[ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad

[Jeff Hubbs]

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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