The Next Cranky Blog: Wild Mississippi Is Pretty but Dumb

I must be quickly descending into grumpy old man-hood, because it seems that virtually any show I see anymore on the Mississippi River is disappointing. Wild Mississippi on Nat Geo Wild is just the latest effort that made me cranky. Narrated by a poor man’s Sam Elliott (is that accent real?), the basic narrative for

By |2016-10-21T15:28:59-05:00February 20th, 2012|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on The Next Cranky Blog: Wild Mississippi Is Pretty but Dumb

Drowning in Shallow Water

If you are bored with summer television and looking for something different, say a new reality show about three cooky guys who travel the length of the Mississippi River using their own ingenuity to solve (predictable) dilemmas, you should tune in to A Mississippi River Quest, airing now on National Geographic Channel. If, however, you are

By |2016-10-21T15:29:18-05:00July 9th, 2010|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on Drowning in Shallow Water

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