Sunday Night Football

Since football season is right around the corner, we're taking advantage of the preseason coverage to get our game-day party faces on for when the real thing hits. And nothing beats the preseason Sunday Night Football matchup between the Chicago Bears and the Denver Broncos Aug. 30 on NBC. So if you're psyched that football season is right around the corner and you love tailgating with your friends, get your cleats out of the attic and fire up the grill -- we're throwing a preseason pigskin party!

All we ever knew about Egypt we learned from Steve Martin's King Tut bit. So when Egyptologist Kara Cooney started the six-part series Out of Egypt, premiering Monday, Aug. 24, on Discovery Channel, we were fascinated by her lack of dance skills and general disinterest that he was "born in Arizona" or "got a condo made of stone-a." Still there are a lot of other fascinating facts Cooney serves up in an attempt to demystify and "desensationalize" the legends of ancient Egypt. (Yep, every party needs a pooper.) So call your friends; we're heading Out of Egypt.

Remember when the world was a simpler place? A place with knights and fair maidens, castles and moats, dragons and wizards? Well, according to Merlin, airing Sundays on NBC, that's how things were. There was no dependence on foreign oil, and everyone was just fine with only three major networks. Plus, dressing in robes and carrying swords was cool. So if your name is Arthur, and your dining room table is round, do what you've got to do and call your peeps, 'cuz it's time for a Merlin party!

Wood. It does a body good. Well, you know, for shelter and stuff.

And you can thank a logger, such as the guys on American Loggers airing Thursday on Discovery Channel, for that -- you know, for your walls and roof and furniture and, well, stuff. No, these guys don't actually build anything, but the thought of you pulling a tree out by its roots, then getting it to the mill on the roof of your Ford Focus seems daunting. So if you love wood and all the things you can make from wood, spruce up (ha!) and call your family and friends; we're throwing an American Loggers party!