On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/10/2010 7:24 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> Today I caught an episode of the most recent season of "This Old >> House" and "Hometime," two favorite shows of mine. > > I didn't know HT was still on. I don't even know if either of my PBS affils > (KCTS & KCET) carries it. I'm pretty sure they do both carry The TOH/ATOH > Hour. > >> It could be that I recently converted early seasons of both shows from >> VHS to DVD, and so the transition from the older to the newer felt >> more jarring to me. > > How old were they? Peggy Knapp old?
JoAnne (2nd co-host) old... the original log cabin season, which was my favorite of the series > I think Jojo did an episode with wife #3 (Robin Hartl). Dean is up to...wife > #5. Is the guy Mormon or something? JoAnne has done a few episodes with the new wife over the last few years. The ones she did a few years ago felt like a guy with his younger wife dropped by his ex-wife's house to fix a few things. The episode I watched today felt totally disconnected. > I too watched and enjoyed the old eps of all those shows. What I noticed is > that they went from "simple" projects to these huge grandiose plans. > HT used to do 10 or so projects a season (stripping furniture, building a > deck (2 or 3 eps)) then they started building million dollar cottages. TOH > went down the same path. I used to wonder if that was any help to the > regular joe but how many ways/times can you talk about sanding & refinishing > your hardwood floors. I don't mind the mix of simple to elaborate. As Hometime's website used to point out in defense of the bigger projects, a lot of times the large scale stuff is better able to incorporate new techniques and cool gadgets that wouldn't work in standalone episodes where they plant corn or refinish a deck. The thing I liked about those shows (and "Bob Vila's Home Again") used to be that, despite the slower pace, there was an inherent suspense built into them that hooked me. When they started demolishing a room at the start of the episode, you had to keep watching to see what it looked like with the walls stripped bare and a ceiling removed. You didn't need a dozen jump cuts or Lucas-style wipes. Apparently, now you do. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
