Mystery of a Masterpiece

A cool NOVA show on a possible newly discovered Leonardo Da Vinci. The detective work is impressive, and, if it's right, might reveal a piece that's possibly worth $100 million.

Old Time radio

X-Minus One: "The Seventh Order"

A robot (George of Zanthar) of the "7th order" of another planet is coming on a scouting mission before its race (the 7th Order) takes over the human race. It's a robot that has no robot laws as devised by Issac Asimov (that's a failing of the 5th order of the robots). It can read minds, and it will destroy anything that thinks ahead to try to hurt it.

I think they need to give a 3 year old a gun.

Of course not: they planted a post-hypnotic suggestion into 10 shooters. Solved the problem in a jiffy.

Witch's Tale: "Graveyard Mission" 03/06/33

Surprisingly good sound quality (stuff from 1933 usually sounds like a tape that's been dragged across a gravel road that's then being played while they're broadcasting the sound of frying bacon from a 10-foot tall speaker).

The "witch" of Witch's Tale is an old, ornery lady with a whiny cat who introduces the story. The woman playing the witch on this episode sounds young with a British accent (or a woman putting on a British accent, which is much more likely). They switched old ladies so often over this series' run, it's just confusing.

Oh, good, they've gone to an old house in the bayou ("the house of the living dead" as the locals call it) and one of the guy's just went into hysterical laughter. He was so bad at it, he sounded like me trying that.

Now the witch of the Witch's Tale was just trying a Southern accent. That's good, because it helps me to remember that this is just fiction. I would have forgotten otherwise.... Now she's gone to a Creole accent... then Southern... then Cockney... now we're back to a bad Creole accent - oh wait - it's just switched back to British.