Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability to
pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall the
host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove and on
another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to plane the
end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move people a long
way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A comment
on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/ said the show did air in the Boston
area...

John

John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
...
Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/ said the show did air in
the Boston area...

John

On Aug 17, 7:59 pm, "W. Kirk Crawford"
wrote:
John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message

...

Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/said the show did air in
the Boston area...

John

Very similar to TOH, then. Does anyone recall seeing a project house
that wouldn't have cost at least half a million bucks?

On Aug 18, 5:43 pm, Charlie Self wrote:
On Aug 17, 7:59 pm, "W. Kirk Crawford"
wrote:



John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message

...

Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/saidthe show did air in
the Boston area...

John

Very similar to TOH, then. Does anyone recall seeing a project house
that wouldn't have cost at least half a million bucks?

Wait a minute. You _don't_ have sponsors donating labor and equipment
for your house renovations? That's not right! I think you should
talk to your marketing manager and CFO about restructuring your
sponsor relations department. It seems dysfunctional.

R

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 17, 7:59 pm, "W. Kirk Crawford"
wrote:
John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally
falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message

...

Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit
before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland
Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's
ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I
recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing
stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/said the show did air
in
the Boston area...

John

Very similar to TOH, then. Does anyone recall seeing a project house
that wouldn't have cost at least half a million bucks?

As I recall the show was filmed in a studio... even the free standing
fireplace was done in a mocked-up room and when the camera pulled back you
could see Wally in the "attic" and Natalie in the "room." Of the episodes I
saw I don't recall any outside the studio. Then again, I doubt that I saw
them all... even if the show only lasted a season to two.

John

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
...

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 17, 7:59 pm, "W. Kirk Crawford"
wrote:
John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message

...

Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/said the show did air in
the Boston area...

John

Very similar to TOH, then. Does anyone recall seeing a project house
that wouldn't have cost at least half a million bucks?

As I recall the show was filmed in a studio... even the free standing fireplace was done in a
mocked-up room and when the camera pulled back you could see Wally in the "attic" and Natalie in the
"room." Of the episodes I saw I don't recall any outside the studio. Then again, I doubt that I saw
them all... even if the show only lasted a season to two.

Sounds like Home Improvement with Tim Allen and a bearded chippie.

Early HomeTime programming was all shot in the studio, later they went out
into the field.

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
...

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 17, 7:59 pm, "W. Kirk Crawford"
wrote:
John,

Yes I remember that show. And I saw it in Indiana. Don't remember much
more than that.

It was a different kind of show at the time. Don't remember Wally
falling
through the celling.

I just though Wally had more money to spend than he knew what to do it.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message

...

Anyone else remember Wally's Workshop? It aired '72-'73 quite a bit
before
TOH or NYW were on the air. As I recall it was sponsored by Rutland
Lumber
and aired on a station in the Albany, NY area.

I remember it more for the husband and wife team of Wally and Natalie
Bruner's pending and ultimately fulfilled mistakes than for it's
ability
to pass on stellar technical advise to homeowners... For example, I
recall
the host falling through a ceiling while installing a free standing
stove
and on another show breaking out the side of a board when he tried to
plane the end-grain... But hey, their banter was good and they did
move
people a long way even though there were execution errors!

I have to wonder if this was Russ Morash's inspiration to do TOH. A
comment on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229932/said the show did air
in
the Boston area...

John

Very similar to TOH, then. Does anyone recall seeing a project house
that wouldn't have cost at least half a million bucks?

As I recall the show was filmed in a studio... even the free standing
fireplace was done in a mocked-up room and when the camera pulled back you
could see Wally in the "attic" and Natalie in the "room." Of the episodes
I saw I don't recall any outside the studio. Then again, I doubt that I
saw them all... even if the show only lasted a season to two.

John