Bob Villa Question

[Larry Bud]

My newsserver must be screwed up... what year was this question written?

[Mikepier]

It just started 2 days ago.

[blueman]

Another complaint to add about TOH... On last week's show about renovating a Cambridge modern-style house:

- They wasted the first 5 minutes making small talk about Cambridge book stores, toy's for the host's son, and buying coffee.

- They then spent the last 15-20 minutes on an extended tour of the Longfellow House which other than being in Cambridge has absolutely nothing to do with the current renoavation and in fact is about as architectually removed as you can get.

- Finally, add in a couple of minutes dedicated to the non-commercial "commercials" that PBS now runs

This leaves about a total of 5 minutes of real Home Improvement show out of a total 30 minute space.

Seems to me that the show is becoming more of a combination talk show and lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous with the hosts all competing to show how clever they are rather than a nuts-and-bolts home improvement show.

[Larry Bud]

written?

I know, just being sarcastic.

[Calvin Henry-Cotnam]

WGBH let him go when he signed with Sears to do their commercials.

[northwoods hunterX]

[Al Moran]

You got a link for that?

[Stormin Mormon]

So, Al, is that somehow interesting to you? What does that say about you?

Bearded guy who wears a carpenter's apron and into men. Al Moran. Hmm......

[Al Moran]

Are you smoking crack again?

[Stormin Mormon]

Mormons don't do crack. We are just friendly with everyone. In a respectful way. OTOH, you make me wonder.

[Dave]

It's not Bob Vila, it's Boob Vila.

[Al Moran]

Well how is this for respectable you mormin whack job...Fuck Off.

[Big Giant Head]

Rumor has it that WTTW (producer of "Sneak Previews") was considering taking the show off PBS and putting it in commercial syndication themselves without necessarily compensating the talent accordingly. I don't know if that story is true or not but they did leave, first for a Tribune Company syndicated show called "At the Movies," and later for the current Disney show which survives as Ebert & Roeper.

[Steve Kraus]

Ah but TOH was never really for intricate detail of how a DIY could do something.

Years ago, pre TOH I think, there was a show that showed a lot of DIY stuff...I think a husband and wife hosted and I vaguely remember that the fellow was someone known from some other show...like maybe a game show host or something. I can't recall the title.

[MasterBlaster]

"Steve Kraus" wrote

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