‘30 Days’ Goes Underground Tonight! (a rookie coal miner—”redhat”—for 30 days)

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/06/03/30-days-goes-underground-tonight/

by Mike Hall, Jun 3, 2008

Here’s a last-minute viewing tip for tonight. Try a little coal mining.

Tune in to the premiere of the third season of FX’s “30 Days”, where series creator Morgan Spurlock returns home to West Virginia to work as a rookie coal miner—”redhat”—for 30 days.

The show airs at 10 p.m. EDT on the FX network.



Spurlock goes underground with Mine Workers (UMWA) and lives with a miner in Bolt, W.Va. He gains an understanding of the financial benefits that draw people to coal mining but also learns firsthand the dangerous conditions that miners must face every day.

As a new miner, Spurlock is assigned much of the grunt work, including plastering, building wooden roof supports, shoveling coal and hauling heavy equipment.

The show also features an interview with Peggy Cohen, 36, the daughter of one of the 12 miners killed in January 2006 in an explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia.

Each episode of the show features Spurlock or others spending 30 days immersed in a job, lifestyle or situation with which they are completely unfamiliar.

[Omaha Steve]

1. Marta and I just finished watching

I have no idea how they do it day in day out. Hard to watch this great episode.

[Joesunionreview]

2. I missed it...

...but I wrote about this earlier and it's gonna be repeated on Friday and Sunday night on FX at 11:00PM
http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/06/creator-of-super-size-me-trying-to-make.html

Next episode is going to be a good one, and labor related also:
The second episode will have Ray Crockett, of NFL Denver Broncos fame, live for 30 day in a wheelchair, in honor of friend and former teammate, Mike Utley, who was involved in a play that left him paralyzed.

[fishwax]

3. I wanted to watch that, but got swept up in the Obama speech

and couldn't pry myself away. I think it's being rerun on Friday, and I hope to catch it then :)