Dollygrippery: Chapman on Science Channel Tonight

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Chapman on Science Channel Tonight

Just a quick note. Tonight at 10:00pm Eastern (7 Pacific of course) the Science Channel visits Chapman/Leonard and learns about the science of camera dollies. It may be at the end since the main part of the show is about special effects I believe. Check it out.

4 comments:

D said...: If you missed the Science Channel show tonight you missed a really cool segment on Dolly Grips featuring my pal Danny Pershing. He did great!; 10:40 PM
Azurgrip said...: Are they replaying the show on their website?; 6:57 AM
Unknown said...: D: Thanks a lot for watching and blogging about the show. You guys have a really fun job -- and difficult! I had a blast giving it a try, but I'll stick to hosting...

Azurgrip: The episode will replay throughout the week, you can go here to check the schedule: http://science.discovery.com/tv/science-movies/science-movies.html

It's the episode called "Magic of Henson." No plans to stream online, sorry.

Cheers,

Nar; 8:18 PM
Azurgrip said...: I'll try to watch for it here, but we don't get the "science channel" here in Canada (atleast not with the cable provider that's I'm stuck with right now). I was hoping it would end up on YouTube or the science channel would run it on their own website.; 6:11 AM

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