Well, I finally finished the third show last night (King Cobra and I). It was interesting to see the difference in quality of the three shows. The first one with Austin Stevens was a joke. It's the only snake show I know of where I'm actually rooting for the snake to tag the handler, and of course Austin never disappoints me. They should put the Benny Hill theme song on his shows for the soundtrack.
The Big Squeeze was slightly better, but still pretty ridiculous and not very herp friendly. BTW, the alcohol method is probably the best, but don't use rubbing alcohol unless you want to deal with a sick snake afterwards. Besides, you'll probably need the good stuff handy after getting coiled by a giant python.
"King Cobra and I" was very good.Very informative and loaded with cool Elvis music. I was amazed to see how violent they get when taking down a rat snake.