# My semi-annual PBS rant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 23, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232 "2007-05-23T15:45:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232/21 "2007-05-26T01:50:33Z")

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[QUOTE=jacquilynne]  
[How’s $35 grab you?](http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=72952)  
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That’s what I get for buying the smaller, episodes-only box set back in 2001. Oh well, even $150 isn’t an awful price for 14 DVDs.

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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232/22 "2007-05-26T03:51:39Z")

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Ah, Public Broadcasting System. Not Peanut Butter Sandwich. And here I was hoping for a lively debate on whether Jif or Skippy is better…

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232/23 "2007-05-26T03:55:10Z")

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Be like arguing which was better, Hydrox or Oreo. Hydrox, of course, but everybody knows that.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232/24 "2007-05-26T04:10:40Z")

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[QUOTE=jacquilynne]  
[How’s $35 grab you?](http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=72952)  
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Right where I live! Now I have my daughter’s birthday present 4 months early.

Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-semi-annual-pbs-rant/405232/25 "2007-05-26T04:21:47Z")

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The PBS problem is a vicious cycle. As their programming gets worse, contributions drop off, and their programming budget gets smaller. My local PBS station seems to have hit rock bottom: about the only thing I ever see them showing is infomercials: Dr. Wayne Dyer (seminar available on DVD), Sue Orman (seminar available on DVD), some fashion(!) show (seminar available on DVD), etc.

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