Here's an excellent point. I sat waiting for the thing to start and had to
wait 10 minutes because of corporate advertising. And the commercial for the
"product" at the end......geez!
The symbol of America is a dollar sign.
peace,
R. Scott
framboise@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Catanzaro" <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>
To: "Nathaniel Rahav" <nat@rhythmlove.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: Ken Burns on Charlie Rose
> Nat wrote;
>
> The whole thing is definitely a labor of love and not a commercial
venture,
> > which immediately increases its credibility thousandfold.
> >
>
> Don't kid yourself! I have never seen so much ancillary packaging for a
PBS
> production. Videos, DVD's, Books, CD's.... and check out the gigantic GM
> spots. "Public" broadcasting? Kind of laughable.
>
> Burns may be passionate, but he'll probably make more money off of this
one
> thing than Art Tatum made in his whole career....
>
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