# The History Channel has run out of ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021 "2002-04-05T16:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/1 "2002-04-05T16:45:56Z")
I love watching “Modern Marvels” on the History Channel, as they always talk about cool stuff like the Empire State Building, or the Chunnel, or the history of garbage. But lately I think they’ve run out of ideas. I watched the show a couple weeks ago, and they were talking about the history of…THE WHEEL?? Eh? How “modern” is THAT invention? What are they going to do next? Fire? Spears? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/2 "2002-04-05T16:59:48Z")
Don’t get me started. I go into conniptions every time they rerun the Modern Marvel episode “The Bunker.” Hello? A hole in the ground to hide from projectiles is neither modern nor marvelous. I also have a hard time with the Battleships MM because of a program I saw – on the History Channel no less – indicating that Battleships were totally useless in modern warefare. Modern yes, Marvelous no. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/3 "2002-04-05T18:35:18Z")
As long as Hitler is alive, the History channel will always have fresh ideas!😃 ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/4 "2002-04-05T22:08:58Z")
I like watching Automobiles on Saturday morning. But like all the other series it seems like they do 10 episodes, quit, then repackage and rerun them to death. The Modern Marvels about old stuff is called Modern Marvels Then and Now. In the morning I switch between the history channel and A & E classroom. A&E always shows an old propaganda flick from the 60s or 70s just before 8:00. Those are always a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/5 "2002-04-06T04:07:31Z")
mack writes: \> A&E always shows an old propaganda flick from the 60s or 70s \> just before 8:00. What kind of propaganda movies did they make in the '60’s and '70’s? ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/6 "2002-04-06T07:52:24Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by gatopescado_ > **As long as Hitler is alive, the History channel will always have fresh ideas!** Remember, kids: the big H stands for Hitler! It’s a good thing there isn’t a Poland Channel. Otherwise, we’d all be in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/7 "2002-04-06T15:48:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > \*\*mack writes: > > \> A&E always shows an old propaganda flick from the 60s or 70s > \> just before 8:00. > > What kind of propaganda movies did they make in the '60’s and '70’s? \*\* They have 5-10 minute ‘informational’ movies about nuclear fallout, Johnny at the science fair, “Focus on Vietnam”, the miracle of building a nuclear-powered outpost in the arctic, those sorts of things. More naive than propagandistic I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/8 "2002-04-06T17:06:42Z")
The kind of short films you’d see on MST3K. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-channel-has-run-out-of-ideas/102021/9 "2002-04-06T17:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*The kind of short films you’d see on MST3K. \*\* Wasn’t that more 50’s ish, **Guin**? “A date with your parents”, “posture king and queen”, and the ever soooooo scary “Mr. B Natural” spring to mind.