robocop gets his learn on

I could--and sometimes do--watch the History Channel all day. I don't care if it is a documentary about the Napoleonic wars , whaling in the 19th century, what Hitler had for breakfast, the history of New York's sewer system, or preferred facial hair styles of pirates. I have come to expect all manner of useless historical trivia knowledge from the History Channel, but I never expected it to be explained to me by Robocop.

It turns out that Peter Weller, the man who was both Robocop and Buckaroo Banzai, is now a professor at Syracuse University. He is featured on the channel's new series on Rome, and has done a great job on the parts I've caught so far. He is enthusiastic and much more animated than in his portrayal of the half robot/half cop who had to battle through his remaining human emotions to stay focused and catch a number of bad guys who were doing an assortment of things that bad guys did in the eighties.

Although, I did miss what he was saying the first few times, as seeing Peter Weller when and where one is not expecting to see Peter Weller can be distracting.

Kudos to you, Buckaroo. But let us pray that Rosie Perez does not become an expert in the sixteenth century sea trade.