military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (02/27/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) As I write this, I'm (sort of) watching the televised series, "50 Years Ago Today", which is airing on the New York superstation WWOR-9 (I'm getting it over cable, of course). This is the first I've seen of it, and I must say I'm surprised ! The show is hosted by Lincoln Bloomfield (apparently: he's hosting tonight's episode, at least), and seems to pretty much cover the same material I'm putting in my own "50 Years Ago" series. The show appears to air nightly, for 1/2 hour at 11:00 pm, with each episode covering one day; so naturally, it goes into much greater detail, particularly on domestic (USA, that is) issues. Dr. Bloomfield is a professor of Political Science at MIT, according to the show's credits. (Are there any readers from MIT who could give me an address at which I can contact Dr. Bloomfield; postal or, better yet, electronic ?) The show is a production of The Christian Science Monitor. If you like 50 Years Ago, I think you'll enjoy this show. And if you've been watching the show and didn't bother to tell me about it, for shame ! -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Holy re-discovery of the wheel, Batman !" - Bill Thacker, 10 minutes ago