1982

Rasputin assassination; Japanese tattoos; Sudanese (Masakan); Brazil (Krohole); Indian man with the longest fingernails; Asaro Mudmen in Papua New Guinea; Ede and Ravenscroft limited wigs; birds of prey (Phillippine Eagle, marbles murrelet Corm in Peru, Osprey); Operating Rooms; Surgical techs; Dragon's Breath in China; Movieland Wax Museum; Rare photos and outtakes of The Jitterbug scene in The Wizard of Oz (1939 film); The curse of the Elgin Marbles British Museum.

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S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Sat, Oct 08, 1983

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S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Sat, Oct 22, 1983

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S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Sat, Oct 29, 1983

Segments on an ax murderer who publicly announced he wouldn't kill anyone while they listened to jazz; an art masterpiece hanging in a variety store in Pasadena, Texas; rituals to appease volcano gods; a man who sculpts with lava.

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S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Sat, Nov 12, 1983

Witness a Bolivian brawl that's a religious ritual, learn how professionals determine the sex of newly-hatched chicks, fly with the world's oldest and only newspaper boy, slurp along with experts who determine the quality of coffee, see the oldest bucking horse on the rodeo circuit, run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; see how the famous Austrian horse are trained in defense maneuvers, see an animal tea party in England, see a large tap dancing gathering, see stilt dancers in China, see the Christ the Redeemer cleaners at work, and see break dancers in New York, learn about a maid who was a spy in Turkey.

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S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Sat, Nov 19, 1983

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S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11

Sat, Jan 08, 1983

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S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12

Sat, Jan 07, 1984

Segments on the octopus, garden eel, shark and sea urchin; a South Pacific ritual in which men dive toward the ground held only by a vine that breaks their fall at the last moment; modern artists who craft their works using bubbles, rocks, automobiles and TV sets; and a Chinese ritual involving papers stained with blood from a human tongue.

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S2.E13 ∙ Episode #2.13

Sat, Jan 14, 1984

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S2.E14 ∙ Operation Valkyrie

Sat, Feb 04, 1984

Operation Valkyrie; The Century Cactus; South Koreans celebrate the Moses Miracle at Jindo Island; The echidna; Diving bell spider; African tribe of two-toes people; The glass snake; World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games; Wu-shu; A Mongolian conqueror played polo with the heads of the conquered generals; Landfills and garbage collection; University of Arizona garbologists; Sewage treatment in San Diego using hyacinths; Lufkin, Texas, sewage treatment using worms; Los Angeles sculptor makes sculptures from garbage; In Bangkok, the Wat Arun temple is covered with broken dishes; Man juggles bowling balls, flaming swords, and a chainsaw with two apples; Fire-breather street performer in Mexico City; Juggler balances a person in a chair on his chin; Artist recreates Michaelangelo paintings on Paris sidewalks; Benjamin Banneker's involvement in Washington, DC.

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S2.E15 ∙ Cardiff Giant

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

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S2.E16 ∙ Dunkirk

Sat, Feb 05, 1983

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S2.E17 ∙ The Glory Hand

Sat, Feb 12, 1983

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S2.E18 ∙ The Man Who Never Was

Sat, Feb 19, 1983

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S2.E19 ∙ Episode #2.19

Sat, Mar 10, 1984

The story of El Cid, an experimental solar-powered car treks across a desert, volunteers live as ancient ancestors, a month-long Irish singles event, wind power, hunting with Eskimos, repairing Mount Rushmore, marriage vows in India, a wind-powered car, an experimental ancient village in England, background in the Washington monument, President James Monroe's home, treasures of the Capitol building, an 185 Japanese sculptors who re-created himself for his soon-to-be widow, Japanese marriage knots, miniature solar panels, and finally a paper loop logic trick.

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S2.E20 ∙ Episode #2.20

Tue, Apr 03, 1984

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S2.E21 ∙ Episode #2.21

Sat, May 05, 1984

The 14-year struggle to build the Brooklyn Bridge, bizarre art on human skin, dentist who uses hypnosis, religious hair cutting in India, ceremonial body mutilation in New Guinea, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Juana of Spain, Hiroshima and the A-bomb, a helmet of tubes to scan the human brain, special video games to help recovering patients, herb store in Los Angeles that sells bizarre items, back-rubbing machine trivia, the Great Wall of China, miniature artistry on finger nails, and the history of the Pony Express.

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