>>> HI, I'M JAMES STEINBACH, A
VOLUNTEER AT PBS WISCONSIN.
WE ARE TAKING A BRIEF BREAK FROM
THIS TERRIFIC SERIES FROM RICK
STEVES," THE ART OF EUROPE," AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT, SORT OF THE
DEFINITION OF A CERTAIN THOUGHT
ABOUT TRAVEL BECAUSE I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN I GO TO
PLACES, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT
TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THINGS THAT ARE NEW, BUT ALSO TO
BE ABLE TO SEE SOME THINGS THAT
ARE FAMILIAR, AT LEAST I THINK
THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE, AND RICK
STEVES DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB
OF GUIDING US THROUGH THAT, AND,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU STOP AND THINK
FOR A SECOND, SOME OF THESE
THINGS, WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO
BE ABLE TO GO ALL THESE PLACES,
AT LEAST I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO
ALL THESE PLACES, AND THAT IS
GREAT ABOUT TRAVEL ON TELEVISION
BECAUSE YOU GO AND SEE
REMARKABLE PIECES OF WORK AND
HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AND IS GUIDING YOU
THROUGH.
WHAT COULD BE BETTER?
WHAT COULD BE BETTER IS CALL US
AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, I'M AIMEE
GRAINGER, ON STAFF AT PBS
WISCONSIN.
RICK STEVES IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITES, AND I'M VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE THANK YOU GIFTS THIS
EVENING SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY GIVING US A
CALL AND PLEDGING AS A A SUSTAINER.
WHEN YOU DO, WE'LL THANK YOU
WITH GREAT GIFTS.
WE HAVE RICK STEVES' TOP 100
MASTERPIECES, BEAUTIFUL
COMPANION BOOK TO THE PROGRAM
YOU ARE WATCHING AT THE $15 PER
MONTH SUSTAINER LEVEL, AND AT
$20 PER MONTH, THIS IS QUITE THE
PACKAGE.
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH
EVERYTHING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE OR
OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WILL
WALK YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE
LIST.
THIS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR GUIDE
BOOK, 20-YEAR ANTHOLOGY, SO
THAT'S 17DVDs OF RICK'S
PROGRAMS YOU LOVED OVER THE
YEARS.
IT IS THE MONEY BELT, THE
PLANNING MAP, THE TRAVEL SKILLS
DVD SET, AND THE BEST
DESTINATIONS TRAVELED NEWSLETTER
FROM RICK STEVES, SO, REALLY, A
TREMENDOUS PACKAGE OF EVERYTHING
YOU MIGHT WANT FROM RICK STEVES
OVER THE YEARS AT THE $20
SUSTAINER LEVEL, AND, OF COURSE,
AT THE $30 PER MONTH LEVEL, IT
IS BOTH THE COMPANION BOOK FROM
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM AND THE
1-800-236-3636.
>> HI, I'M LINDA BERMAN, A
VOLUNTEER HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN,
AND I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING RICK
STEVES' ADVENTURES FOR THE LAST
22 YEARS HERE ON PBS WISCONSIN.
WHAT'S SO EXCITING IS THIS NEW
PROJECT WHICH TOOK HIM TWO YEARS
TO COMPLETE, AND HE SAID YOU
CAN'T SEE MODERN ART UNLESS YOU
LOOK HOW THE ANCIENT ART THEN
PROGRESSED TO CREATE THE
RENAISSANCE WHICH IS NOW
CREATING THE MODERN ART, AND
RICK STEVES KNOWS HOW TO ENHANCE
OUR APPRECIATION.
A WAY YOU CAN ENHANCE YOUR
APPRECIATION OF PBS WISCONSIN IS
TO BECOME A SUSTAINER.
IT'S VERY EASY TO DO.
EVERY MONTH, THE MONEY COMES
RIGHT OUT OF YOUR CHECKING
ACCOUNT OR ON YOUR CREDIT CARD,
AND EASY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT, AND YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ARE PROMOTING QUALITY
PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS.
THIS PROGRAM IS JUST AMAZING.
I JUST LOVE HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU
SEE HOW JUST IN THE PAST HOW HE
ILLUMINATED THE LAST SUPPER.
WHEN WE WERE IN MILAN, IT WAS
LOCKED DOORS AND HORRIBLE
LIGHTING.
YOU SEE IT BETTER WITH RICK
STEVES.
THIS IS THE QUALITY OF
PROGRAMMING YOU CAN EXPECT ON
PBS WISCONSIN.
BECOME OU OUR SUPPORTER.
>> A FUN FACT ABOUT RICK STEVES'
SHOW, WHERE AT PBS WISCONSIN,
AND WE GET MANY OF THE PROGRAMS
FROM PBS, WHICH IS AN
ORGANIZATION, BUT THIS PROGRAM,
WE DON'T GET FROM PBS.
THIS PROGRAM, OUR PROGRAMMING
FOLKS GO OUT AND FIND AND BRING
BACK FOR YOU.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GETS
DELIVERED TO US.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE GO OUT
SHOPPING FOR, IF YOU WILL,
BECAUSE THEY KNOW AND WE KNOW
THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT
REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR
PEOPLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LETS YOU
IN ON WORLDS THAT YOU MAYBE
AREN'T GOING TO GET TO, BUT
MAYBE YOU ALREADY GOT TO AND YOU
GET TO THEM IN ALMOST A BETTER
WAY WITH RICK STEVES.
THAT'S WHAT IS WONDERFUL ABOUT
THE WAY HE SHARES HIS
UNDERSTANDING IN A WAY THAT, TO
ME, FEELS COMPLETELY HONEST.
I LOVE WATCHING HIM BECAUSE HE'S
JUST A GUY, YOU KNOW?
HE'S JUST LIKE HE COULD BE YOUR
NEIGHBOR, BUT HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR
WHO TRAVELS A LOT, WHICH IS
PRETTY COOL.
UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
PRESENTING AS THOUGH THEY HAVE A
LINE ON THE TRUTH.
RICK STEVES IS JUST TELLING YOU
WHAT HE KNOWS AND CARES ABOUT.
I LOVE THAT.
SO, IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, CALL
US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> WE LOVE RICK STEVES AND
WATCHED OVER THE YEARS, IF YOU
ARE ONE AND WANT TO SUPPORT
TONIGHT, GIVE US A CALL AND
PLEDGE JR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL GIFTS TO OFFER
AT $15, THE COMPANION GIFT, THE
TOP 100 MASTERPIECES BOOK, AND
THEN THIS AMAZING PACKAGE OF
RICK OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S THE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
GUIDEBOOK, THE 20-YEAR ANTHOLOGY
DVD SET, THE MONEY BELT AND
PLANNING MAP AS WELL AS A TRAVEL
SKILLS DVD AND A TRAVEL
NEWSLETTER FROM RICK STEVES.
THAT'S ALL AT THE $20 PER MONTH.
THAT'S THE RICK STEVES'
COLLECTION.
$20 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER.
WE WILL THANK YOU WITH THAT
WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF RICK
STEVES' ITEMS, AND THEN AT THE
$30 PER MONTH SUSTAINER LEVEL,
IT'S BOTH THE BOOK AND RICK
STEVES COLLECTION.
QUITE THE TREMENDOUS PACKAGE OF
RICK STEVES' THINGS THAT IF YOU
LOVE FOR YOURSELF, KEEP, OR
SHARE WITH SOMEONE THAT ALSO
LOVES RICK AS A GIFT.
CALL US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> AND WHEN YOU CALL AND
SUPPORT, YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP
FOR THE PBS WISCONSIN PASSPORT.
THIS IS TRULY YOUR PASSPORT TO
OUR PROGRAMS.
YOU CAN WATCH RICK STEVES
STREAMING ALL OF THE SHOWS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW FOR
YOU.
YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO
TRAVEL AFTER LISTENING TO RICK
STEVES.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF BECOMING A
SUPPORTER IS OUR AIRWAVES
MAGAZINE.
WE DEPEND UPON IT, AND WE LOOK
THROUGH HERE AND SEE WHAT'S
COMING UP.
WHAT'S ON MYSTERY, WE CAN'T MISS
THAT.
THIS IS A WAY TO PLAN YOUR
VIEWING SCHEDULE, BUT IT COMES
WITH EVERY PLEDGE OF SUPPORT.
RIGHT NOW, CONSIDER WHAT LEVEL
YOU'D LIKE TO PLEDGE AT.
AIMEE MENTIONED THE WONDERFUL
GIFTS.
THE RICK STEVES' PACKAGE, BUT
WHEN YOU CALL, KNOW YOU SUPPORT
QUALITY PROGRAM.
CALL US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> TRAVEL HAS A REALLY WONDERFUL
WAY OF BRIDGING CULTURE,
BRIDGING DIFFERENCES, EVEN
BRIDGING POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
SOMETIMES, AND YOU KNOW THAT
WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO A PLACE AND
YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
SOMEBODY AND MAYBE YOU SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE, MAYBE YOU DON'T, BUT
YOU FIND YOURSELF ABLE TO TALK,
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, FOR
ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS, AND, IN A WAY, THAT'S
WHAT PUBLIC TELEVISION IS ALL
ABOUT, IS PROVIDING PROGRAMS
THAT GIVE YOU INSIGHT INTO
THINGS YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE,
GIVES YOU A WAY TO LOOK INTO
WORLDS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN
BEFORE.
THIS PROGRAM ABOUT "THE ART OF
EUROPE" IS A REALLY
EXTRAORDINARY WAY TO DO THAT,
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK -- YOU
KNOW MORE OR LESS ABOUT ART.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M
TERRIFICALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT, BUT RICK STEVES MAKES ME
FEEL REALLY QUITE COMFORTABLE TO
BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE
THINGS AND LOOK AT THEM AND GET
SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CONTEXT AND, ANYHOW, I LOVE IT.
CALL US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> AND WHEN YOU DO, LET US THANK
YOU WITH SOME FANTASTIC RICK
STEVES' THANK YOU GIFTS THIS
EVENING.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE BOOK AT THE
$15 A MONTH SUSTAINER LEVEL.
AT $20 PER MONTH, IT'S THE RICK
STEVES' COLLECTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE THOSE
WONDERFUL DVDs, BOOKS, MONEY
BELT, NEWSLETTER, SO MANY
WONDERFUL TREASURE IN THAT
COLLECTION, AND THEN AT $30
SUSTAINER LEVEL, THE BOOK AND
RICK STEVES' COLLECTION.
WONDERFUL GIFTS.
PLEASE CALL AT 1-800-236-3636 TO
PLEDGE OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG TO LEARN MORE.
>> WELL, TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT
WE SHARE HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
WE TRUST RICK STEVES THAT HE
TRUSTS THE CREW TO KEEP UPDATING
THE INFORMATION.
IF HE WANTS FIVE FAT CHERUBS,
THEY WILL FIND THEM IN THE
MUSEUM, AND WE TRUST HIS CREW
COMES THROUGH AND YOU AND WE
TRUST THAT OUR PROGRAMMING
DEPARTMENT COMES THROUGH.
AS JAMES HAS SAID, WE PURCHASE
THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW
THIS IS A PROGRAM YOU'LLMENT TO
SEE, SO KEEP TRUSTING US BY
INVESTING IN PBS WISCONSIN.
EASY TO DO.
MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.
1-800-236-3636 OR GO ONLINE AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG.
IT'S SO EASY TO DO.
RIGHT NOW, JUST KNOW HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT