Media Alert

The final rounds of the National Spelling Bee will be broadcast tonight (Thursday) on ESPN.  It starts at 5 PM Los Angeles time, or 8 PM in the East.

I've never been able to make it through a huge amount of the broadcast, but always have enjoyed times I did sit through it.

In the words of E.T. -- Bee Good.

By the way, even if you don't watch much of the coverage -- or even none of it -- I highly recommend the wonderful documentary, Spellbound, which follows eight contestants in the 2001 competition.  The joyous film received an Oscar nomination as Best Documentary Feature.  It has a stunning 98% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes (though the viewer rating there is a "just" 83%...)  It's available on Netflix.  Here's the trailer --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkbJWZvBVvk