TV Party for Wednesday, June 29th

Now, normally I would stay as far away from the Country Music Channel as possible. I’m not a big Country fan, and while I like the Dukes of Hazzard just fine I got enough of them in the 70s. But tonight is an exception. Tonight at 8 CMT brings you an hour with the Chief Parrothead himself on “Jimmy Buffet Uncut”. With never-before-seen footage from a recent in-depth interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, Jimmy discusses his life and career, including growing up in Mobile, Ala., the inspiration that drew him to music, his early days in Key West, Fla., personal time with wife Jane, country superstar Alan Jackson and of course, Parrotheads.

The past year has been a big one for Buffett, whose newest CD, License to Chill, debuted at the top of both the pop and country charts and was the first No. 1 record of his career. The collection, which features duets with Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, George Strait Martina McBride and others, spent 15 weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard country albums chart and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

And if that's not enough reason to watch a one-hour special with Jimmy, well, I just don't know what is.

At nine slide down to the Discovery Channel for an hour of urban legends debunked on Mythbusters. In tonight’s episode, “Ming Dynasty Astronaut”, Buster, the show’s crash test dummy, takes the hot seat in the Mojave Desert in the myth of the 'Ming Dynasty Astronaut.' Will Buster defy the laws of gravity and survive an explosive launch into space? Also on the show Adam and Jamie play mad scientists in the quest for free energy.

Finally, at 10 spend a couple hours with two heroes of the early 80’s, Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams as AMC shows “Nighthawks.” This often overlooked action thriller casts Sly and Billy Dee as two New York cops pursuing Europe's most dangerous terrorist (Rutger Hauer). Filmed on location in New York City, this realistic suspense film was ahead of its time in depicting the threat of terrorism to the United States, although while Rutger does a great job blowing stuff up, at no point in the film is he seen piloting a 747 into a building.

That’s your TV Party for Wednesday, June 29th, for Northwest Indy Radio I’m Scott Chicken.