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 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Goes to Sesame Street" (December 8, 2009) -- In episode 12, Robert Reid returns to where he first experienced New York City -- a place many many people do as well: Sesame Street. Its set, in Queens' Astoria Studios, tries hard to keep it real, with a mix of brownstones, corner shops, stoops, subway stations, laundromats. Recently they upgraded a shop to replace wood door frames with aluminum times. |
 | How to Travel: Checking into a Hotel Robert Reid, Lonely Planet's US Travel Editor and spokesperson, is creating a video series to help how to travel. This first one tackles one of the first things travelers do when they arrive to a new place: checking into a hotel. It's filmed in Melbourne, Australia. Also see www.lonelyplanet.com and www.reidontravel.blogspot.com. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: Marco Polo, Overrated? (Oct 6, 2009) -- Lonely Planet US Travel Editor Robert Reid discusses two key questions of travel: was Marco Polo just an over-glorified 'blogger' of the 13th century, and where is the world's largest Chinatown? |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Q: Window or Aisle Seat?" (October 21, 2009) -- In episode #003 (featuring 92 bonus seconds), Robert Reid, the US Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, takes a reader question on which is best, window or aisle on airplanes. He asks various travel experts including Jim Benning (World Hum), Pam Mandel (Nerd's Eye View), Stefanie Michaels (AdventureGirl), Jessica Spiegel (Boots'n'All), Tony & Maureen Wheeler (Lonely Planet founders) and a woman named Pat. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Saves College Football" (December 1, 2009) -- In episode 11, Robert Reid (reidontravel.com) solves the long-standing BCS controversy in NCAA college football: by getting rid of playoff notions AND all bowl games, and deeming TCU the clear champion for the 2009 season. With on-site footage from Fort Worth's Stockyards. Also see www.lonelyplanet.com. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: The Manhattan Bridge Problem Robert Reid (www.reidontravel), the US Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, is thrilled that New York is celebrating the 100th birthday of the Manhattan Bridge this year. But can't figure out why the celebrations are being held over two months before the actual day comes. Hence, the "76-Second Travel Show" (with 40 bonus seconds this week) announces its own party. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Pilgrim Hats, They Real?" (November 24, 2009 ) -- In episode ten, Robert Reid (www.reidontravel.com; www.lonelyplanet.com) reports on his search of truth behind the "pilgrim hat" from Oklahoma City's Stockyards in a single continuous, unedited shot. Turns out, women wore them too, they weren't often black, the buckles came later and apparently the "sugar loaf" hat began in Spain in the early 1600s. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Halloween in Transylvania" (October 26, 2009) -- In episode #004 (with 35 bonus seconds), Robert Reid offers a 'Top 3 Safe & Secure List' for a season normally monopolized by horror and fright, then illustrates how Transylvania, the real one not in Bugs Bunny cartoons, is pretty dainty, including footage from a Roma horse fair outside Odorhieu Secuiesc. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Las Vegas: ScIeNce City" (November 10, 2009) -- For episode eight (featuring a bonus 76 seconds), Robert Reid shrugs off the notion of Vegas' Sin City rep and focuses on science in STTS-christened "ScIeNce City." He visits Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire State Park, some plants outside the Hilton, a space-themed bar, the Atomic Testing Museum and -- most importantly -- has a behind-the-scenes tour of the Luxor's 39-degree 'inclinator' elevators that reach rooms in the pyramid-shaped hotel. |
 | 76-Second Travel Show: "Pirates vs Vikings" (November 17, 2009) -- In episode nine (with 27 bonus seconds), Robert Reid suggests a ban of all sequels, remakes and bio pics from the movie industry -- part of a growing "Era of Familiarity" trend that the SSTS doesn't want to overtake travel -- until there's a downturn in numbers of uncreative movie ideas. In return, SSTS offers a free, can't-miss movie idea -- who'd win in a fight, Vikings or pirates -- and turns it over to Viking and pirate experts from Newfoundland, Minnesota, North ... |
