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  In the last two weeks, WGTE (toledo) has been presenting some very 
interesting one hour programs on various topics. The first one that I
noticed was "City under the Hill" which dealt with the history of Cleveland
and most noticably, The Flats. Last nite, the program was about the Heinz
family of Pittsburgh, and how the company and the family fit into family
life in America. Has anyone else seen these?
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No way who watches those?

 I do, for one.

No, but I do watch a lot of public TV.

I don't watch much TV usually, and rarely watch PBS.  However, I did see
an excellant show about Malcom X.  It was mostly taken from his auto-
biography with clips of his family and friends.  I liked it more than
Spike Lee's movie, since it went more in depth about what Malcolm was
thinking and doing just prior to his death.

 That was "The American Experience" which is an excellent program. I wish
there was demand for it on the commercial networks, but I don't think
that there is an audience there.

I see mystery a lot on there and ather comedies.

I wish that I recieved ANN ARBOR public access.  I hear that they
have been showing some UofM made comedy shows ala "Kids in the Hall"
and such.

For those who stay up late, you might catch the Charley Rose show.  He grequly
has very interesting guests (Max Frankel, Anna Quindlen, Barbara Bush, Lauren
Bacall, etc).  The discussions are frequently thought-provoking and have
substance. 

PBS showed a comedy show this week that featured "challenged" comedians.
A few had CP, one was blind, one has MS etc. It was one of the funniest
comedy shows I've seen in ages. Plus, Sesame street is an everyday at
our house.

 There is a new series on ch 56, Sats 9pm called Swiss Rail Journeys.
It's a look at the Swiss railroads, and how they evolved/were built
and how they deal with some of the rough terrain. What really facinated
me was the cog railroads, (using gears to climb grades) and did you
know that most if not all is run on 15,000 v AC 16 2/3 Hz. If you
cannot afford to go to Switzerland, watching this is about as good as going.

in the category of "sublimely ridiculous" do catch Red Green at 9pm Saturday.
Sesame Street is a must; the celebrity guests are fun.

A thought: if the folks who owned Barney were forced to put a % of their
merchandising revenues back into the CPB, would funding ever be an issue
again?
Guess that goes for Sesame Street, too.

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