part of the Discovery Channel daily lineup, at least 3 hours a day, 2 segments per hour block at 9 AM Pacific, Noon Pacific, and 7 PM Pacific The one change they made this new season I don't like is the new announcer, the new guy, Zac Fine just doesn't have that nice deep "announcer" voice like Brooke T. Moore had. Interesting that the show basically came out of the educational requirement Canadian Broadcasters have, and that the show is paid for in part by Canadian Tax Dollars. The Canadian version is filmed for 2 languages, English and French, and is why you sometimes see "Comment c'est fait" being part of the production of the items, such as personalized items (How It's Made in French). It is also repackaged for other markets, such as the US version (basically a new announcer and the use of US measuring units instead of Metric Units. Poland, Russia, England and Italy also broadcast the show. I noticed that as part of Season 9 (the one with Zac Fine as the announcer), they sent a film crew to England, and a lot of the segments feature "Made in England" items. The past seasons seemed to focus on Eastern Canada and US factories.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Oh, here is a Thread over at the Science Channel website discussing the change in annoucing the US version... <a href="http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6941947648/m/7681992549" target="_blank">http://community.discovery.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6941947648/m/7681992549</a> Seems like more than a few folks preferred Brooke Moore.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast It really is a great series. I enjoy watching things being made like that on assembly line.
