>>> I'M JAMES STEINBACH, A
VOLUNTEER AT PBS WISCONSIN, AND,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ONE
OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT RICK
STEVES' SHOWS IS IT SPARKS
CURIOSITY AND REALLY SETS OFF A
TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
IN FACT, IT IS A GOOD THING, BUT
ON THE OTHER HAND, I SIT HERE
THINKING, WELL, THAT WAS GREAT,
AND THEN HE'S MOVED ON TO THE
NEXT THING, OF COURSE, BECAUSE
THE SHOW MUST GO ON, BUT THAT
KIND OF ABILITY THAT HE HAS IS
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY VALUE,
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
THREADS ITS WAY THROUGH PBS
WISCONSIN.
IT'S REALLY THE REASON WE ARE
HERE, BROADLY, OF COURSE,
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE;
BUT THERE'S A PARTICULAR THING
ABOUT SPARKING CURIOSITY AND
INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO PLACES,
THINGS, IDEAS, THAT THEY MAY NOT
HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND, IN FACT,
WE ARE, IN MANY WAYS, THE
LARGEST STAGE IN THE STATE WHERE
YOU MAY NOT GET TO AN OPERA, BUT
SEE ONE OR GET TO THE LOUVRE,
BUT SEE THE PAINTINGS THERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING PBS WISCONSIN
DOES EVERY DAY, AND, TO ME, THAT
KIND OF AN ABILITY TO SPARK
CURIOSITY IS CRITICAL.
CALL US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT'S SO RIGHT, JAMES.
I'M AIMEE GRAINGER, A MEMBER OF
THE STAFF HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
IF YOU ENJOY THIS PROGRAM AND SO
MANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU
WATCH ON PBS WISCONSIN, WE
WELCOME YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER,
BECOME A SUSTAINER BY GIVING US
A CALL OR VISITING OUR WEBSITE,
AND WHEN YOU DO, LET US THANK
YOU WITH REALLY WONDERFUL GIFTS
THAT ARE PART OF THIS RICK
STEVES' PROGRAM.
IF YOU ENJOYED THIS PROGRAM, YOU
MIGHT REALLY ENJOY THIS
COMPANION BOOK, RICK STEVES "TOP
100 EUROPE'S MASTERPIECES," A
FULL COLOR BOOK OF ART, AND IF
YOU JOIN AT THE $20 SUSTAINER
LEVEL, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
WONDERFUL THINGS.
I DID A LITTLE BIT MATH, AND
THERE'S A 20-YEAR ANTHOLOGY DVD
BOX SET, SO MANY, MANY YEARS OF
RICK STEVES' TRAVEL.
IT COMES TO MORE THAN 60 HOURS
OF VIEWING OF RICK STEVES'
PROGRAMS, AND ALONG WITH THAT
COMES OTHER RESOURCES LIKE THE
TRAVEL BELT THAT LINDA'S GOING
TO TALK MORE ABOUT, AND
NEWSLETTER, A WONDERFUL
COLLECTION OF SOME OF RICK
STEVES' GREATEST RESOURCES, AND
THEN AT THE $30 LEVEL, AS A
SUSTAINER, LET US THANK YOU WITH
BOTH THE BOOK AND THE COLLECTION
WHEN YOU CALL AT 1-800-236-3636
OR VISIT PBSWISCONSIN.ORG.
>> I'M LINDA BERMAN, A VOLUNTEER
AT PBS WISCONSIN.
IF RICK STEVES APPROVED OF THESE
ITEMS, THEY ARE WORTH IT, AND
THAT MONEY BELT IS ONE WE HAVE
AND I USE, AND I HOLD MY
PASSPORT IN THERE WHEN WE
TRAVEL.
IT IS WORTH IT.
TRUST ME.
WE HAD MULTIPLE ONES, AND WE
LOVE TO TRAVEL AND WE LOVE TO
FOLLOW WHAT RICK STEVES
SUGGESTS, AND THIS IS A GOOD
ONE.
EVERYTHING HE SUGGESTS IS A WAY
TO ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR
CURIOSITY, JUST WHAT PBS
WISCONSIN DOES, AND IF IT IS
SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN,
THEN HOPEFULLY PBS WISCONSIN HAS
A PROGRAM ABOUT IT.
JUST THE ART AND HOW MODERN ART
BECAME MODERN ART WHILE RICK
STEVES TALKS ABOUT IT, WESTERN
ART, AT A GLANCE, PREHISTORY TO
THE PRESENT, AND HE SHOWS YOU IN
THIS BOOK THE BACKGROUND OF ART,
HOW ONE AREA DEVELOPED AND THEN,
LIKE, CRETE, GREECE, AND ROME,
AND FROM THERE, OTHER ART.
WE SAY LET THAT CURIOSITY
CONTINUE AND LET PBS WISCONSIN
BE HERE TO FULFILL IT THAT YOU
CAN BE OUR SUPPORTER FOR
PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS BY CALLING
1-800-236-3636.
>> RICK STEVES IS PART OF PBS
WISCONSIN SERVICE TO YOU BECAUSE
YOU ASKED FOR IT, BECAUSE YOU
WANT IT, BECAUSE YOU WATCH IT,
AND, TO ME, THIS IS REALLY ONE
OF THE KEY THINGS THAT, IN FACT,
IT IS A VITAL THING, THAT WE ARE
HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE.
WE EXIST ONLY TO PROVIDE SERVICE
TO PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
PBS WISCONSIN.
THAT'S WHAT WE CARE ABOUT.
YOU, BROADLY THE COMMUNITY, AND
RICK STEVES TRAVELS THE WORLD,
AND OUR JOB IS TO BRING THAT
WORLD TO YOU.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT IT ONLY WORKS BECAUSE OF
YOU.
AS A VIEWER, BUT ALSO AS A
SUPPORTER.
CALL US NOW, 1-800 00-236-3636,
MAKE A PLEDGE OF SUPPORT FOR
RICK STEVES AND THE OTHER
PROGRAMS ON PBS WISCONSIN
BECAUSE WE ARE HERE EVERY DAY,
EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH, AND
EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S OUR PLAN
TO STAY HERE AND PROVIDE
PROGRAMS TO YOU SO GIVE US A
CALL.
>> IF YOU'RE ALREADY A MEMBER,
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT, AND IF THIS PROGRAM
INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER,
WE WELCOME YOUR CALL.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS
WALKING YOU THROUGH JOINING THAT
MEMBERSHIP PROCESS OR VISIT OUR
WEBSITE TO WALK THROUGH THAT
STEP BY STEP.
WHEN YOU DO, LET US THANK YOU
FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WITH A
WONDERFUL BOOK, THE RICK STEVES'
TOP 100 MASTERPIECES ART BOOK,
AT THE $15 PER MONTH SUSTAINER
LEVEL.
AT THE $20 PER MONTH LEVEL, IT'S
THE RICK STEVES' COLLECTION.
ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL ITEMS.
THE 17-DVD COLLECTION, THE
TRAVEL GUIDE, THE NEWSLETTER AND
MONEY BELT, AND THEN AT THE $30
PER MONTH SUSTAINER LEVEL, IT'S
THE BOOK AND THE RICK STEVES'
COLLECTION.
WONDERFUL THING FOR YOURSELF OR
FOR A FRIEND AS A GIFT, AND,
REMEMBER, AT ALL OF THESE
LEVELS, OF COURSE, YOU RECEIVE
MONTHLYAIRWAVES" PROGRAM GUIDE.
GET OUT YOUR HIGHLIGHTER AND
MAKE PLANS FOR WHAT TO WATCH
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, AND YOU'LL
RECEIVE THAT MONTH AFTER MONTH.
CALL US AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> HOPEFULLY PBS WISCONSIN
SUSTAINS YOUR CURIOSITY, AND TO
SUSTAIN YOUR CURIOSITY, WE
SOMETIMES NEED MONEY, AND THIS
IS A WAY TO BECOME A SUSTAINER.
YOU HAVE MONTHLY GIVING THAT
WILL KEEP QUALITY PROGRAMMING
COMING.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP
UP AND TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE,
WE HAVE THE $1,000 LEVEL, THE
DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO,
AGAIN, VERY MUCH REINFORCE YOUR
OPINION THAT YOU BELIEVE IN
QUALITY PROGRAMS AND TO CONTINUE
THE PROGRAMMING WITH YOUR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE ON OUR
AIR WAVES TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE
YOU WATCH US.
NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, I
REALLY THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO
JOIN SO DO THAT RIGHT NOW AND
BECOME ONE OF OUR 70,000
FAMILIES OF WISCONSIN, TO BECOME
A SUPPORTER.
EASY TO DO.
YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG OR CALL AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT
TRAVELING TO FAR AWAY PLACES,
BUT ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS
ABOUT PBS WISCONSIN IS RIGHT
HERE AT HOME.
WE BRING YOU PROGRAMS FOR AND
ABOUT AND BY PEOPLE IN
WISCONSIN.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, I MEAN,
WISCONSIN FOODIE, AROUND THE
FARM TABLE, HERE "HERE & NOW," THE
BAND SHOW, SO MANY PROGRAMS YOU
ONLY GET HERE, AND THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION OF PBS
WISCONSIN AND EVERY OTHER
SOURCE.
THERE'S WONDERFUL PROGRAMS MADE
BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE, BUT
WISCONSIN PROGRAMS ARE MADE
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE FOR YOU,
AND YOU CAN GET THEM HERE BY
BROADCAST, AND YOU CAN ALSO GET
THEM ONLINE AT PBS PASSPORT, SO
STOP A MOMENT AND THINK, THIS IS
HOME, WE'RE NEIGHBORS, AND THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO YOU, TO THE
COMMUNITY, TO BE A GOOD
NEIGHBOR, AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE
CAN DO THAT IS TO BRING THESE
SHOWS TO YOU AND YOUR PART OF
BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS TO
SUPPORT THIS, IS TO BECOME A
MEMBER AND MAKE A PLEDGE TO PBS
WISCONSIN BY CALLING 1-8
00-236-3636.
>> WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PLEDGE OF
SUPPORT, WE WANT TO THANK YOU,
TOO, AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN
MAKE A GIFT WITHOUT A THANK YOU
GIFT, WELCOME TO DO THAT, BUT WE
LOVE TO SAY THANK YOU IN ANY WAY
WE CAN, AND WE ARE THANKING YOU
WITH WONDERFUL RICK STEVES'
ITEMS.
THE EUROPE'S TOP 100
MASTERPIECES BOOK, THE COMPANION
TO THE PROGRAM YOU'VE WATCHED AT
$15 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER, AS
AN ONGOING GIFT EACH MONTH,
WE'LL THANK YOU WITH THE BOOK
AND SEND IT TO YOU IN THE MAIL.
AT $20 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER,
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE RICK
STEVES' PACKAGE, THE COLLECTION
OF DVDs, THE TRAVEL GUIDE, THE
MONEY BELT, AND THE NEWSLETTER,
ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL RICK
STEVES -- ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE
A RICK STEVES FAN, THIS IS THE
ELEMENT COLLECTION.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN SUPPORT PBS WISCONSIN,
WHICH YOU LOVE, AND YOU CAN
RECEIVE REALLY NICE ITEMS AS A
THANK YOU GIFT, AND THEN AS A
$30 PER MONTH AS A SUSTAINER,
WE'D LOVE TO THANK YOU WITH BOTH
THE BOOK AND RICK STEVES'
COLLECTION, ALL KINDS OF GREAT
TREASURES WITHIN THAT PACKAGE,
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CALL US AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BECOME A NEW MEMBER, AND
CONSIDER, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER,
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO EXTEND YOUR
MEMBERSHIP FOR ANOTHER YEAR,
ESPECIALLY IF SOME OF THESE
AMAZING THANK YOU GIFTS ARE ONES
YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE.
THIS IS GREAT TIME TO RENEW YOUR
MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE
DOING IS ACTUALLY VOICING YOUR
OPINION THIS IS THE KIND OF
PROGRAMMING I WANT TO SEE.
I'M CALLING NOW TO SEND MY
SUPPORT TO YOU, AND I WILL DO IT
FINANCIALLY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW.
PROGRAMS SUCH AS RICK STEVES'
ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, AS JAMES HAS
SAID, AND THE WAY WE CAN
PURCHASE THESE IS THROUGH YOUR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
IT IS A GREAT TIME TO FEEL THAT
YOU REALLY BROUGHT US THIS
PROGRAM WHEN YOU SEE "BROUGHT TO
YOU BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU," WE
MEAN IT, VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO CALL
AND BECOME OUR SPONSOR AT
1-800-236-3636.
YOU'RE INVESTING IN QUALITY