[ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad

[Jim Kinney]

And I must add:

Dr. Who
Mr. Bean
Rumpole of the Baily
Mystery
Chef!
Amnesty International Charity events with the Monty Python troup
Fawlty Towers
Julia Childs
All of the master tv chefs _started_ on PBS: Wolfgang Puck, Frugal Gourmet,
The now deceased cajun "How y'all are some more" :) and the Urban Peasant
and many others
Plus other great stuff like This Old House (/Mansion)
Woodwrights Shop
Victory Garden

I didn't really watch PBS as a kid I do remember the Galloping Gourmet in
black and white) but both of my kids have grown up watching PBS. My daughter
and I would spend all Saturday morning watching the cooking shows and then
race to the Dekalb Farmers Market to get supplies to try out new recipes.

And several million people really fell in love with painting happy little
trees!  Bob Ross was an inspiring painting teacher to literally millions of
people.

2008/4/7 Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com>:

>   I beg to differ.
>
>
>
> PBS introduced me to Monty Python when I was a teenager.  The first Monty
> Python I saw was coincidentally the only one that had a topless woman in
> it.  Back in those days seeing a topless woman on TV was quite shocking (and
> being a teenage boy) "exciting".   Having been hooked by that I then saw how
> funny it was as well as the Britcom, No Honestly, which came on after it.
>
>
>
> There has been quite a bit of really good programming on PBS over the
> years often when there is pure schlock on commercial TV.   Even now with
> hundreds of channels available via cable I will often watch and re-watch
> some of the PBS fare even with the maddening "pledge drives".   PBS locally
> introduced me to the Carlos Museum at Emory which as an OTP denizen I hadn't
> been aware of until I saw a special about something being shown there.
>
>
>
> In no particular order a few of the other things I've liked:
>
> I Claudius
>
> Celtic Woman
>
> Ken Burns' Civil War
>
> The Computer Chronicles
>
> Many of the Britcoms.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Ned
> Williams
> *Sent:* Monday, April 07, 2008 2:20 PM
> *To:* Mike Harrison; ale at ale.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad
>
>
>
> hmm exciting and PBS in the same sentence...
>
> the most exciting thing pbs has ever done is once when Bob Ross found and
> extra happy little tree
>
> Ned
>
>  On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
>
> Not 'exactly' Linux related, but I'll bet we all know people (18-19)
> who might qualify and be interested, and hopefully some FOSS technologies
> will be enabling/useful:
>
> Design Squad is seeking candidates ages 18-19 who are passionate about
> engineering and are excited to spend the months of June-August in Boston
> (and traveling as well) tackling design challenges and competing for the
> $10,000 prize. Produced by WGBH-Boston for PBS, the program's goal is to
> get viewers excited about engineering and the design process.
> Apply by Friday, April 11.
>
>
>
>
>
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