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What came first: the Mel Brooks movie or the cliché? The classic Hollywood Sci-Fi spaceship always gets gratuitous screentime from every camera angle. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood spaceship appears in a continuous one minute and 40 second scene detailing its ridiculous length. Learn more about the art of the Brooks trope (or, making the cliché absurd) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13daKNu
May 18, 2013 at 10:30 pm
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Got Gatsby on the brain? Check out this 1920s cocktail recipe from PBS Food, and learn how Prohibition inspired an era of drunken excess in America. (via Tori Avey of The Shiksa: http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/great-gatsby-prohibition-fitzgerald/
May 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm
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Career Advice to My Daughter on Graduation Day -- Next Avenue’s Work & Volunteering blogger, Nancy Collamer, offers career advice for the new crop of college graduates: http://to.pbs.org/16vI2LB
May 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm
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After more than 10 years of failed attempts, scientists have successfully used cloning to create human embryonic stem cells.
Read more on NOVA Next: http://to.pbs.org/10735zF
May 18, 2013 at 11:09 am
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Verdi’s classic Rigoletto…in Las Vegas? Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in this adaptation, airing on GREAT PERFORMANCES l PBS tonight at 9/8c. Watch the Act 1 duet online at http://to.pbs.org/13BhrsG
May 17, 2013 at 10:00 pm
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Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn’t upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish. Learn more about the art of the Brooks stereotype (and turning it on its head) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13davBX
“Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres Monday, May 20th at 9/8c on PBS
May 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm
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TONIGHT: PBS' MacNeil and Lehrer look back at the Senate Watergate hearings on PBS NewsHour. What do you remember?
How Did Watergate Affect You?
Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer led public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings -- co-anchoring all 250 hours of the proceedings, and launching the beginnings of what the PBS NewsHour is today.
May 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm
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Shown (L-R): Bryony Hannah as Cynthia, Dorothy Atkinson as Jane, Helen George as Trixie, Jessica Raine as Jenny
© Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions
CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 2)
May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm
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Shown (L-R): Helen George as Trixie, Miranda Hart as Chummy, Jessica Raine as Jenny
©Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions
CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 2)
May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm
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We just reached 100 submissions for the This Land Is Your Land Project! That's 100 covers for 100 years of Woody Guthrie! See the 100th cover from American Masters | PBS at http://to.pbs.org/11TjmWB. You still have until June 15th to submit your cover!
May 17, 2013 at 10:16 am
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What's that 'Noise' you hear? It's Mel Brooks http://t.co/CKdQ893zjt via @USATODAY (he's on #AmericanMasters Monday night at 9/8c)
May 19, 2013 at 10:59 am
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RT @novapbs: We're hiring a Digital Producer to work on NOVA Labs, a virtual research platform for teens: http://t.co/m15r43uzK7
May 18, 2013 at 8:15 pm
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Got Gatsby on the brain? Make a 1920s cocktail from @PBSFood & @TheShiksa: http://t.co/zjFLxs8gk4
May 18, 2013 at 7:25 pm
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Celebrities visit Selfridge & Co., but will tragedy strike? Find out on @masterpiecepbs #SelfridgePBS tomorrow @ 9/8c http://t.co/w8T8QPzCWq
May 18, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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Our #Pinterest pin of the day: a floating canopy. See it at http://t.co/NtPZsu4OEl #pbsPinterest
May 18, 2013 at 12:01 pm
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Today's #Pinterest pin of the day: a crane mobile. See it at http://t.co/7bHyy6mA41 #pbsPinterest
May 18, 2013 at 3:01 am
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#CoveringWatergate: On tonight's @NewsHour, 40 years later w/ MacNeil and Lehrer http://t.co/yG4ORCldB9
May 17, 2013 at 9:55 pm
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On tonight's @NewsHour, we look back at the Senate Watergate hearings w/ Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer http://t.co/yG4ORCldB9
May 17, 2013 at 9:02 pm
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Laugh along as comedy giant Mel Brooks shares personal life & career stories on @PBSAmerMasters Monday @9/8c http://t.co/GKbjxCQjz1
May 17, 2013 at 7:45 pm
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The 1st nat'l Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26, 1789, was to give "thanks" to the Constitution. Surprised? Learn more on #ConstitutionPBS
May 17, 2013 at 5:55 pm



