Disabling Spaces & Expose on 2nd Monitor

Does anyone know if there is a way to disable spaces and expose on a 2nd monitor? I want the 2nd screen to run a keynote presentation and not be affected by my activities on the first screen.
Thanks,
Pete

Having played around with the two monitor configuration for a few days now, I realized that what I really need is a way to make them run independent of each other, essentially running the second monitor as a separate tv monitor for movies and slide shows. So far I haven't found a way to do this.
Also, whenever I play a Keynote presentation, it takes over both screens in one way or another and Apple didn't seem to have any idea of a way to change this. Is there a different way I could connect them that might make them more independent of each other?
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