Norm retired.tonyc56 said:Just curious. Norm Abram Bob Vila Steve Thomas
Kevin O'Conner.........Isn't Steve still there? He hosts Ask This Old House. Or is that some other guy?
I knew I was wrong. Thanks for the clarification.480sparky said:Kevin O'Conner.
I was forced to watch his show by default because cartoons went off after a certain time Saturday morning and there were no cartoons Sunday. Everything else on TV was news magazines and political discussions.Its a real shame. I used to watch shows like his every weekend, while other kids were watching cartoons.
You are absolutely right. Back in the late 80's we used to talk bad about Bob on the forums like we talk about Holmes today. :laughing:I think their show was the first of the kind and brought about the DIY (wanna-bees) revolution.
I thought about Tom Silva when I read the OP. He came a long way from being one of the workers with a couple of speaking parts to being a full time host.I always thought Tom Silva and Roger Cook were the guys I would expect to bust out with some cursing on the bloopers.
Talk on forums in the 80's?You are absolutely right. Back in the late 80's we used to talk bad about Bob on the forums like we talk about Holmes today. :laughing:
I think this is part of the whole DIY problem. I enjoy watching it play out in a reasonable time frame. Some customers don't though. Takes me two months, but Holmes did it in 3 days, I should only charge three days. :laughing:I was forced to watch his show by default because cartoons went off after a certain time Saturday morning and there were no cartoons Sunday. Everything else on TV was news magazines and political discussions.
You are absolutely right. Back in the late 80's we used to talk bad about Bob on the forums like we talk about Holmes today. :laughing:
I thought about Tom Silva when I read the OP. He came a long way from being one of the workers with a couple of speaking parts to being a full time host.
But overall I think these guys saw the handwriting on the wall and knew their days were numbered when the Discovery channel started showing full basement tear-outs that seemingly happened in a single day. Nobody wanted to see a full renovation stretched out over 13 episodes anymore. Now everyone expects to see it inside of a 45 minute episode.
Yes we did. Those of us who had computers back then were considered to be part of a strange eclectic sub-culture that not many people knew about. Mainstream society thought we were strange. People would ask, "What the heck are you guys typing back and forth about anyway? It couldn't be anything interesting."Talk on forums in the 80's?
You had internet in the 80's?
Ha! That was the old school internet. My buddy and I used to access the BBSs on his Commodore Vic 20, back when it was done over a telephone handset modem. The long distance charges were insane, until he figured a work around....Yes we did. Those of us who had computers back then were considered to be part of a strange eclectic sub-culture that not many people knew about. Mainstream society thought we were strange. People would ask, "What the heck are you guys typing back and forth about anyway? It couldn't be anything interesting."![]()
I think the cast the first decade was Norm and Bob, Steve came along after their corporate overlords fired Bob.Just curious.
Norm Abram
Bob Vila
Steve Thomas
I think the cast the first decade was Norm and Bob, Steve came along after their corporate overlords fired Bob.
Yeah.. the good old days of phreaking, blue boxes, red boxes, diverters, loops, etc.. Those were the days when an unmarked cruiser coming into the neighborhood could make you sweat bullets! :laughing:Ha! That was the old school internet.The long distance charges were insane, until he figured a work around....
You're right because the show was initially built on the PBS business model and I recall a couple of times when I've heard either Norm or Steve say something to the effect of "This is public television so I can't recommend this product by name but this is what it does..."One aspect of the show that is probably over looked is that while manufacturers will typically donate expensive materials for the sake of getting them on air, the homeowner still has to pay tax on the materials as if it was income as well as any increased labor incurred. This is where I feel the show got away from its roots more recently.