TV2.3:Going Down in History
Originally aired 5.18.08
Stories of people trying to make — and remake — history, while others go down in history in ways they never intended.
PROLOGUE.
A man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot-style video evidence that he saw it. Will he be known as a discoverer or just another nut?Act One. Four out of Five Convicts Agree.
Two Wisconsin convicts gain local fame for almost escaping prison using a very MacGyver-esque tool: dental floss. So are they geniuses or fools?
Act Two. Picture Day.
High school students in the Bronx pose for smiley yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the dramas in their lives.


