Freepers in the Air: Niccolo on History Channel "Limos" program (Dec/4 9pm EST)

self ^ | 12-4-02 | Nicollo

[nicollo]

Freepers in the Air
(running through your cable, more precisely)

Tonight, Dec. 4, the HISTORY CHANNEL will air a program
that is in part derived from Nicollo's book:
Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine
(Society of Automotive Engineers, 2002; http://www.sae.org).

Called "Limos," it shows tonight, Wednesday, Dec 4:
9:00 pm E.S.T.
8:00 pm Central
7:00 pm Mountain
9:00 pm Pacific
It will repeat at midnight EST and Sunday afternoon.
Local TV guides list it as "Limos" or "Automobiles."
Here for History Channel schedules

The documentary is part of the "BOYS TOYS" week of the Modern Marvels series.
Featured are stories and photographs from our book and interviews with
co-authors Michael L. Bromley and Tom Mazza.

Click here for the Boys Toys promo:

 

P.S.:  Nicollo hopes not to have made too much of a fool of himself... tried to get excited about the subject and all I did was flail my arms around.  It was fun, though, and the producers really tried to bring some history into the subject, which they got from our book.  Otherwise it's all about "girls and limos" and "limos with girls" ... Heh, it's Boys Toys week, what-d-ya-want?

P.P.S.:  The book is hardcover, 221-pages and includes over 300 color and b&w photographs. The publishers did a beautiful job with it.   It is serious automotive and social history that doesn't take itself too seriously.   If you know Nicollo, good or bad, you'll know what that means.

P.P.P.S.: Below is an extract from the last chapter of the book, a study of the meaning of the limousine in culture.  You will note that this is the only treatment of the limousine to discuss its imact upon marxist ideology.  It's also the only limousine book to mention George Washington & Abraham Lincoln (sorry, Neo-Confeds...)

Please visit our website Stretching It
for excerpts, photos, and the all important order forms and links.

 

[tubebender]

Nice job...Caught most of it at 9 PST. I love the History Channel (most of the time)

[Jimmy Valentine]

Congratulations! This is teriffic stuff.

Hope you and Grover Cleveland are still getting along.

Regards,

[GRRRRR]

What? Christmas Decorations?? Have you obtained ACLU Clearance for them?

If not, YOU are in VIOLATION!!!

Merry Christmas anyway! LOL....GRRRRRollin'

[nicollo]

Thanks, folks!

JV, you classic! I can't say much for Grover Cleveland (perhaps the most reasonable Democrat God ever made), for he was a year dead when I started my next book on... W.H. Taft's presidency. Taft did model a political career after Cleveland.

Who in the hell ever heard of Grover Cleveland or William Howard Taft, anyway? And limousines?

FRegards,
-Nicollo, Disturber of the Obscure and Arcane

[Huck]

Congrats! I saw you, you big old arm-flailer!

:-)

Great job. I am proud of you!

[Jimmy Valentine]

Damn! Taft is right. You would think I could remember that rather large gentleman. HE rode in limousines all right!

In light of Albert gore's continuing meltdown, maybe you should resurrect your "night in the bar" story again and expand on it.

Regards,

[nicollo]

Lol! Yep, that was my bald head peeking out from behind those wild arms and glaring glasses...

Glad you enjoyed it.

[nicollo]

I insisted they put Taft into the program, and damned if they didn't! Gave the big guy a good show and a kind word. I'll hit 'em up for a full Taft program... heh, heh.

Yeah, my old client's back to tokin' the nasty stuff...

[pbear8]

Saw the show and enjoyed it. Congratulations on this and your book.

[nicollo]

Thank you. That's kind of you to say.

[Askel5]

Heh, Gonzo, a limousine may not be as fast as your car, but it's got great leg room...

Leg room, schmeg room.

Congratulations, Nicollo!

[nicollo]

Thanks!

Now, try this while you're driving...