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[GWL]: HGTV - Cringe

Frankly, Jeff, having watched a few gardening shows on HGTV, I'm perfectly happy if they stay the hell away from it.  The few make-overs I saw, I thought 
the "before" was much better than the "after."  Of course, I've felt the same way about some of their interior make-overs too. 

Can we put a tax on gaudy like we did on cigarettes?


dk

I know, you're thinking, "How does he really feel about it?"




12/18/01 2:56:22 PM, Jeff Ball <jeffball@starband.net> wrote:

>I have worked with Dame Martha on camera  a few times and it was not
>pleasant.  I would say that she has very little to do with selling gardening
>and certainly does nothing to improve the garden writing business.  She is
>selling a dream that is filled with style and she is very good at it.  Most
>everything Martha sells makes money or Martha stops selling it.  I get the
>sense that Maria Rodale would like to become an Organic Martha, but looking
>at her new magazine I'd say she had better keep her day job.
>Another thread - HGTV - Am I missing something or has gardening taken a back
>seat to interior and exterior design on HGTV?   At night there is no
>gardening to speak of, at least when Nancy and I check it out.
>
>Later,
>
>Jeff Ball
>
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