PBS Pledge, Simpsons-style
December 5, 2008 by John Proffitt · Leave a Comment
Our station in Anchorage is currently in the traditional December PBS pledge drive and now that I’ve seen the Simpsons clip below, we’re looking to hire actress Betty White to help us on the air. And we want some of those umbrellas, too.
Celebrity “cameos” include…
- Betty White (yes, it’s her)
- Fred Rogers
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Garrison Keillor
- the Teletubbies
- Big Bird
- Oscar the Grouch
- Elmo
As the male pledge break host says, “Outstanding.”
For the last 15 years I've done what comes naturally to anyone with degrees in English, earth science and education: I taught high school for a year then worked as an IT pro in healthcare, banking, consulting and government contracting (of course!). But I also spent nearly 5 years in Alaska's largest public media company, taking the traditional radio / TV / statewide news operation online and realizing traffic gains of more than 700% in just 18 months. These days I simply turn over the occasional public media rock and tell you what I see.