Documentary Historian Gifts

Tony Robinson

'Nothing beats seeing your favourite band play live.'

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

Fenton G. Gonklemeyer, Computer Scientist - Booted Up 1928 and Crashed 2009.

"Oh, come on! Nobody brought a pen?"

'We're doing a fly on the wall documentary.'

Kirsten Johnson

"I like it but does it get only the one channel?"

"David live a rich, full life, despite what his Wikipedia page says."

They're watching a documentary about safety razors. Sounds like a Schick flick!

Crocodile

Police film evidence

Michael Moore creates a UK equivalent of Fahrenheit 9/11

Infographics: the early years.

My friend, Ernie, the documentary filmmaker, is producing a series about beverages. One film follows a man's search for the perfect lager. The working title is "The Beer Hunter." He found a group of young women in high school who are fantastic baristas. "Bean Girls." Espresso. Another movie will uncover animosity in the orange juice business. Maybe I should call it "Pulp Friction." And he's examining vineyards and winemakers all over the globe. I'll call the film "Planet of the Grapes"!

"Ugh! Stop making a drama documentary out of a molehill."

"I remembered that time you said you wished you had a biographer."

Fahrenheit 911.

'I still say these shots need more action.'

A fly on the wall documentary.

"Nothing like the History Channel to get you to appreciate these peaceful times we're enjoying."

'Hold it - someone's filming this without permission!'

'Great! So that's the film... Now for the sound!'

'Coming up next...more of man's inhumanity to man...in hi-def.'

'If whales are so intelligent, why do they swim near Japan?'

'I'm freezing...The rich list is a little thin this year.'

A typical Monday. Zombie Truck-Driving Maniacs! South Pole Penguin Love! That's a stupid eco-friendly chick documentary! Insipid, mindless, violent zombie crud! Negotiations commence, nearly a week before date night. Wimp! Blockbuster head!

"Those pervs from the nature channel are filming us again."

3rd Wave

Ernie is a documentary filmmaker who tells stories of folks in their professional lives -- I think he should wonk on his film titles more. One film looked at the surprisingly competitive cutthroat world of the dry cleaning business. "The Hanger Games." In another, we see astronomers traveling to remote locations to escape light pollution. "The Dark Night." Ernie showed us the bond among young butchers in an increasingly vegan world. "Stand by Meat"! And he told us the story of a man who i

Michael Moore

'Because it's there.' ... 'Because he may fall.'

'If you're going to stare at that thing all day, at least watch something educational,,, like Japan,'

Rain Forest Filmcrew

'You're a funny beggar, switching off the sound just because Joanna Lumley is ENTHUSING!'