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Julia Child Gets Remixed on Her 100th Birthday

Jon Prell — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:30:26 +0000

Today is August 15th and Julia Child would have been 100 years old today. There are a ton of cooking shows on television now and none of them would be here had it not been for Julia Child, who was one of the pioneers of cooking on television, even though she was not the first TV cook. She is known primarily for introducing French Cuisine to the American public and her groundbreaking TV show, The French Chef, was the first TV show to be captioned for the deaf.

PBS Icon Bob Ross Gets Remixed and Funky [Video]

Jon Prell — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:00:50 +0000

PBS has been the longtime home of so many great shows – most notably Sesame Street, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Joy of Painting, which was hosted by Bob Ross. There was something about the way Ross talked and painted that made you want to watch like I did on many a Saturday afternoon. PBS recently [...]

Mr. Rogers Gets An Auto-Tune Remix

Jon Prell — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:01:22 +0000

Mr. Rogers was a PBS staple from 1968-2001 and the show’s host, Fred Rogers passed away in February of 2003, but the show lives on in syndiaction. The folks at PBS got the idea to take some of their icons and memorable characters and remix some of the songs. PBS rolled out the first in [...]