Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.
I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move people a long way even though there were execution errors!
I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A comment on
John