Re: Victory Garden


Hello All,

I am the first to admit that the Victory Garden (VG here after) has gotten
more than a bit stale. The only travelogue piece I have liked in recent
history has been the interview of Alan Bloom done by his son. The only
project was the piece on redoing a border.  I can hope that the new guy
(whom I've never heard of) is good and the format changes for the better.
Gee, they could have stuck with Roger Cook - crusty but familiar.


I doubt that many of us fit what seems to be WGBH's target audience -
moneyed liberals in urban Greater Boston. So many things GBH do were great
once an upon a time; Nova, VG, Frontline, This Old House, Julia and good
British comedy to name a few. Nova seems to be a political piece instead of
science. VG and TOH are not for the common man anymore. When's the last
time you saw any one of the home owners doing any of the labor. I don't
know who was being served by the VG travel bits; maybe it was so the
Morashes could write off their travel dreams!  I stopped supporting GBH
when Jerry Baker did an on air fund raiser.

I have seen decent PBS gardening shows - the Perennial Gardener with Karen
Strobheen (all right I know it is misspelled) and the old couple with the
roses in upstate NY or Michigan come to mind.  Maybe we should be asking
our local PBS stations to consider doing a garden show and/or dropping VG.
Yes, I know the programs are expensive to do well, but maybe the money is
better spent there than on the rights to show VG.

Time to get off my soap box!

Cheryl

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        Cheryl P. Isaak, Londonderry NH   (cheryl@isaak.mv.com)
        Zone 4/5a - AHS Region 4
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