[ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad

[Scott Castaline]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> Just for the record - I did say my list was "a few".  It certainly
> wasn't meant to be exhaustive - just an indicator of disparate offerings
> of PBS that have appealed to me.   
>
> Many of the other things that have been listed by others are also among
> my favorites.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:19 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad
>
> And *I* must add:
>
> /Red Dwarf
> The Vicar of Dibley
> Two Fat Ladies
> Nova
> Cosmos/
> James Burke's /Connections /and /The Day The Universe Changed/
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>     
> <mailto: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.
>>
>>      
>>
>>
>>     
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>>     *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>>     [mailto: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 <mailto:ale at ale.org>
>>     *Subject:* Re: [ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad
>>     <http://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
>>     <mailto: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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