New Woodworking Show On PBS!

[Jason White]

My fellow woodworkers,

I am a TV producer and have created a new woodworking show for public television called Woodworking Together. It’s the first new woodworking show to come to public television in more than 10 years and features the very first woman to host a true woodworking show, Boston-area cabinetmaker Gail O’Rourke.

Our show is geared toward woodworkers of all skill levels, with a special emphasis on beginners.

Woodworking Together will premiere nationwide on PBS stations in January of 2008. You can view the show’s “trailer” by clicking on the following link…

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9199733913251364374&hl=en (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9199733913251364374&hl=en)


Happy woodworking!!!

[Kyle Kraft]

Looks kinda cool. I'm always down for more WWing shows. WGVU will be getting an e-mail soon.

[John Timberlake]

Definitely looks like it is geared toward beginners, but interesting. Hope to see it locally.

[Corey Hallagan]

Well guys, Gail is a member and a fine woodworker! She has shown many of her projects here in the past. Congrats to Gail and good luck!

Corey

[Dan Oliphant]

My hat is off to Gail, Well done, and I hope that the show is a great success.

[Al Killian]

Congrats to you Gail on the new show. I hope that it will become a great hit and last for a long time. Hopefully it will air in my area, as currently there are only reruns shown.:( Ihavent seen a new shown on PBS since last season.

[Jim Becker]

I've always enjoyed Gail's work when she has posted it here at SMC...bravo on getting her talent on the tube!

[Jerry Olexa]

Congrats to Gail !!! Look forward to seeing y'all on the tube..

[Eric Shields]

I don't think anyone that has seen Gail's work here would say she isn't talented. I certainly have enjoyed her work. I look forward to seeing her work in progress. Best of luck Gail and congrats, hope the show is a great success :D

Eric

[Gail O'Rourke]

Thank you all, and thank you for your support.

[Charles McKinley]

So, where is Gail?!?:confused:

Why didn't she make the big announce ment?????:rolleyes:


Where are you????????:eek:

So we can say...... CONGRATS!!!!!!!:p

I hope the show is a big success!!!:D

[Mike Henderson]

Congratulations, Gail. I wish you the absolute best with your show. I hope one day people will talk about "Gail" the way they talk about "Norm" today.

Break a leg!

Mike

[Joe Dusel (Vista, CA)]

Yoiks! Gail, get yourself a splitter and a guard! You don't want to be showing beginner woodworkers extremely dangerous techniques, plus I don't want to read a story about you getting hurt by kickback or an accidental amputation.

Good luck with the show, but please stress safety.

Joe

[Per Swenson]

Hi Gail,

Congratulations.

You're gonna be a star!

Best of luck.

Per

[Matt Meiser]

Congratulations Gail. Looks like it is going to be a good show. I do have one comment, and I don't know if it is good, bad, or indifferent. The style of the show from what I saw in the trailer seems to be virtually identitcal to NYW. Regardless, I look forward to it.

[Darl Bundren]

That's awesome. I'd like to see more woodworking shows on t.v., too.

Of course, I could have my own show, too, except it'd have to be called "Messing Up and Cussing." More like a bloopers reel thing than any truly educational programming:D

[Doug Hoffman]

I sent our PBS an email requesting them to carry the show.Like I stated to them,Norm is great,but his projects are usually to advanced for the new sawdust maker. I can't figure out how Norm can build those things in 1/2 hour!

[scott spencer]

Way to go Gail! I just got done watching the previews. You were terrific, and you look alot better than Norm ever did! :D Really...nice job! How'd you manage to keep this so quiet?

[Bruce Wrenn]

Congratulations, Gail. I wish you the absolute best with your show. I hope one day people will talk about "Gail" the way they talk about "Norm" today.

Break a leg!

MikeAfter the Norm bashing a couple of weeks ago, I'm not sure that is such a good idea. Go get um, Gail!

[Dave Worsley]

I love PBS programs, and another woodworking show is fine with me, although my wife might complain? Hope the show is a great sucess.

[RichMagnone]

"A really simple blanket chest"

Looks pretty professional to me! Congrats - looking forward to watching.

[Jim Tobias]

Congratulations Gail!!! What could be better than to talk about WT (Woodworking Together) instead of NYW or WW all of the time?

Jim

[Gary Herrmann]

Good for you Gail. And good for us. One of our own was recognized for her skill. Looking forward to your show.

[Dick Strauss]

Way to go Gail! It looks like it will be a winner!!! If it isn't an immediate winner, we'll help you to make it a success.

Take Care,
Dick

[Charlie Velasquez]

Good Luck!

I, too, have emailed our local PBS stations, and will also add a note with the annual check we send. This is fund raising time for our PBS stations and I figure this is a good time to let them know what I would like to see in the programming.

[Steven Evans]

Gail gets another vote from me. I have a hard time even finding reruns here in Vegas. I used to see Marks and Hout on DIY but they are gone now. I hope this new show is popular.

[Joe Unni]

Good for you Gail!!

Much luck with the show!

-joe

[Mike Weaver]

Congrats Gail!

I have always enjoyed seeing your work here at SMC; it'll be a treat to see some of your talent on TV as well.

-Mike

[Karl Laustrup]

Well done Gail. The promo is great. I hope a large number of the local PBS stations pick this show up.

I'll be looking forward to seeing it regularly.

Karl

[Jim Hager]

Yeah, Gail. You go girl. I'm glad to see another show coming on the scene. Congratulations.

[Tyler Howell]

And to think.... We knew her when, sitting bye the creek dangling her feet in the water.:cool:
Congrats Gail.
I'll be tuning in;)

[Don Selke]

Hi Gale:

Congratulations on the new show, We miss you here on SMC and hope you find the time to drop in once and a while. Good luck on the show and am looking forward to seeing it in January.;) :)

[Don Stanley]

Thank you all, and thank you for your support.

Gail, I like the video and look forward to the new show!

Thank you, and everyone one in the team that produced it.

-Don

[Lou Morrissette]

Way to go, Gail! Saw the trailer and it's great. Good luck on the show.

Lou

[Rich Konopka]

Good Luck Gail. I hope it gets picked up by many local stations.

[Frank Chaffee]

Gail,
Please accept my congratulations on your successful marketing effort! I don’t watch TV, but recently someone told me that it is really big these days. Should this be true, many, many woodworkers, and especially novices who did not learn safe machinery operation from an experienced person will be looking to you for guidance. Above any other message you could share with your viewing audience, I think safe tool operation is a good place to start.

[John Fry]

Congratulations on the new show. Gail is an accomplished woodworker, I have seen her post her work here on the creek.

Best of luck to both of you, I wish you great success.

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Gail,

Your post wasn't there when I posted the first time. Do Creekers get priorty tickets for the tapings? :D

It is good to see you. I will send an email asking for the show on the Pittsburgh and youngstown stations I get.

[Jim dePrado]

Congratulations Gail! Looking forward to Jan 08.

Jim

[Lincoln Myers]

Congrats Gail. I have always been inspired by the work you've shown here on The Creek. Good luck with the new show.

-Linc

[Rod Sheridan]

Gail, congratulations on your new show, I look forward to seeing it.

I have to agree with Joe Dusel, please demonstrate woodworking with all the factory guards and safety equipment, or equivalent on your show.

Gail, I was very dissapointed to see your tablesaw without a splitter and guard. I don't know why this is done on TV, do pople not believe that the saw is actually cutting when the blade is hidden from view?

Anyway, congrats, and I wish you sucess with the new show.

Regards, Rod Sheridan

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Gail,
I'm really looking forward to your new show. I hope you enjoy and are successful in this new phase of your career. It must be exciting times for you!
-Jeff :)

[Dan Gill]

It's great to see a new show coming on the horizon, and it's really good to see Gail doing it. I think it will be a winner.

I watched the preview, and I was pleased. I wasn't really happy with the MTV-like hand camera work, but overall it was very good.

[John Miliunas]

Wow!!! We have another celebrity in our midst! Way cool, Gail. A BIG congrats to you. I'm looking forward to the new show. Best of luck to you with it! :) :cool:

[Hank Knight]

Gail,

Good for you! I have been impressed with your work and I have enjoyed your posts here on the Creek. Your show will, no doubt, be a real treat and I'm looking forward to it. I wish you the best of luck with it.

Hank

[Justin Dreier]

Gail congratulations. I saw this news on the Ridgid forum and didn't find it here right away. Very much looking forward to a Broadcast on woodworking. Can't be enough of that.

BTW, I did send an e-mail to KCPT in Kanasas City asking for support of your show. Here is the response so far.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Hi, Justin,
I will let our Programming Director know that you'd like to see Woodworking
Together on KCPT.


Amanda Curtis
Communications Specialist
KCPT-TV 19
125 E. 31st Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
816.756.3580 x4244

[Lori Kleinberg]

Hey Gail, just saw the preview looks great. I sent an email to my local PBS station. I hope they will carry it.
Again good luck

[Ben Roman]

I would like to be the first to Suggest a Gail Fanclub Section on the site ! :) I will also volunteer to be the president of the fanclub. Good luck with the show I am sure it will be great !

Ben

[Bruce Volden]

Gail


Congratulations!!! But seriously, I HATE waiting. Could I purchase the DVD (s) ahead of the premiere???:D :D :D


Bruce

[Don Bullock]

WOW!!!! That's fantastic!!!! Congratulations Gail. I sure am looking forward to a new woodworking show. Now that I have a new digital recorder, I won't miss any of the programs.

My wife contributes to our local PBS so I'll make sure to have her send an email in her name requesting it as well as my email.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Jason, wanted to say congrats on what promises to be a very successful show! Best of luck to both you and Gail!

[Christopher Stahl]

Congratulations Gail! I'm looking forward to watching a new woodworking show.

[Dave Fifield]

Break a leg Gail! I'll be looking out for your new show next year.

[Eddie Darby]

Great little clip. I enjoyed it.

Lately I've been seeing a T.V. commercial where a guy is cutting a piece of mahogany wood, that is for an electric guitar, on a table saw with no guards and the piece is so curved that it is 1/2" off the table top at the saw blade. YIKES!
Please put safety at the top of the list on your new show!
I only wish Jan 2008 was here already.:)

I hope for your show to be a great success.

[John Miliunas]

I would like to be the first to Suggest a Gail Fanclub Section on the site ! :) I will also volunteer to be the president of the fanclub. Good luck with the show I am sure it will be great !

Ben

I'll second that motion!!! :D

Ben, drop a line out to Keith Outten and Aaron Koehl and see if they'd be willing to setup a "Gail Fanclub Forum". :D (Hey, maybe we could even get some "insider information" for upcoming shows and such!!!) :D :cool:

[Martin Lutz]

Wow Gail, that is awesome. I just watched the trailers and they were great! A star is born. Keep up the great work!

[Ed Blough]

Glad to see a nice person get ahead. Everytime I PM Gail asking a dumb question she has always taken time to give me a well thought through answer. I appreciate her, her skill, her willingness to share with others and I hope and pray her show is a huge success.

[Karin Voorhis]

Gail I myself am very excited and looking forwward to seeing you... on PBS!!!!! I also took the time to see the website very nice work!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for clueing me into tto this!!!!!!!!

[Mike Holbrook]

I will add my congratulations to both Creekers on this exciting show.

I am just wondering though, there seem to be almost toooo... many good wishers here. We arn't just a bunch of frustrated tool models and actors are we!

Do we need a "Woodworking with the Stars" section on the forum? A place where we could post portfolios with our tools? Yea, might be verry amusing *G* and who knows someone else might get "discovered'.

[Julio Navarro]

You Go Gail!!!

[Gail O'Rourke]

I have been overwhelmed by the positive response and encouragement that I have received from fellow Creekers. It really means a lot.

THANK YOU. You're the best.

[Martin Shupe]

We are all hoping for the show to be picked up and to be a success for many years to come.

Good luck, Gail!

[Carl Eyman]

I've written my public TV Station, given them the address of the trailer, and asked them to carry the show. When are the rest of you going to follow?

[John Hain]

Great Promo Gail!

I'm waiting to watch!!!!!

[Rob Blaustein]

Well I'm late to the party, but GO GAIL! I think it will be great. Now Jason, I see you're in Boston too, I hope that's a good sign that it will air here.

Hey, you guys need a shop hand?

[David LaRue]

Way to go Gail! I hope they show it around here. I will watch for it!

[Larry James]

Gail, donation and info about your program in the mail to local PBS station.

Good luck, Larry

[Tim Wagner]

congradulations! I wish you all the best.