"One of Your Favorite TV Shows"
Friends or family reading this are probably thinking, "Oh, joy. Here comes a whole post about how amazing Doctor Who is. Like we don't see enough of it on Facebook and Pinterest." But, actually, no. I will not be talking about Doctor Who, or Buffy or InuYasha. I will be talking about a show that is, sadly, no longer on. It only lasted a single season consisting of 9 episodes.
This was a History Channel show called "Surviving History." It was about a group of guys who worked in a shop where they create props for haunted houses and horror movies, that kind of thing. And they build and test actual items from history, weapons, inventions, even torture devices. Now, that may sound morbid and a bit creepy. But, I really learned a lot watching this show. They talk about the background and history surrounding these items so you understand the mindset of the people who created them.
Watching the guys test the items was entertaining as well. In one episode, someone made a chastity belt. He was going to try and make the one girl in the shop wear it but she tricked him and he ended up wearing it. He had to walk through a local farmer's market with this metal undergarment on the outside of his jeans. In that same episode, they recreated a joust. That was fun to see.
Now, they do take safety measures. If, for example, they create some sort of device for execution and want to see what sort of damage it would do. They would do two seperate tests. The Dummy Test- they would create a dummy that would resemble the human body as much as possible and put it, say, in the Gallows to see what would happen to someone's neck. Then, the Real Dummy test would be performed where they had a volunteer test the device. But, they would hook the person to a harness or swap out a part so they didn't really get hurt but could still put themselves in the shoes of someone who would have faced something similar.
I was really sad they only lasted one season and never found out why. Every once in a while it will air on History Channel but I bought the season on iTunes and love watching it.
Have a great night.
Carey
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