Let's Do It Like They Do On The Discovery Channel

Didgeridoo

I don't know about you all, but I fucking love the discovery channel. We can watch people blow things up in the name of science:



See people who were just trying to get to work struggle to remember the composer of Four Seasons:



THRILL as Mike Rowe takes us inside the day-to-day grind of important but overlooked jobs:



(he also gives motivational speeches)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-udsIV4Hmc

There are also people going through near-death experiences to catch crabs (heh), shakily-animated dinosaurs duking it out for our viewing pleasure, the inexplicably re-dubbed episodes of Planet Earth, and my personal favorite, the dubious



Seems like this fucker needs to barbarically tear through the raw flesh of some animal or insect in every episode, and it is hilarious. The show is also rather controversial, as there have been people pointing out evidence of TV trickery in many episodes (like 'wild' horses with iron horseshoes, several filming sites that appear to have been mere miles from hotels, etc) but I don't give a shit because he is goddamn entertaining.

And more! So come, post clips, pics or let's just chat about the discovery channel!

ALSO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0

Centipede Damascus

Mike Rowe is my personal hero

he is so great

Dislexic

Ben Bailey is shit.

GIVE ME BACK MY MIKE ROWE ON AFTER THE CATCH DAMNIT

Randall_Flagg

ben bailey is great

because the people in his cab are idiots

Jordyn

I thought we were gonna talk about doing it.

Meissnerd

Jordyn wrote: »

I thought we were gonna talk about doing it.

We still can

I mean, I can't but others can

Randall_Flagg

by the way, this is a different network, but did you guys know that Andrew WK now hosts a Cartoon Network show entitled Destroy Build Destroy?

it's him yelling at teenagers to shoot at shit

it's great

Jordyn

doing it is pretty great.

Kazhiim

cash cab is staged sorry nobody in the cab is going to work

I Win Swordfights

I've been listening to a lot of bloodhound gang lately man they're great

Grey Ghost

My car was being worked on yesterday and in the waiting room of the shop they had a hi-def TV playing the Planet Earth blu-ray

I was fucking entranced

It is beautiful

Rankenphile

knock it off with the fucking brackets

Rankenphile

man I remember when the discovery channel was about nature stuff all the time

Tasteticle

Mike Rowe needs his own channel where every show features Mike Rowe

Rankenphile

I could watch Mike Rowe sleep

BusterK

Fun fact:
If you actually do do it like they do it on the Discovery channel
You can do it while watching the Discovery channel

Didgeridoo

Y'all just jealous of these beautiful, beautiful brackets

And Kazhiim, you hush. These people totally just hailed a cab and got in and there just happened to be camera men that they didn't notice there to film them entering and exiting the cab and they were completely surprised goddamn it

Blankspace

This is the only channel I really watch anymore

Dislexic

Tasteticle wrote: »

Mike Rowe needs his own channel where every show features Mike Rowe

MikeRowe MikeRowe?

BusterK

I also like watching The Dog Whisperer
Cesar Milan taught me to have calm, assertive energy

DrIanMalcolm

BOOM DE YA DA

QuestionMarkMan

Hi! Welcome to the Cash Cab, it's a game show that takes place right here in this taxi!

Bucketman

Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs are two of my favorite shows on TV, right up their with Good Eats.

I miss Junkyard Wars though.

the cheat

i should get mythbusters on netflix.

i seen these dudes split an old timey bullet in two on an axe head. that was pretty fuckin cool.

Shorty

Rankenphile wrote: »

I could watch Mike Rowe sleep

Yeah, that guy makes just about anything seem interesting.

L|ama

MvW is entertainment, not a factual show. Mike Rowe is awesome. Deadliest Catch is so boring, I don't see the point in it being any more than one season or a feature length documentary, there's just not that much new stuff that happens. I have no idea how or why I know that four seasons is by Vivaldi. All the crime shows are stupid poop.

Usagi

love me some Discovery Channel

Blue Planet, Mythbusters and How It Works are awesome but my favorite has to be the miniseries When We Left Earth

When We Left Earth is the story of mankind's greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA's vaults, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong's first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.

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Hunter

The crab fishing show is a lot like watching the few first laps of a NASCAR or Indy car race. You want to see the horrible accidents and destructive shit, but after that it's just boring grind work.

L|ama

I can't believe that anyone actually watches a full NASCAR race, even while drunk, it is so incredibly boring.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

yeah it is kind of ridiculous

round and round

more americans should like things like f1 and rally cars and shit

at least there are turns



and yeah, deadliest catch, i saw one episode and i was like, huh that's cool.... but there's no desire to watch any more than that. at all.

Critical

When I had my last kidney stone I spent 99% of my time stoned to the bejesus on painkillers while watching Discovery HD. I think I actually uttered the words "MAKE that violin, motherfucker" while How It's Made was on.

DrZiplock

How is Deadliest Catch not in the OP?

It's the Discovery Channels biggest bread winner.

DMAC

Mythbusters never fails to leave me grinning from ear to ear. It's always really obvious that they're just having a good time making the show. Did anyone see the recent episode where they were testing the "skydiver lands on the opposite end of a see-saw and launches an 8-year-old girl" myth? I couldn't stop laughing.

Abracadaniel

Usagi wrote: »

love me some Discovery Channel

Blue Planet, Mythbusters and How It Works are awesome but my favorite has to be the miniseries When We Left Earth

When We Left Earth is the story of mankind's greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA's vaults, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong's first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.

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I am very excited about Buzz Aldrin and Snoop Dogg's Rocket Experience.

Centipede Damascus

Usagi wrote: »

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:x

Usagi

Smart Hero wrote: »

Usagi wrote: »

love me some Discovery Channel

Blue Planet, Mythbusters and How It Works are awesome but my favorite has to be the miniseries When We Left Earth

When We Left Earth is the story of mankind's greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA's vaults, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong's first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.

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I am very excited about Buzz Aldrin and Snoop Dogg's Rocket Experience.

(you can't really see it but Buzz's t-shirt says: Buzz Aldrin, Rocket Hero)

JoeUser

I like Animal Planet, which is owned by the Discovery Channel. I haven't watched Whale Wars, but it looks interesting/depressing.

Dely Apple

the cheat wrote: »

i should get mythbusters on netflix.

i seen these dudes split an old timey bullet in two on an axe head. that was pretty fuckin cool.

There are three+ DVD sets on Netflix Instant! They're good!

Butters

Shark Week used to be marked on my calendar annually.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

shark week rules

PiptheFair

rank throws a gala party for shark week

also, ben bailey is awesome fuck you haters