Okay I am finally going to write about something other than health around our house. Enough for awhile on that.
There is a show on the Science channel called Really Big Things with Matt Rogers. Not sure if any of you have ever watched it but it is one of our very favorite shows. We Tivo it and the boys LOVE it. This guy Matt looks into about 3 REALLY BIG THINGS on each 30 minute episode. And it's always behind the scenes how things work kind of stuff. It is fascinating. I love it as much as the boys, Scott and I laugh out loud at this guy too as he has a great sense of humor. We watched it tonight and for example he showed behind the scenes of the Good Year Blimp, this very cool Giant compactor Tractor at landfills and then behind the scenes of a Vegas show. The scenery and acrobatics etc. SO interesting.
-Did you know there are only 3 Good Year Blimps? (and a side note Scott's parents won the chance to take a flight on the one based out of Akron Ohio a couple of years ago)
-That it takes up to 5 years to fill some of the largest trash dump sites with the use of the Giant Conpactor tractor. It is the coolest looking tractor/monster truck thing with giant teeth on the 5 foot tires.
-The Vegas show they showed was amazing, cannot remember the name. But acrobats free fall from 80 feet in the dark onto these air mattresses below stage another 25 feet. AMAZING. The other day they did the Vegas show called La Reve that is a water show. Divers dive down into the stage and never come back up. They show the scuba divers below that grab them underwater put a regulator in their mouths and push them down tunnels out of the water back stage. AMAZING stuff.
If you haven't ever watched it, and have cable or Direct Tv I would highly recommend it. Scott hit the nail on the head tonight too as we were talking about what makes it such a great show. This guy, Matt Rogers, is as excited as a 5 year old over these things and the very best part is that as he talks to the stage hands, truck drivers, trash coordinators etc...people who are usually not in the spotlight for what they do..Matt makes them out to be the coolest guys and girls in the world with amazing jobs! Which they have but I don't think they normally get the credit for. Matt does an excellent job of showing the tv audience how everyone is equal and how EVERY job is super cool. I love that about the show. It teaches such great lessons in how to treat others, even those so different from ourselves.
Great show....good stuff.
Ooo...I found it to record. Seth will love that show. Ben was excited about it too. :)
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a great show. we may be treating ourselves to the return of cable now that we are debt free - this would be great.
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