I just found out James Burke is still alive.

[Archae]

He's 87!

He was the narrator of the TV shows "Connections," and "The Day The Universe Changed." (Among others)

I really love those shows, (I have the DVD's,) and it's good to see he's still alive.

[odins folly]

1. Loved Connections

Guy had great delivery and the shows were soooooo cool

[odins folly]

1. Dupe

[Archae]

5. Dupe?

[odins folly]

10. I fat fingered

A duplicate post. Couldn't figure out how to delete it...

[Archae]

13. No prob.

[lastlib]

3. Loved "The Day The Universe Changed"!

That was an excellent series for this science geek! I had it on videotape, but have no video player now. You've motivated me now to find it on DVD! Thanks!

[BOSSHOG]

4. I've read every one of his books at least once

Except CLETE which I recently purchased. Savoring it. Based in 1989. Cletes the lead over Dave. I hope he’s still writing. His books are like 400 page poems filled with murder and mayhem.

I assume you are talking about James Lee Burke.

[rsdsharp]

6. It's a different guy, although they were born only 17 days apart.

James Lee is the elder.

[BOSSHOG]

7. Wow

Thank You Very Much for that info My Friend.

[rsdsharp]

11. You're welcome. I think you'll like Clete, although it's a bit weird in places.

[BOSSHOG]

15. Cletes been weird in a lot of places

Love the character.

[rockbluff botanist]

8. Connections with James Burke 2023

I believe his last show was on Prime.

I've watched the older shows and they absolutely stand the test of time.

[RockRaven]

9. I just found out there is a famous James Burke besides the guy who Robert DeNiro

played in Goodfellas (albeit with a name change, Jimmy Conway in the film; they also changed the surname of Joe Pesci's character away from the real life counterpart).

James Burke the gangster died almost 30 yrs ago.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. One day, I realized this was about him ....

parodying the idea of "Connections".

https://www.facebook.com/MontyPython/videos/when-someone-asks-why-you-havent-learnt-three-languages-in-lockdown-montypython-/533511697343123/

[electric_blue68]

14. Loved those series!