Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for April 05, 2021

Why? Because he hasn’t made a donation?

Our PBS station always goes to “begging” about a week or two before the finale of the shows we watch there (This Old House, e.g.) during which time they switch between outright begging and showing hoary old “viewer favorites” interspersed with begging. This typically goes on until after the finales are done… Both thumbs DOWN!

After I donated, they cancelled some of the ones that I wanted. Never again.

There are so few PBS shows that I follow anymore that I don’t even miss them when they get dropped in favor of pledge programming. Oh, Nova is not on tonight? I’ll read a book, instead.

Some stations have taken tin-cupping to a new level!!!

I used to feel that way but since I found out that my son contributes I don’t feel that awkward.

Like you – but not you. So what are you going to do?

The public radio stations (NPR) I worked for, by far, had the nicest facilities, best equipment, and best employee pay of any radio stations I experienced. My limited experience with PBS was similar.

I was told they receive tax dollars. If so, I contribute, if not, too bad.

But we only give credit to the big corporate donors, who can give way more than you just by digging out the spare change from between the couch cushions in their lobby.

I never knews Pearls Before Swine program was funded by folks.

PBS has QUALITY programming! The networks have gone off their rockers, and all we get is many scripted “Reality” shows, stupid game shows by the dozen, and LONGER and LOUDER commercials, less program! Even cable companies have gone to crap! Repeat programming, and out of 600 channels, only a handful is worth watching….$$$$$ Frankly, I’m sick of it all! Some channels have the same repeat programs on for years….LAME!

They are a liberal mess, touting what the Doumbocrates say, Just like CNN idoits Scr**m

There are many programmes on PBS that we enjoy. Some are even imports from commercial networks in other countries. Downton Abbey was made for a commercial network in England, what we saw just had the commercials taken out. Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and A Place to Call Home were the same, but from Australia. And APTCH introduced us to Marta Dussledorp and that led to Crownies and Janet King, both also commercial programmes but played on PBS with the commercials cut out. PBS has good programmes of its own, you just have to look for them. BTW, Ken Burns’ 3 hours of Hemingway premiers with the first hour tonight. TTFN.

I watch a number of Masterpiece Theaters and shows like NOVA that the History, Science, and Discovery channels should show but don’t. But there’s been so much liberal social justice garbage lately that I don’t feel bad about not donating.

Gotta love neutral and unbiased programming – especially since it is partly funded by American tax-payer dollars.

Why is she telling the dog that the guy feels awkward? Seems like it should be another human on the couch.

I don’t feel awkward at all…I just say “You’re welcome” and enjoy the program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7cTuVUiWs&ab_channel=JoeSmith

I donate to PBR…Pabst Blue Ribbon. PBS money is pickpocketed ( stolen) from us by unforgiveable acts of the politicians.

KQED has shows from PBS as well as those local to the Bay Area. I’m very pleased with them and do contribute, which gives me Passport standing. Passport status allows access to a huge number of shows via apps on my ROKU and Apple TV, often with entire previous seasons. For example Nova, Nature, American Masters, Frontline, Finding Your Roots, and so many more. It’s a bargain.

Kill your television. I haven’t watched since the 1970s.

We would like to thank the steel I beam under the studio floor for its support, without which we would be in the basement.

As I recall, the amount of Federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (PBS and NPR) was cut way back in the early 1980s. Hence, more fundraising appeals and Suze Orman specials.