Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for February 17, 2022

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    dadthedawg Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Just send ’em some money…..

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    Lucy Rudy  over 2 years ago

    They never have anything on that interests me except during pledge drives!

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    nosirrom  over 2 years ago

    And the Super Bowl is commercials interrupted by tackles.

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    'IndyMan'  over 2 years ago

    Why should I make pledges to support programming when they take off all the programming I like and put on programming I have no interest in ????

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    gopher gofer  over 2 years ago

    the best sleep aid around…

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    landyk  over 2 years ago

    Don’t make it go away. I love NOVA.

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    potfarmer  over 2 years ago

    My station relies on their viewers to be responsible adults. Haven’t needed to have a pledge drive in years.

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    joelucas  over 2 years ago

    PBS = Parasitic Broadcast Service

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    david_42  over 2 years ago

    The last time I watched anything on PBS, I was on the phones for a pledge drive. That was about 30 years ago.

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    Mugens Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Just like most if not all broadcast stations, PBS has good shows and shows that should never see the light of day, or night for that matter. Just boils down to one’s own personal choice.

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    Wizard of Ahz-no relation  over 2 years ago

    I used to live in NY and remember the horrible pledge drives on the Long Island station. it was insulting when they talked about a program they clearly didn’t watch. but it reached a peak during a drive featuring the brit com “keeping up appearances” and had Jeffery Hughes (Onslow) as a guest and you could see him getting steadily more upset. by the 3rd pledge break he lost it.

    When they declared “WE brought him here at great expense…”He exploded at them, in character. The phones were manned by coast guard cadets and they were caught up in it “Great expense? You sent me a leaky row boat and one oar! This lot had to come rescue me half way! I’ve seen more authentic…” It was the best thing all night. the coast guard people were laughing and the host just had to stand there and take it with a plastic smile on his face as Hughes lit into him.

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    rshive  over 2 years ago

    And sometimes the pledge breaks actually include programming.

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    Bill Löhr Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Interrupting pledge breaks with pseudo programming, imo.

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    awcoffman  over 2 years ago

    Very few ads on commercial radio and TV are as annoying as NPR & PBS pledge drives. I listen to NPR in the car but I switch to the local news station or my recorded music during the pledge periods.

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    Snolep  over 2 years ago

    Good shows for the kiddies, though.

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    Ebenezer Stooge Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Precipitously Blatant Salespeople.

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    schaefer jim  over 2 years ago

    That would be nice, they have some great programming!

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    Andrew Bosch Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I’m sure if the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (the tax-funded parent of PBS) didn’t get its budget zeroed out in 2017, there wouldn’t be quite so many drives. Maybe it’s funded again by now.

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    JPuzzleWhiz  over 2 years ago

    Reminds me of this item, from one of Kermit Schafer’s “Blooper” albums:

    “We interrupt this bulletin to bring you a program!”

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    bobgreenwade  over 2 years ago

    It’s kind of like how other stations keep interrupting commercials with programs.

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