Watch Ken Robinson’s brilliant, inspiring and persuasive talk at TED 2006 about how our schools are educating people out of their creativity. He also has a great sense of humor.

Here is the second part of the list of great TV shows I wrote about earlier.

Rome is a dirty history lesson. Even with enough sex and violence to satisfy the most debauched mind, the show convincingly recreates the lost civilization with all its glorious battles and senate debates. This is a unique way of looking at history – through the eyes of a handful of richly created complex characters rather than a series of events between great battles. It’s very down to earth, like an episode of The Sopranos and is also full of human drama, an element normally missing from most history textbooks. There can be no more entertaining a way to learn history. The show’s production is singularly impressive, as can be expected from any HBO production. The detailed and intricate costumes and the exceptional acting free of the usual costume-drama pompousness is simply wonderful. Rome is smart, bold and stunning. History lessons have never been more sexy. Read more »

I am not a big fan of Lisa Kudrow. I enjoyed her quirky brand of humor and her sense of comedy timing in Friends but it got old real quick. Now here is a really smart web comedy series called Web Therapy that is starred, co-written and co-produced by Lisa Kudrow. The show’s premise is simple. Read more »

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