This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotlights Skilled Workers

Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by peatmoss on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:41PM (#19963617)

Oh my goodness, if there was ever a reason to donate monthly to PBS, it’s for the old episodes of the Woodwright’s shop on their “PBS Passport” service.

That show, apart from being educational, is gentle and warm in the same was that the late great Bob Ross makes people feel from his show. It’s salve for the soul.

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Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by wyclif on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:13AM (#19968387)

When I was a kid my parents took me on a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. My Dad is an amateur woodworker and while we were walking down a dirt road in the colonial district area, Roy Underhill was working alone in the front yard of one of the houses and my father recognised him (he's a huge fan of The Woodwright's Shop) and walked over to say hello and thank him. He was a great guy, super friendly and totally cool about talking shop. I took of picture of them together that I still have.

Anyway, without that PBS show I would have never gotten into hand-tooled woodworking.

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Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by peatmoss on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:50PM (#19995772)

Oh man, what a great story! I’m usually scared to meet my heroes, because I don’t want to be disappointed. Glad to know Underhill was able to live up to you and your dad’s expectations.

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Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by war1025 on Monday May 20, 2019 @04:35PM (#19964893)

I discovered that they had many seasons of The Woodwright's Shop on pbs.org freely available while dealing with a bout of the stomach flu. That show is great. Even my three year old daughter enjoys it.

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