Stephen Fry in America

Well, at least he spent a bit of time in Texas, though he must have driven right through Dallas to get to Houston and no mention at all... really it was just some pretentious rich people in Houston, and the Mexican border patrol, but it was better than the brief mentions some other states got (Arkansas, hello???). 
Still enjoying the show, though.  Pretty interesting, overall.

Well, at least he spent a bit of time in Texas, though he must have driven right through Dallas to get to Houston and no mention at all... really it was just some pretentious rich people in Houston, and the Mexican border patrol, but it was better than the brief mentions some other states got (Arkansas, hello???). 
Still enjoying the show, though.  Pretty interesting, overall.

Man some of those rich Houstonians looked pretty damn scary to me!!! Is that what money buys you these days??? I think they need a refund from whoever did their Botox!!!

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I definitely want this book.  

That's awesome.... we need more Brits to point that out!  Though, as some of the Brits on this forum have said, the stereotypes roll both ways.  For silly Americans to ask if my hubby has bad teeth, or to make otherwise stupid remarks isn't cool, either.  But just as many Americans foolishly refer to the whole of England as "London," many English people have asked me what the weather is like in America!!   

I just caught up on the last two episodes. I really liked the mountains one a lot! I agree with Cadenza though, Idaho is a beautiful state and he could have spent more time there!

The one in the mid-west was good, but I know a friend of mine from Minnesota was disappointed with it. All he focused on was how cold it was, which annoyed her. I did get a little homesick when he was driving past the farms in Ohio. It made me think of driving around parts of PA in the winter time.

When I finally watched the Mountains/Plains episode, the bit about Kansas was surprisingly all right and not what I expected at all!   

The old geezer in the all-but ghost town - check...that is so many towns all over Kansas, Nebraska, etc.  The town where I grew up doesn't have a lot going for it anymore, although it's not a ghost town (yet) - it's depressing though.

And hippies living in an old underground ICBM bunker - how cool is that?!  (I thought that was going to be about some survivalists or something - ha.)  That's one of the things that I do admire about Kansas...even though you think you know what it's all about (Red state, creation 'science' school controversy, etc) - something completely iconoclastic comes along & surprises you - like those hippies, William S Burroughs, the little liberal enclave that is/was Lawrence, etc.

That's one of the things that I do admire about Kansas...even though you think you know what it's all about (Red state, creation 'science' school controversy, etc)

... and most people don't even know that much about it!  Well, i didn't anyway! 

... and most people don't even know that much about it!  Well, i didn't anyway! 

Hee hee!  Well there is that...and then there's the blank look on people's faces here when I say I'm originally from Kansas, and they say - 'That's near Florida, isn't it?  I've been to Florida...'    (Fortunately, I lived in Florida too, so I don't mind talking about it.)

(Much like people back in the US ask me how things are going in London!)

Hee hee!  Well there is that...and then there's the blank look on people's faces here when I say I'm originally from Kansas, and they say - 'That's near Florida, isn't it?  I've been to Florida...'    (Fortunately, I lived in Florida too, so I don't mind talking about it.)

(Much like people back in the US ask me how things are going in London!)

I get "Idaho's near the East Coast, isn't it?" all the time.  It makes me giggle.  I think they are mixing it up with Ohio, which, while it isn't coastal is a heck of a lot closer than Idaho!!  I used to try to explain the states it was near, but I still got blank looks, so I now usually say something like "it's in the northwest of the country on the western side of the Rocky Mountain region."  Most don't really know where the Rockies are, but it at least gives them something they can feel like they kind of understand. 

Really lovely segment on NM tonight. I used to work at the lab in Los Alamos--it was kind of surreal to recognize the streets and buildings! But the bit with the Navajo fry bread just about killed me. Want.some.NOW!!!

Really lovely segment on NM tonight. I used to work at the lab in Los Alamos--it was kind of surreal to recognize the streets and buildings! But the bit with the Navajo fry bread just about killed me. Want.some.NOW!!!

Yeah, having some serious pregnancy cravings for it and may have to make it again soon.  Mmmm Navajo tacos . . .

I enjoyed tonight's episode.  Each of the states got a decent amount of time.  When I saw the map, I was very nervous.  After being totally ripped off in Idaho I thought "please just let him do UT justice since this is where I grew up.  The map made it look like he'd do another drive through, but it wasn't bad.  Really that whole region is a part of home to me.  I almost cried when they went into Monument Valley.

Really lovely segment on NM tonight. I used to work at the lab in Los Alamos--it was kind of surreal to recognize the streets and buildings! But the bit with the Navajo fry bread just about killed me. Want.some.NOW!!!

I was really excited about tonights episode because of NM being in it . I haven't been up to Los Alamos before, but my parents and I were recognising the streets of Santa Fe . Then my dad insisted that he's been to Tuscon, AZ... but the only places my parents have been in Arizona are Flagstaff (on the way to the Grand Canyon) and the Grand Canyon - he has a habit of saying that he recognises places that he's never been to, lol.

I wasn't too keen on the last 10 minutes with the brothel in Nevada though... considering vastness of the West and all the scenery, I think he could have put that last segment to much better use!

I wasn't too keen on the last 10 minutes with the brothel in Nevada though... considering vastness of the West and all the scenery, I think he could have put that last segment to much better use!

Was he wearing an ascot during that segment?  I was on the phone with my parents so my attention was divided (I could be mistaken) - but if he was, how cheesey move is that???

Really lovely segment on NM tonight. I used to work at the lab in Los Alamos--it was kind of surreal to recognize the streets and buildings! But the bit with the Navajo fry bread just about killed me. Want.some.NOW!!!

I thought of you when we were watching!  I loved that he spent quite a bit of time in New Mexico - one of my favourite states! 

Really lovely segment on NM tonight. I used to work at the lab in Los Alamos--it was kind of surreal to recognize the streets and buildings! But the bit with the Navajo fry bread just about killed me. Want.some.NOW!!!

Mmmm, fry bread!  Guess where I will be for Christmas?  I didn't see this episode (grrr!); but, I had a similar feeling when watching the episode in Massachusetts.