End of an Era
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After 21 seasons, "The New Yankee Workshop" is closing its doors.
http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/Norm+Abram+Closes+Up+Shop.aspx -
and remember..............
don't forget your safety glasses
he will be missed
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Norm had to impact many of us woodworkers...... Kinda like "Listerine".... doesn't taste all that good, but it works and I use it every day..... I for one will really miss the shows! If only to fuss about "if I had all those cool tools I could do the same stuff!" Which always caused my wife to yell.... "you aren't gonna buy any more durn tools!"....
Think there will be "re-runs"????
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I haven't watched television in about 15 years but I used to watch Norm a lot. He is certainly a big inspiration to a lot of woodworkers. I'm sure reruns will be out there on various PBS stations or perhaps other networks. I would bet you'll be able to get a boxed set of DVDs of each season. Good marketing opportunity for them certainly.
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@unknownuser said:
I haven't watched television in about 15 years
really? yikes. (you ain't missing much by the way)
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From what I see in the news (online) I think you're right. We have a television but mainly my 5 year old watches videos on it. He likes the old stuff. Schoolhouse Rock has been his favorite since he was 3 and he's been getting into the first season of Green Acres. He goes around the house singing the theme song except he's replaced 'penthouse' with 'hen house.'
That kid is probably scarred for life. I might have to get the Norm videos so he can learn how to wear a flannel shirt. 
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Norm and Roy Underhill of the Woodrights Workshop were saviors of my sanity all those years I worked in Silicon Valley.
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I really enjoyed watching Norm. My family would hurry home from church on Sundays (pre DVR's, but we would record on VHS tapes when needed) to see Norm. My son and I would recite together, with Norm, word-for-word, the "Safetly Glasses" spiel.
He did inspire me when I was learning woodworking. It was him, books and magazines.
He certainly sold a lot of tools along the way. I've nothing bad to say about him today (I mean, right now, while I'm writing this post, after 2 glasses of wine).
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