I've never understood how they paid for those shows,
I love Tommy Mac. He may be goofy at times and high energy at others but he's real. I hope he lands something elsewhere.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness..." - Mark Twain
I preferred Tommy Mac over Norm by a lot. Unfortunately he didn’t really get to show his best side with the short format shows. I wish the best for the new one.
Shawn
"no trees were harmed in the creation of this message, however some electrons were temporarily inconvenienced."
"I resent having to use my brain to do your thinking"
I liked Tommy Mac too, but wasn't interested in a lot of his projects. He lost me on the new shop build - furnishing the inside of the shop would have been more interesting. I like the Woodsmith show because they cover more than one thing in an episode.
Do you remember the sponsor ad at the beginning of every NYWS show from Porter Cable and Delta? There's your answer.
That show was produced by the Boston PBS affiliate WGBH. So their annual fund drive may have contributed also. Many PBS shows receive funds through grants from charitable trusts and foundations, often mentioned at the beginning or end of the show so there may have been some of that type of sponsorship in the background also.
Rough Cut's primary sponsor was Woodcraft. Don't know how much of the budget that actually covered though.
Brian
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher
I agree, doing a whole project in that short format, even with the quick delivery of Tommy Mac, left a lot uncovered.
I've been watching the build on Tommy's new shop and I have really been enjoying the slower pace. And he's building that place first class! I wonder how he's feeling about having built the new shop and then getting replaced?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness..." - Mark Twain
Who can doubt the brilliance of foresight and ideal timing to get Tommy's new shop fully outfitted with top-notch woodworking equipment all for free! My bet is that they already sensed that change was in the wind and planned the private workshop build while his "stock" and recognition factor was still sailing "high". It was clearly not in any way intended to readily facilitate a production and filming crew, the new quarters are ideally suited for an individual craftsman and perhaps a single guest visitor. The venue of their former production was leased space. You can be certain that any "Rough Cut" episodes going forward will not be recorded within that workshop T. MacD. helped to build. Expect that property is fully owned by he and the spouse.
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Got this from Tom McL a couple days ago to share wgbh.cimediacloud.com/r/mOKDww Seems to me the show will go in a direction that all levels may find relevant, regardless of the specific projects involved.
Last edited by Mike Krueger; 01-15-2018 at 3:30 PM.