How about if it's "availability of footage to people who lack the skills and/or means to do effective research"?
The local kids show managed to surprise me in one way -- it's the only hour where Patricia Crowley didn't show up. Pioneer of television, my eye. On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: >> I actually thought the local kids show episode had a lot of potential, >> but got bogged down in some stupid show from Phoenix. > > I don't buy the "availability of footage" theory since there's plenty > of footage from Dallas' own "Mr. Peppermint" both from his long run on > WFAA and his later run on PBS affil KERA-TV. Jerry Haynes had a > 35-year run on local and syndicated television and "Texas Monthly" > calls him "one of the founding fathers of children’s television". He > is very much alive and also has the 'hook' of his son being rock star > Gibby Haynes. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Peppermint > > -- > Ed Dravecky III > http://www.fencon.org/ > > -- > 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 -- 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
