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Hi, I'm David
Hoffert, avolunteer
here at PBSWisconsin . Breaking intothe
NewsHour, just briefly to ask you
on this Giving Tuesday to
make a pledge of financial support to
PBSWisconsin so that we can
continue to bring you ms like the
NewsHourfor many years to come
. Thenumbers there on
the bottomof your screen,
1-800-236-3636 and in light
of it being giving Tuesday,this is
a challenge break .When you
call during thenext seven minutes
, your money will
be doubled byfriends of
PBS Wisconsin who care
about sustainingthis kind of
programing forthe entire community.
Now,I know you know it's GivingTuesday
because if you'relike me, you've beeninundated with em
ails allday long
asking you foryour money. And perhaps
you're wondering, how can Idecide
which of these worthy organizations to
to? Well, here's mysuggestion.
You're watchingthis now . That means
thatyou use this
service. Thisservice matters to you
.That's how you can decideto give
us a call right nowat
1-800-236-3636. >> Hi.
I'm Linda Berman, avolunteer here
, just likeDavid at PBS Wisconsin
.It's a great o
pportunity to call right now
. It is Giving Tuesday,
and we are challenging you,
you to become part of our
team here at PBS Wisconsin.
We've gotsome very special thank
yougifts when you call in. Ifyou
call it the $10 a monthlevel,
you'll get thisreally , really cute
hat.It's I heart or
love PBSWisconsin. Perfect for
ourweather as we look
outsideand we know winter is here
.If you call it the $12 a
month level, we've got thisreally incredible
book.This is the US Constitution
and other writings. I mean,their
writings from Ben Franklin. If you
want theoriginal Star SpangledBanner that's
in here. Ifyou want
to know about the Monroe Doctrine,
it's inhere. This is a way
to knowhistory, to see it and
toshare it. If you call it
$15 a month, we have ourPBS
Wisconsin mug. This mugis. It's
like a cup of sunshine. We said
you canuse it right handed or left
handed. One way you see theB
and all of native plantsor the
other side, you seePBS Wisconsin
. No matterwhich side, it
means you're supporting
PBS Wisconsin. If you call
it $20 a month ,you get it all
. You get the Wisconsin Winter hat,
theConstitution book , and our
PBS Wisconsin mug. And justto remind
you, no matterwhat level you call it
, youwill get our "Airwaves"
magazine to know what'shappening and
see what'scoming up. But it
has tostart with your call now
onthis challenge .
One(800) 236-3636. >> Hi,
I'm Eric Greiling. I'm the director
of friendsof PBS Wisconsin,
and Iwant to say thank you to
all the sustaining membersof
PBS Wisconsin. Now morethan
ever, it is generosity
that powers this service.And we
want to invite you to become a
sustainer aswell. It's Giving Tuesday.
We have a challenge breakfor
Giving Tuesday. If y
oucall now, our generous
current members will sponsor
your gift 1 to 1match
. Give us a call.Become a sustainer
. Being asustainer simply means it's
a monthly ongoing deduction
from your
checking accountor from y
our credit card, and it continues
on untilyou ask us to stop. It's
great for us. It reallyhelps us
know what we can budget for, what we
can do.And if you are already a
sustainer, again, thank youand consider
adding to that sustaining gift. Let
us saythank you . Signal yoursupport
for PBS NewsHour .Give us a
c all at
1-800-236-3636. >> And I
am now joined by a
very special guest,Buckingham.
You badger. Youmay know him
by hisnickname , Bucky, but it's
abig night for you. Bucky.Right
. We're right after the NewsHour tonight,
weare premiering your
biography. That's I
mean,and let's see here how
how long did it take
you toearn a biography? You are,I
think. Are you are you.Oh, no. You
don't want to.Well , listen, listen, thisis
a sensitive subject, butI hear t hat
Bucky is 85 years old,
a nd I. I
have tosay, Bucky, I have
to say Ihope I look as good
as youwhen I'm 85 years old
.That's pretty impressive.But what
is also impressive is the quality
of news programing that you
get onPBS Wisconsin . So give us
a call right
now. >> Where else
but Wisconsin?Can you find Bucky
Badgerat PBS Wisconsin?
Here weare going to present to
youBucky coming up . But beforethen
we are celebrating theNewsHour.
And just toremind you, at $10
a month,you get the Wisconsin, thePBS Wisconsin
Winter hat,which is really
adorableand keeping you warm $12
amonth. You get this. Great.
The US Constitution andother writings
. This is a true
keepsake, one to sharewith
your family,especially with theholidays
coming up. You know kids in history
needto learn this . And civics.
If you call at $15 a month
,you get this wonderful cupof sunshine. Our
PBSWisconsin mug with ournative
plants in front, orPBS Wisconsin
on the other side.
$20 a month. You getthe PBS
Wisconsin hat, youget the book
on theConstitution, you get themug
as well as airwaves.But it
starts with yourcall . And our volunteers
are waiting to talk to youat
one (800) 236-3636. >> And it
is a challenge break. It's a
challengebreak for Giving Tuesday.Show your
support for PBSNewsHour . We're having a
little bit of fun in thestudio today
with Bucky.We're going to go back to
Bucky. I think he's gotsome things he
wants toshare with you, but theNewsHour
is seriousbusiness. We expect youtune in
to NewsHourregularly. Show yoursupport for NewsHour
. Helpus keep this service here
with you. I also want tosay thank
you to donors who give in another way
, themembers of our heritagesociety
, those members who have included
us in their wills and their estate
plans. That kind of givingis
so important to our future to keep
PBSWisconsin here forgenerations to
come. Becomea member, become a
sustainer, become a member of the Heritage Society
, goonline or give us a call
at 1-800-236-3636.
>> So, Buck, I have a very
important question for you .Do you think
the viewers athome should be
giving moneyto PBS Wisconsin tonight
? I know it's yes
. Okay. That's well, okay.
We're thinkingabout it I think. Yesthough
. And I think this isthe time to
do it because it is a
challenge break.Right . So Bucky,
help me dothe math here. If
theydonate and that donation is
matched, how much is that?
That's that's yeah. Welllet's
see, I think it's Ithink it's
twice as much money for PBS Wisconsin
.It's, it's it's seven times
as much money says Bucky.
We'll work on the math onthat one
. But what'simportant is that you giveus
a call 1-800-236-3636.
And now back to the news
.
Hi, I'm David
Hoffert, avolunteer
here at PBSWisconsin , joined by no
other than Buckingham.
Youbadger the subject oftonight's
program and we together. I think
I canspeak for you, if I may
,are here to ask you to
help PBS Wisconsin produce
local programing like you're
watching tonight by making
a pledge of financialsupport.
The number isthere on the bottom of
yourscreen, 1-800-236-3636. And
here's the simple reality
no other television
stationwould ever have been able
or willing to make a
documentary about you. Iguess it's
not really adocumentary . It's a
biography, right? This mustbe bringing
up all sorts of memories for you.
I heard arumor that Bucky doesn'tlike
me to tell, but justbetween
friends that he's 85 years old.
So imagine the content that
is yet to come in tonight's broadcast
.What we need you to do in
the meantime is to give usa
call 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Linda Berman
, avolunteer here at PBSWisconsin
. And it is anhonor and
a joy and so muchfun
to be here with Bucky
and other special guestswho you'll
see shortly. But the most important
thing isyou pledge your support.Right
now, we've got wonderful volunteers here
the studio waiting to talk to you
and to explain what wonderful gifts
wehave for you . If you call
the $10 a month level, you
can get the Bucky DVD. The
program you're watching now is a Blu ray
or DVD
combination. At $12 a month,
we have this adorable teninch
mini Bucky. I mean,
this is this is a child'sdream
because you can carry it around. It's not
goingto overshadow the
child.$15 a month. We have
thisincredible sweatshirt Iheart
PBS, but it's theheart
is Wisconsin. So youknow
where your heart is .And our heart
is too. Now ,I want to
explain that at $25 a month
, you can get the DVDs,
you can get the plush Bucky as
well as the sweatshirt. We also
havesomething special becausewe know
that the story ofBucky is
one you want toshare with your
family, butit's like, no, we
can giveyou five copies so you cangive these as
holiday giftsto your friends. Becausethe
story of Bucky , allages,
from kids to peoplemy age
, even enjoy hearingabout
Bucky. So this is agreat opportunity
. But itstarts with your call
. 1-800-236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm
Eric Greiling.I'm the director of friends
of PBS Wisconsin . BuckyBadger is
iconically Wisconsin.
And just like David said, we
here at PBSWisconsin are here
to explore all of
Wisconsin asthoroughly as we can
tohighlight this, to share it
with you, to find theiconic things
that are so much
Wisconsin, whetherthat's food, traditions or
culture or history or
natural beauty. We're hereto
share that with you . Butit depends
upon your support, and one
of thebest ways you can supportis
by becoming a sustainer.Being a
sustainer justmeans you sign up to
makean automatic monthly gift.It
continues as long as youwant it to
, and you havethe knowledge that you are
supporting PBS Wisconsin month after
month, allowingus to bring you programs
like this. Become asustainer
today by goingonline or giving us
a calland support programs
likethis. Let us say thank you
with one of the wonderfulgifts that
Linda sharedwith you . Please give us a
call at 1-800-236-3636.
>> So let's talk for a
moment about why it mattersthat
you call and make apledge. As you're
probablyaware, federal funding for
public media has recentlygone away
. And in the caseof PBS Wisconsin
, that'sseveral million dollarsthat we
now have to accountfor
differently inbudgeting here
at thestation. Now , I'm just avolunteer
, a volunteer here.But I can tell you
, talkingto the staff , what hasn'tgone
away is the sense ofmission or
the the devotionto the
work. But, you know,
senior leadership are making tough decisions
right now. For example , howmuch of the
budget goes toacquiring and distributing
the the national PBSbroadcasting that
youappreciate? And how muchcan
we devote to making truly hyper local
programing like this
foryou? So when you call
, youare stating your values.
You're voting with yourdollar. You're saying
, Iwant more programs likethese homemade
documentaries. That's whyyou
should call 1-800-236-3636.
>> And who best
to tell youabout the story of
Bucky isthe one and only
Bucky. Yes.
And this is the story ofBucky
. At $10 a month , wecan get
this wonderful DVDBlu
ray of the Story ofBucky.
That's your opportunity. At
$12 a month, you can get
a mini Bucky, aten inch
Bucky like little Bucky here and
Bucky here. But you
only get the little one for $12
a month I'msorry . Yeah that's it
$15 amonth . You get the
sweatshirt which we have
online iHeart, PBSWisconsin. And that's of
course yes I know
you youdo to you heart I
love it. At $25
a month, you can getbaby
Bucky. You can get theDVD
. You can also get the
sweatshirt. Now, for thosewho want
the story of you to share with their
family,at $20 a month, you can
getfive of these five.
Can youcount them? One, two
, three,four, five ? No, I think you
passed that. It's okay.Five.
It's alright Bucky. It's been a big
night foryou. It's very exciting .But
if you call right now,Bucky
will even sign our"Airwaves"
magazine. Sothis better be at
the $25 amonth . Bucky will autographthe airwaves
magazine.Right, Bucky?
That's right.But you have to start
with 1-800-236-3636.
>> Just like
David told you, we are.
Facing some challengingtimes here at PBS
Wisconsinwith the with theelimination of
federalfunding. But there is abright spot
. It is the generosity of viewers
likeyou who have called us,
whohave written to us, whohave
gone online and saidwhat
PBS Wisconsin brings
to their homes, to theircommunities
matters. Theprograms
like this about Wisconsin for
Wisconsinmatter. And w
e can do this together. We are here
tostay, but we're here tostay because
of yoursupport, your
generosity.Whether you're a new membercalling
in for the first time, saying, this
matters.I like programs like this.
I like the work that you dohere
at PBS Wisconsin. Itmatters in our
community.Maybe it's the work that we
do that goes beyond thebroadcast, our
educationwork, the work we do
tomaintain emergency alertsystems
all around thestate . All of that
matters.And all of it is because
ofyou. If you're already asustainer
or a member , agenerous
donor, please consider giving us
anadditional gift during thisbreak
. During this program ,we can say
t hank you withsome
of the lovely gifts that Linda mentioned.
Andit all starts with yourcall to
our volunteers. 1-800-236-3636.
>> It is now my distinct
honor to be on set with
Charlie Behrens. You mayknow him as
the creator ofthe Manitowoc Min ute. You
may know him as thenarrator of this
documentary tonight. Charlie, I,
on behalf of all the folks here
at PBSWisconsin, we were sothrilled
when you agreed tobe the
narrator for thisprogram . But,
you know, I'm a fan of yours
. I'm alittle starstruck , actually,right now.
Oh, really? Oh, that's .>> You're you're a
busy guy.So what of all the things
you can be working on, whatdrew you to working on t
his program in particular?
Well, for starters right here. Okay. Do
I getdonations ? Donate
ten bucks. Ten bucks. Right.
>> I think it's ten bucks.>> A
month. Ten bucks a month? Yeah, totally worth
it. Very soft. But , youknow, I went
to school here,and I, I did
thecommencement, which wasreally cool. And, you k
now ,if they, if
they let me do the commencement, you just
you got to do whatever theyask after that, wha
teverthey ask .>> Well that's good
. That'skeep that in mind, folks.He's he's
on the hook now .>> I am absolutely
only tenbucks a month, you guys.Come
on. I mean, it's 12bucks. Okay? With
12.That's a different story.But, you know
, I think it'sstill a good deal.>>
So.>> So what I did there.>>
I, I do what , you know,I think
everything else isa good deal too, right? Youknow w
hat I think is a good
deal is $100 a .>> Month, $100. Guys
, goget the WD 40, spray it on
your wall, let the creditcard come sliding
right out.You won't regret it, Ipromise
you that I really do.
, here's here's aquestion for you. You'reabout
the same height as Iam, which means
.>> Six one. Well, okay, fine. You
win. .>> But which means
that youwould have been eligible tobe
Bucky Badger. Did youever look into
that?>> I did , I had ambitionsof
being a Bucky Badger .>> What? What
held you back or were you. I
mean, maybeyou were .>> No, no.
Pretty muchlaziness, procrastinationthat got in
the way. Sure. But I so when
you look atBucky out there on the
field, you know that he putone foot
in front of the other. Yeah. And also
Icouldn't do enough push ups.>> Oh
yeah.>> Yeah. Well we'll talk more
about push ups in a moment.But give
us a call1-800-236-3636 .>> So right now
it's anopportunity to call our
volunteers who are on thephone banks and
BuckyBusiness, Badgers, and Beyond back there
helpingthem is what we could say.
At $10 a month you can get
the Bucky DVD, which is thewonderful story
and historynarrated by Charlie
Berens.At $12 a month, you
can getthe ten inch Bucky plush
toy and it is adorable.
At $15 a month, we
have thesweatshirt I. And it's the
state of Wisconsin with aheart
PBS because we lovePBS Wisconsin
. At $25 amonth, you
can get them all .You can get the
Blu ray DVDstory , you can get
theplush Bucky. You can also
get the sweatshirt now at
$20 a month, you can getfive
. This is real special.Five of
the ten five ofexcuse
me of the DVD Blu
rays. This is so that youcan
share them and give them as gifts, because
noone's going to be happywith just
one, becauseeverybody's going to wantto see
it this way. You cangive everybody their
own.Now you can use the QR code
with your phone on thescreen now
or talk to our volunteers. They're
l and they're busywith
Bucky, but I'm sure they'll talk to you
at 1-800-236-3636.
>> So many great ways
forus to say thank you to
youwhen you make your call andbecome
a member or add toyour membership.
So manyways to feel good aboutgiving
, from knowing thatyou're doing
your part to support PBS Wisconsin and
keep this service alive. t's
keep PBS Wisconsinstrong together
. Maybe it'sthe sensation
of you're responding to Charlie
Baron's call to go ahead
and give $100 a month,
WD 40, that credit card and
us a call. Go online
,use the QR code . Theimportant thing
is that yougive . Now give
during thisshow and show your
generosity for the workthat we do
. We have so many ways to say thank
you atall of the gift levels that
Linda described. We'll say thank you with a
subscription to our s" magazine, andyou'll
have access toPassport , a deep
catalog of additional programing
that's available to you you
use that PBS appon any of
your devices,give us a call
1-800-236-3636. Charlie, you've
talked some about how
actually your your accentwas
a was a hindrance inthe beginning of
yourcareer going into news, butthen
you've clearly turnedit into an asset
. Andthere's just there'sclearly something
about Wisconsin people,
Wisconsinideas that that resonates
.What, what how would
yousay Wisconsin fits into
thebroader landscape of of the
world? gosh. I mean
,everyone wants to be us,you know,
for starters. And they just didn't
know ityet, you know, or they
don't. But, you know , assoon as you
kind of see,like , especially whereBucky
comes from, you know,
it's it's hard to
not wantto be right here
spending$12 a month on this
beautiful toy. See , I gotyou see
.>> Yeah. Okay, here we go.>> No
, but, I mean, I wentto school here
, and you dohave the Wisconsin idea,the
idea of of helping others and and moving
things forward and, you know, forward. We
got thatin the whole slogan thereon
the.>> Wisconsin idea andforward
in one.>> I got them all.>>
You're doing good.>> I got them all
$13 amonth now , guys. No,
butit's just it's an honor to,like
, be part of this thing.And we have
great sense ofhumor here, too, because we
don't take ourselves too seriously. I mean, you
know,we we are cheeseheads tobaptisms
here, you know , soI think
that's part of what I do anyways. But
I thinkthat that's part of it. We
just have fun and we careabout people
and we takecare of each other.>>
So give me a do me afavor
, go put on your cheesehead and then call
1-800-236-3636. take anotherlook at
the wonderful thankyou gifts we have before
weget back to seeing Bucky'sstory.
And just to remind you, it's an
opportunity.You can use your QR code,you
can go online. But weall have
here in the studio with our wonderful
volunteers. So a $10 amonth you
can get the DVD Blu ray. The
Story of Bucky. It is narrated by
CharlieBerens. At $12 a month
, wehave the wonderful Buckyplush
toy. At $15 a month
,you can get the sweatshirtat
$25 a month. You can getall of
those at $20 a month.That seems backwards
. Youcan get five of the DVDs,
but most importantly, youare going to
get your"Airwaves" magazine with nomatter
what level you pledge at. This
is a great opportunity for you.
We arehaving so much fun here
andBucky keeps walking aroundthe studio
. You never know where Bucky is going
to be.Here comes Bucky. Buckycome
on up okay here's
Bucky. And we're going tosay give us
a call rightnow at
one (800) 236-3636.>> Well Charlie thank you
so much for joining us here.
And congratulations on an
incredible documentary. Bucky.
Thank you for being here. We're going back
tosee more. And I hope
youenjoy. And I hope that youcall
and give us a pledgeof support
.
Yeah. Is
there?>> You
can bring yourbucket with you then.>>
Hi, I'm David Hoffert , avolunteer here
at PBSWisconsin , and we have
justconcluded watching the
Bucky documentary.
I, Ihope I hope you appreciate
it as much as I did. Youknow
, it really gave me anappreciation for
Bucky, but also and
this may be like ataboo topic, but
for thepeople behind Bucky orinside
Bucky or however you want to think about
that.But like the people whobring this
to life, right? And I think
understandingtheir stories and
understanding the the
cultural impact of
thisicon that we
have in our state is, is really
meaningful. And and it'sreally personal
for a lotof us in Wisconsin.
So myask of you is
that if thisif this meant something to
you, that you
make a pledge of financial support
, tellthe staff at PBS
Wisconsinthat local programing like
this matters to you. Thenumbers
there on yourscreen .
1-800-236-3636. >> Hi,
I'm Linda Berman and
this has been a
thrillingevening being with Bucky
Badger and just
watchingthe story and the history
of Bucky. I'm a
second generation and my son
is athird generation badger,
and this is the kind of
program that I want toshare with him
. And at $10a month, this
wonderful DVD Blu ray is one
I am goingto share with him at
$12 amonth. We have this
adorable ten inch littleBucky Badger.
This plushtoy children
all ages including 70s,
80s and 90s would still like
this $15 a month. We have
the iHeart, which is the state
ofWisconsin PBS because PBSWisconsin is
the heart ofour state. At $25
a month, you get all
of them, youget the DVD, you get
thelittle plush toy , you getthe sweatshirt
. Now we havea special at $20 a
monthand it sounds like we'regoing
backwards. You can get five copies of
the DVDso you can share them.
Youcan give them as gifts. The
holidays are coming. This is your
opportunity to let everybody enjoy the
storyof Bucky. But the mostimportant
thing you shouldknow is that it
all startswith you and your call.
This very special production. We even
have aspecial , special
featurefor you coming up. But the
most important thing is your pledge of support
. Soyou can do that right now
at one (800) 236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling.
I'm director of friends of
PBS Wisconsin. We want tosay thank you
to you whenyou make your call, when
you show your pledge o
fsupport. And this is amember
challenge break.That means if you
call inand offer your support as a
member, a new member, your ft
can go twice as far.Thanks
to the support ofexisting members
of PBSWisconsin. So
show yoursupport for this kind of
programing Wisconsin programing. That's
fun.That's poignant , thatmatters.
Let us say thank you with one of
thesewonderful member gifts. And
also know that during
thismember challenge break ,your gift goes
even further. We want to
hit 50 gifts during this this
pledgebreak. And we've got somereally special
treats foryou. So stick with us
.We've got guests, we've gotspecial
encore additional
footage to share with you.I also
want to thank our producers of this
program,Grant Fenster , JohnHornbacher.
Programs like this take months
, sometimeseven years, to
work. Weactively choose to make
them for you and yoursupport
is what makes itpossible.
Take advantage ofthis challenge. Break.
Takeadvantage of saying we
likeBucky. Let us say thank
youwith these gifts . Startswith your
call one(800) 236-3636.
>> And indeed there is
actually more coming. Wehave
we finished the official documentary. But
during this challenge break, we're
going to show you some bonus footage that
we've put together ng
RoseAnnDonovan, who you saw in
thedocumentary, so stay tunedfor that
. I mentionedearlier the importance o
flocal programing, and how
only PBS Wisconsin would made
a documentarylike the one
y ou've beenwatching tonight
. Well,there's more to come, right?
The producers here are already working on
Wisconsin Hometown Stories John
McGivern Jerry Appsall those programs that
youhave come to
expect andrely on, and they're
madepossible by your
donations.We are up to eight
callsduring this challenge break.
Now is the time to jointhem
. 1(800)2 3636360.
>> We're having our ownchallenge
break here. We nono no
no no. Now we knowyou're
going to call in andpledge your support
. Thisis the challenge break.More than just
an armwrestling challenge , I haveto
say. Yeah. Okay. You won
. Anne
Donovan coming. Theproducers
saw thisdocumentary in
the worksmaking it and said, wait
,there's some special thingswe need to
go back to.There are special people we
need to interview and thatis coming up
. But I want to remind you, at
$10 a month,you can get the story
ofBucky right on the DVD
. Youand the history of Bucky.At
$12 a month, you getlittle
Bucky. It's a plushtoy.
You can see even
Buckyis beloved for Bucky. $15 a
month. You get thesweatshirt.
I heart Wisconsin
in PBS because PBS Wisconsin
is in my heart and has
been for thelast 49 years.
Yes. And I
want to say at $25 a month
,you can get the littleBucky, you can
get the DVD,you can get the
sweatshirtwith all pledges. You will
also get "Airwaves" withBucky on
the cover. Yes .For this
month and remindyou , at
$20 a month, you can get five of
the DVDs.Oh. Hi, Bucky.
Bucky likesmy sweatshirt because
I'mwearing your face. Yes,
butyou can call and pledge andhave
five DVDs to sharewith your
family to givethem as wonderful gifts
.Remember, it's a challengebreak.
We're at ten calls now. We know we
can getmore. This is the timewe've
got Bucky. Business,Badgers, and Beyond goingto
go back to the phone,but you
can call us. I don't know if he'll
saymuch, but he's saying callnow
. One (800) 236-3636.
>> Some great
and unique ways for us to
say thankyou when you call with your
pledge of support during program or
go online,use that QR code that's
onyour screen to make a giftof
support for this program .Right now,
we can say thank you with these unique
giftsfor this unique program.And it
is a challenge break .We want
you to call in nowso that
you take advantageof that challenge, and
yourgift can go even further.We're
on our way towards our goal of 50
calls duringthis break . If you don't
get through right away,please be patient
. Ourvolunteers are doing theirbest
to keep up. Go aheadand go
online if you like .And and just
know that we do depend upon
you to bring you programs like this
,programs that celebrate Wisconsin,
programs that unite us together
, but also reveal some of the
poignancy behind a story
wethought we knew .
Going evendeeper with Bucky, we
wantto say thank you, but weneed
your support. We'regoing through somechallenging times
here, butwe are committed
tocontinuing to bring storieslike this
about Wisconsin for
Wisconsin, and we canstay strong
together. Itstarts with your
supportusing that QR code,
goingonline, or giving us a
callat 1-800-236-3636.
>> Linda's been talkingabout some of
the greatthank you gifts that areavailable
to you when you call
1-800-236-3636 but
remember, there are otherbenefits as well
. Any ofthe levels that Linda'sbeen
talking about comes with "Airwaves" magazine
,your monthly program guide.I
don't know about you , butit's getting harder
andharder just to get a simpleTV
guide of what's going tobe on
coming up. But youknow what? The
one thatmatters is PBS Wisconsin.And that
one comes to your mail and also
PBS Passportwhere you can go get
ondemand programing throughyour
streaming device, programs that
are, that are on air, programs
that arenot on air or haven't been
on air for a long time, allof
those are additionalmember benefits. And ofcourse
, really what mattershere is the feeling you
getof being a supporter
. Beinga member of
PBS Wisconsin, making all of
this possiblefor you and your
family andyour neighbors and theentire
Wisconsin community.Give us a call
1-800-236-3636. >> And
I just want to remind you, at $10
a month,you have the DVD of
thestory you're watching now,the history
, the storybehind,
and all the wonderfulness of
being Bucky Badger
$12 a month.We had
the ten inchadorable little plush Buckyand we got
Bucky. Bucky seal of approval
, $15 amonth . We have those
wonderful sweater. I want to say something
about it.It is Navy and it's
gotraglan sleeves. It is
unisex. It's got a slim fit,
but it can also have a
looser fit. The make sureyou talk
to your volunteerto ask more
about that. Atthe $25
a month level , youget all
of these wonderfulgifts the DVD
, you get theplush Bucky,
you get thesweater , and of course
, youget "Airwaves" magazine with
every pledge ofsupport . Now, I just
wantto let you know what'scoming up
. We have a veryspecial feature. We've been
tantalizing you with this.As
I said, the producerssaw
absolutely wonderfulness
out ofRoseAnn Donovan and herstory
, and this is something we're sharing
you. She has not seenit yet.
This was literally just finished.
So you get to see the premiere
of this.It's a very short
littledocumentary, but it'ssomething you're
going toso enjoy . So please stay
tuned. There's very specialfeature.
It's coming upright now. So stay
. But youcan give us a call as
soonas it's over , but staywatching
because this is something special.
>> RoseAnn Donovan hasalways been
the life of theparty.
>> My personality
is animated. What
in the world are are.
I think if youwould
ask anyone from backin
the day or my currentstudents
, everyone would say the same
thing loud, energetic,
emotional. >> In the
fall of 1
978, RoseAnn
and herover-the-top personality
enrolled at the Universityof
Wisconsin-Madison, officially
becoming a badger.
>> Did I have any
conceptof what was to come?
[MUSIC] did not.>>
Ha RoseAnn pledged
asorority and reveled
inGreek social life .[MUSIC]
was on the hunt formore adventure.
>> Many of
my friends, mysorority
sisters, and some of our guy
friends were infraternities and
they allhappened to be
cheerleadersand just
talked about how much
fun they had and
game days and getting
to do allkinds of
fabulous things.>> But a suggestion
from afriend would soon change
the course of Roseanne'scollege
life. >> One of
the guys said, well, Roseanne, why don't
u try out for Bucky
? AndI'm like, well, Bucky, I
can't try out for Bucky.Bucky's a
guy. I said, no,
I don't think it saysanywhere that it
has to bea guy. You just have
to betall enough . And I'm like,oh
my gosh, I'm gonna dothat.
the spring of 1981,RoseAnn
dug into preparations for the
BuckyBadger tryouts.>> I
thought, if I'm goingto
go for it, I'm going togo
for it.>> RoseAnn brought her
fighting Badger spirit
tothe audition , and a
littlesomething extra.
>> One of the judges
like,on cue said,
well, you know,one of
the traditions is that Bucky
goes to the opposing side and
, you know,picks up one of the
cheerleaders. And I just looked at him and
said,wait right here. I
run overto the door. I fling
thedoor open. There's myroommate
, Kelly. I hoist
her up and run
around theroom and she's cheering. GoBadgers
! I think the panel
of judges just were like,
what in the world justhappened
? >> The group
of aspiringBucky's waited in thebleachers
for the judge's verdict.
know, drum roll. And
they announced the first
guy. His name was Mike
Mathias and Elkins. Yay!Way to
go. And people arescreaming and
cheering andall this . And our second
Bucky Badger for the 1981
82 season
is RoseAnnPalmisano
dead silence.
And I
just remember, like ,walking out,
like, what inthe world
just happened? >> It
turns out RoseAnn had
just joined an exclusive
Badger Club.>> As
far as I know, I am
the first woman who hasgotten
the honor to play aBucky Badger
. >> RoseAnn was
soonrelishing that honor
asWisconsin's furry,
bigheaded mascot .>> When you
are Bucky, youare
truly a celebrity. Around here.
People bustedout and are screaming
Bucky. >> Bucky, Bucky
. >> And that
photo op. You know the little
one looking up and
wanting an autograph
and just to
see the faces light up was
really it wasreally amazing
. >> RoseAnn spent
her senioryear at UW becoming
Bucky for basketball and
hockeygames and a countless other
memorable events.[MUSIC]
think my favorite p
artabout being Bucky
was that
every time I put that
suiton, it was
going to be adifferent
experience.Whether it was
at a game, a
big win or a
heartbreaking loss, or
it was a parade to
see kids
excited and screaming, it
was alwayssomething
fun and uplifting
and just
joyful. >> After
graduating, RoseAnn reign as
Bucky cameto an end,
but she always
remained a badger at heart.
>> When I see Bucky
now andI'm like , oh my gosh
, I did that. It
is kind of hard tobelieve
. Yeah, that wasreally amazing.
[MUSIC] really amazing.
[MUSIC] >> And
we are back still in
the middle of a challengebreak, still with
anopportunity to have yourmoney doubled. But
I havestanding with me now theone
, the only RoseAnnDonovan, the
very firstfemale Bucky Badger. Thank
you so much for joining us.>> You're
welcome.>> Boy, it's an honor to
behere. heard you say in
thatin that clip that, you knowI
can't be Bucky. Bucky's aguy. How did
you get overthat hump to actually go
and try out? >> You know, I
think foranybody who knows my
personality, that just wasa
challenge when somebody was like,
Bucky's a guy,but like,
really? And then when I
investigated, it was like, well, no
, it doesn'tsay anywhere. Just have
tobe tall enough. And
I'm five nine.
I was tall enough. And
so kind of on adare I
did it.>> And here we are
, andhere we are .
Here we are.>> So, so, so what
was itlike to , I mean, both to
beBucky and also to be thiskind
of groundbreakingBucky. You know, I
think to be Bucky at the
time, I didn't
fully appreciate what a
bigdeal it was.
And I'mlearning more
and more. And even through this journey
,being the first female
andthe response I have
gottenjust at some of our events
, it is a
big deal. It is abig
deal and just
really, really a fun part
of mycollege experience. And,
you know, went on, I
was ateacher , educator for 43
years, so I performed.
Ilike being in front of acrowd. And so
it all fits .Anybody who knows
me likethis tracks. This is
not asurprise .>> Did did
your studentsknow that you were onceBucky
? Were you able to reveal your secret
identity during.
>> No. While I was Bucky,no
. But after when I wentinto
the classroom, that was always one of
the veryfun things that I got
toshare with students . Iwould always
do kind of an opening circle.
And what'ssomething an
interestingfact about yourself andstudents
would share? I washomecoming queen
, or Ibroke a football record
andI would say, wait
for it. >> Yeah, right.
Well, we'regoing to have more fromRoseAnn
in just a moment ,but give us
a call1-800-236-3636 .>> And
just want to remind everybody that you
will get"Airwaves" magazine with nomatter
where you Bucky. Youneed
to turn it upside theother way.
There you canget your "Airwaves"magazine
. And we are sohappy to
say that with every pledge of support
,you will get the story ofBucky
. You will get the "Airwaves" magazine. You
read it upside down .You will get
the great plush little.
I've got two .Bucky's here.
Two? Yeah. You and this one
. Yeah, theplush toy. And that's
$12 amonth. $15 a month.
You getthe adorable
sweatshirt Iheart . Wisconsin is perfect
.Not to worry . $25
a month,you can get everything.
Thewhole package, the DVD, theplush
little Bucky, the thebeautiful
sweatshirt. Andat $20 a month,
you can getfive copies of the
DVD sothat you can give them as
gifts. Now, this is achallenge, Bucky
. No, youcan't eat it. Challenge
break. Bucky. How manycalls do we
have right now?Da da da da
47 calls. Weknow we can
get at least 50before the
break is over. This is an opportunity
todouble the money . So giveus
a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> Thank you Linda. It
is achallenge break and we'reon our
way. Our our volunteers are super busy
on the phone. If you call
in 1-800-236-3636, be patient. We'll get
to youor go online to
pbswisconsin.org or usethat
QR code on your screen.When you
do, it will pullup the gifts
for you andyou can see right there
andyou can choose . Andspeaking
of choosing, youdon't have
to choosebetween a DVD and
Blu ray, because when you
select aDVD as your
thank you gift ,we'll include
both a DVDand Blu ray. And
that'strue with the five
set DVDBlu ray as well
. At $20 a month, five
DVDs and Blurays . That's five each
DVDand Blu ray , so you don'thave
to choose whether it's a DVD or Blu
ray, and itgives you the opportu nity
to share Bucky as a gift.
So if you've got a lot ofBusiness,
Badgers, andBeyond in your life, it's a
lot of gifts you can shareout.
If you have people whoare associated
with othermascots , you can send
themthe Bucky DVD and
let themknow what
really matters. And what are
the best mascot in the
country is really like
and behind thescenes story. So QR code,
go online, give us a call,
let us say thank you to youfor
your support. It's a challenge break. We've
exceeded our goal and we'regoing to keep
going. Soplease do give us a
call 1-800-236-3636.
>> You know Eric, it's
funny you mentioned that use I was actually
sitting at lunch today atwork with a
colleague whoit turns out was adifferent
Big Ten mascot .We will not
name the school because that's not
whatmatters right now . I stillhave
with me RoseAnnDonovan and
RoseAnn. Whatwas the
most memorable experience
you had as BuckyBadger?
>> You know what I thinkprobably
there there weretwo
. I think the the
coolest was filming a
commercial back in the
day,and it was for a cardealership
. I don'tremember which one. Sosorry
out there, but I
actually filmed it with alive
badger. What? Andunder the
costume they hadme
all like with these
sleeves, protective sleeveson because
of of the claws
and this gigantic
badgerrunning around Camp Randall.
So that was probably the
coolest. The most
memorablewould have been getting
tostart the first
Crazylegsrace. The first one.>>
Okay.>> And we didn't know atthe
time it was going to bean annual
event. I thinknow it's on number 45
. Soit's been a while. Yeah
.And I actually got a
letterfrom Arlie Mucks thanking
me for for starting thatfirst
race. So that waspretty cool.
So so here you are aBucky alumni
. I mean, doyou stay in touch?
Is isthis a community that forms.Not
all of them were youryear, but right
.>> And I think because I
was the only female
that Iknow of , I do
think thereis a community.
This hasreally brought
me closerand in touch with
many. Iplan to play in the
Bucky Open golf
outing next year .So the
reason to up my gamea
little bit, but
it's justbeen a r
eally fabulous experience.
you so much for being with us. And
we aregoing to ask you to
call 1-800-236-3636 and
keepthose calls coming.>>
Come on in Fiji call
. >> And I
just want to show you our little
plush Bucky and oh,
whoa. [APPLAUSE]
your calls are doing.
It's made Bucky stand on his
head. If PlushBucky can
do it, so couldBig Bucky
. So your calls are so important. They are
55 calls now you can
see it.We know we can get
we'regoing to go to 70. This
issuch an exciting evening.Being here
with the Bucky's is
outstanding. And it's your opportunity to call so
you can get the Bucky
DVD.And if I talk fast enough,he'll
stay on his head $10a month. You
can get the DVD, CD
all at once. At $15a month, you
get the plush. Bucky right here is
standing on his head . And
$25 a month, I'm sorry,
$15a month. You get thesweatshirt,
the the bluesweatshirt . I Wisconsinheart
PBS Wisconsin ,
$25 amonth. You get thesweatshirt,
the Bucky, the DVD, $20 a
month. You get the five pack of
the DVDs. Bucky's made it on
his head.Show him B
ucky is on his still on his head
. Yay, Bucky! But your
calls willkeep them there.
1-800-236-3636. >> Hit it
Eric. >> The score
is 57. That'sgoing to be
, I think, 57 push ups. Is that
how thatworks? At least
58 push ups. So please keep your
callscoming. 1-800-236-3636.
Let's push that push up.
Count up as far as we cango
. And we want to saythank you to
you. I alsowant to thank the
donorswho gave to this project onthe
front end of it ,without knowing what it
would look like, withoutknowing how
much we couldcover about
Bucky's, shareabout Bucky, share thehistory
, the rich history ,the poignancy, and of
course, underscore the factthat
we absolutely have thebest mascot
in the country .Those donors
really makethis work possible,
but sodo you . Your gift of
support makes a hugedifference. Together we can
keep PBS Wisconsin strong.We
will be here. We will
allow you will your giftwill allow
us to continueto bring this kind of
programing programing thatfocuses
on Wisconsin.
And speaking of Wisconsin
programing, we've got another treat for you
,another story
about mascots, one from
Wisconsin Life. Sowe want
to keep bringingyou this programing. We'regoing
to share it with you.Now give us
a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> You just kind of
have tomove your hands and
hopefor the best . Simply noother
job like this I can
think of. >> Flexing
like a winner.>> The
most important thing ,I think, is
to have fun. [MUSIC]
>> Got it all. Got it, gotit
, got it all .
>> So I'm a little bit likea
superhero in a way .
>> Winner, winner.
>> You have everybody inthe stadium
looking at youand you just run out. It'sa big resp
onsibility , I'dsay.
>> Winner.
>> Olympics Mascots was
created at some point backin the 1960s,
and we have250
ish total employees.[MUSIC]
>> They reached out to me and they're like, hey
, doyou want to be a mascotsewer
? And I'm like, I havenever heard of
anythinglike that before . So sure,
why not? ve
probably done 25to 30,000
mascots throughthe years.
We did a
forklift like a wearableforklift
costume, and it had the forks in
the frontthat just kind of went up
and down, and a hiddenbutton on the
other sidefor like the backup noise,
full body robot , top
tobottom, the racing sausages
coming through here, weprobably make new
onesevery, I don't know,
fiveyears . We were working on
avery high profile projectright now
that I can't tell you about.
[MUSIC] >> Most of
our costumes are in between
60 to 120 hours ,with the
average of thembeing probably
in the 70 to80 hour
range. We consider, like the performers
activity level, we we go a
lot by like height range toto make
sure it fits like acertain height range
ofperson. There's a lot ofdifferent aspects
that I'llkind of go into it.[MUSIC]
>> So when I see thepicture, I
have to navigatehow I'm going
to make this a 3D thing.
I go on to themannequin
, I startmeasuring out things so
that I know what theproportions are. So
I knowhow to make something what
it should look like on theform
. >> So a
lot of it's fur wefur tempo
, double knit
areprobably the big ones thatwe
use. I particularly likewhen we
do fur costumes,just because it's cool to
put different colors and
differenttextures. >> We work
with hundreds of
customers every single year. Pro
sports teams, collegiate sports teams
, restaurants,
brands,different characters , youknow,
represent everythingdown to even
elementaryschools. >> One, two
, three. [MUSIC]
me. >> It's a
very strange
sometimes to just be likewatching
a Packer game or something, and
a commercialcomes on. It's like
I madethat, you know, it's like,you
know, it gives me acertain level of
pride. Andjust like this
costume madeit onto TV and
looks pretty good,
feels like art
cometo life, like our art
thatwe're working on here,
youknow, becomes this fullscale
realized thing. [MUSIC]
>> And then it's like, you
forget about all of thathard work
and you're like ,wow. Like, this
is what itcomes down to at the
end.>> The people that workhere
are just amazing. It'sthe reason why
I come backevery day. It's the reason
why I have a smile on myface
. It's the reason why Ilove coming to
work,because it's a great groupof people
and we get to make some really fun
stuff. >> Wow.
>> This has been amazing.Bucky
. How many on ourchallenge break? Da
da dada 71 calls.
This isoutstanding. This has just
been an exciting evening . Ijust want
to remind you, at$10 a month
, you get the story of Bucky,
the history $12 a
month. You get thelittle Bucky
plush toy, the ten inch adorable
toy, $15a month. You get
the it's a blue sweatshirt
that says, I heart PBS
and it'sWisconsin the heart.
At $25a month, you get
the Buckystory, you get the plushBucky, you
get the shirt .And at $20
a month, you get the five pack of
Bucky's.This is great. How
aboutwe're at 72? We
can make 75 calls. Yes,
Bucky. Yes, this is a great
thing. Butit starts with your call
at 1-800-236-3636.
Take itaway. >> Bucky and I
just have somany thank yous to say
thank you to all thevolunteers on the
phonebank tonight who haveanswered 73 calls
andcounting. Thank you toCharlie Berens. Thank
youto Bucky. Bucky, Bucky.Bucky
, Bucky, Bucky, Bucky,Bucky and Bucky. And most
importantly thank you toyou.
Thank you for making it
possible for programs like
this to exist anywhere
on your television dial
atPBS Wisconsin . It's allbecause
of you. And it'snot too
late to be becauseof you.
In particular, when you call
1-800-236-3636 and
when you go to
pbswisconsin.org, there's en
there's even a QR codeon your
screen if you know how to work those
things.Which frankly, sometimes Istill can't
figure it out,but I bet, I bet
these guysknow what they're doing.What matters
is thatprograms like this happen,and we know that you
wantthem when you call. That'sthat's
your vote in all ofthis. I
mean, when youremember , you also get a
member survey. But that's the vote that
tells us thatthis is this is
whatmatters to you . And andit's
what makes public media right.
PBS publicbroadcasting service. It's
what makes the public inpublic
broadcasting. So on
behalf of so many people
who they didn't give amicrophone to
. And that'swhy I'm still talking
. What what I'm asking
you to doright now is give a
calland make a pledge offinancial support
. Thenumber again .
One(800) 236-3636. Surroundedby
more Bucky's than I willever be
in my entire lifecombined. Probably
. It'sbeen quite a fun
night.It's been a hectic night.
Hectic because you've been calling. We appreciate
youso much and thank you
and keep, keep it
coming.Thanks for your support.