The House That Norm Built - on PBS

[Rich Engelhardt]

I guess it airs tonight for members of the Insiders and on Monday Oct 3rd for the rest of us that aren't.
Check local listings for times.

I ran across this info on a Facebook group dedicated to Norm Abrams and I don't have any other details except what this link gives:
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/this-ol...hat-norm-built

I'll be right in the middle of a move and will miss it.

[Curt Harms]

There may be a way to stream it once you get settled. The guy has certainly had an impact on the hobby/DIY market and gives more solid advice than most of the DIY TV shows.

[Richard Coers]

Ate pizza with Norm once, he came to town to open a new Ace Hardware. Nice guy. This show should be sponsored by the pin nailer manufacturers. He single handedly put them in every shop in America.

[Jamie Buxton]

Ate pizza with Norm once, he came to town to open a new Ace Hardware. Nice guy. This show should be sponsored by the pin nailer manufacturers. He single handedly put them in every shop in America.

Wasn’t it a brad nailer which he used so much?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Norm on both "This Old House" and "New Yankee Workshop" has cost my wife a lot of money, but I have a well-stocked standalone woodworking shop as a result. I miss his participation in TOH and I miss his show!

[Randall J Cox]

I always looked forward to watching him on Saturdays. Randy

[Jim Becker]

I think it's great that they have produced this, given Norm recently retired full time from the TV stuff. It's a nice tribute and I hope to watch it at some point.

[Richard Coers]

Wasn’t it a brad nailer which he used so much?

Jamie, you are correct in today's lingo. We called brad nailers as pinners before they invented headless pins. Bought my first brad nailer in 1987. A rebuild Duo-Fast that cost $99. Google said that would be $267 today.

[Brian Runau]

Thanks for the heads up. Brian

[Alan Lightstone]

Doesn't show up in my zip code for DirecTV on two PBS stations here.

[David Bassett]

Doesn't show up in my zip code for DirecTV on two PBS stations here.

I don't know how they generated that info. It didn't show up for my zip code either, but it was there at Monday 9pm (Pacific, so our normal 3 hour delay) on our major PBS station. The listing didn't mention TOH or NYW, so searching didn't work (and was probably why the zip code listing didn't have it.)

[Alex Zeller]

I bet Norm would have done even better had DVRs been invented back then. Granted he had almost every hand tool made in multiple brands but he spoke clearly, is able to articulate what he was trying accomplish, and did it in a way that people who wanted to make stuff but thought it was too hard feel like they could.

[Curt Harms]

I bet Norm would have done even better had DVRs been invented back then. Granted he had almost every hand tool made in multiple brands but he spoke clearly, is able to articulate what he was trying accomplish, and did it in a way that people who wanted to make stuff but thought it was too hard feel like they could.

VHS and Beta were very much a thing, I recorded many NYW episodes. Norm's coming off as Every Man was one of the reasons for the show's success IMO.

[Paul Haus]

Thanks for the heads up. Brian

For a carpenter to become a PBS 'star' is quite an accomplishment.
I watched a lot of TOH and NYW programs over the years. This man did more to get people into WW (IMO) than pretty much any other single person. Again, this is my opinion, Norm A was a carpenter most of the time vs. a cabinet maker. He made good functional furniture comparable to remodeling a house. He wasn't a Sam Maloof, but then again he never pretended to be IMO.

[Mike Congiusti]

I'm an insider so I watched it on Friday. I think it was well done and Norm got teary eyed when Tommy gave his best wishes. I won't ruin it any further. I will say Norm looked a little gaunt to me. I hope he is OK. I just loved watching him and I’ve built several of his projects.

On a side note, as an insider I was able to watch all the New Yankee shows. Last month I received a message that as of 9/5/22 the license agreement was ending and I would not be able to watch the show. The website newyankee.com has also been deleted. I thought Morash held the rights to the show. I don’t understand after all these years this agreement ended. I was able to download any and all plans for free.