I just got home about an hour ago from working the phones for my local PBS
affiliate's (WGBH/Boston) membership pledge drive. While we were in the
conference room waiting to be taken in to the studio, the huge-screen TV
there was tuned to the live pledge drive programming, and as they were
begging for contributions, who do you think appeared on screen? You guessed
it, Joni! The sound was off, so I didn't catch what they said. And since it
is Labor Day weekend, no one there knew anything about upcoming programming,
but the Joni plug was for her long-awaited American Masters show.
I tried to find out when they were planning to air it by going to
www.wgbh.org, but as of tonight, their American Masters schedule only goes
through the end of October with the following artists scheduled: Merce
Cunningham, Gene Kelly, Willie Nelson, and Lon Chaney.
So anyway, it looks like the American Masters program with Joni is a go. But
it may be November or later before we see it. At least it's something to look
forward to after these shiny hot nights are over and the warriors of winter
are shouting triumphantly!
Best wishes for a great Labor Day weekend to everybody in the US. Especially
Mags, our newest import!
--Bob
