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7.3/10 TV No. of episodes 34 Original network The History Channel Final episode date 8 November 2005 | 8.2/10 IMDb Country of origin United States Running time 60 minutes First episode date 19 August 2003 Network History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Keith Carradine (season 1)
David Carradine (seasons 2 and 3) Original release August 19, 2003 – November 8, 2005 Cast David Carradine, Keith Carradine Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction Similar Tactical to Practical, Man - Moment - Machine, Ancient Discoveries, Modern Marvels, Save Our History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The real wild west episode 2 crazy horse history documentary
Wild West Tech is a program that aired on The History Channel in the United States that aired from 2003 to 2005. The show was originally hosted by Keith Carradine (2003–04), but his half-brother, David Carradine took over hosting duties for season 2 and subsequent seasons. The show illustrates a variety of technologies used in the Wild West, and features interviews with numerous Western historians, as well as re-creating versions of important events in Western history.
Contents
- The real wild west episode 2 crazy horse history documentary
- Wild west tech massacres 2005
- Format
- Episode guide
- Trivia
- References
The series was created by Dolores Gavin (History Channel) and supervising producer Louis Tarantino.
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Format
Each episode is dedicated to some broader aspect of Wild West life. Once the context is established in brief by the host, more specific elements are developed. Throughout the program, professors, writers, and other experts explain finer points while historical reenactments and dramatizations portray just how key 19th century events may have transpired. The production aims to put the viewer into the spirit of the Old West with its host inhabiting an unnamed frontier town delivering (sometimes ironic) commentary.
A new spin on the typical technology fact program, this program often covers subjects from the American Old West that are not generally discussed in more traditional settings. For example, one episode takes a look at the brothel, focusing on the inventions and technological innovations used to make the institution of prostitution less harsh on the lives of the women involved.
Another explains that Morphine was first isolated in 1803 by the German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner, but it was not until the development of the hypodermic needle (1853) that its use spread and it spread quite a bit in the American West. It was used for pain relief and, ironically, as a "cure" for opium or alcohol addiction. Its extensive use during the American Civil War resulted in over 400,000 sufferers from the "soldiers disease" (addiction).
The same episode informs the viewers that heroin, along with other drugs, was only criminalized in the United States by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 decades after it was derived.
Other topics include the technological histories of various alcoholic beverages, saloons, weapons, and cowboy gangs.
Episode guide
Two pilot episodes were produced, hosted by Keith Carradine, to help sell the History Channel on the concept of the series. Seasons 2 and 3 were hosted by David Carradine.
Trivia
The History Channel sometimes airs re-edited versions of the episodes to fill odd bits of time on the schedule; these 30 minute versions feature no new content.
There is a video that documents how Keith lost the show to David in a poker game that appears at the beginning of episode 2–1.
Shortly before leaving the show, Keith Carradine grew a mustache for his role in the TNT production of Monte Walsh.