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PBS is teaming up with Symphony of Science to remix old PBS classics.
Devoted fans of the television network will recognize the distinctive head of hair on the star of their latest song – it’s a tribute to the late painter and host of “The Joy of Painting,” Bob Ross.
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America has always had people dying for a taste of the limelight and others willing to delude them for a healthy profit. PBS takes a funny and moving look at one such scheme in Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story (viewable in full on Hulu).
The PBS investigative documentary series Frontline presents some of the best television produced in America. At its web site (here), you can watch over 70 episodes of the program, all for free. In one recent installment (available in full here), The Hugo Chavez Show, Frontline went in depth on the man John Lee Anderson calls ‘the world’s first virtual president.’ You get to see HC in rare form at his own weekly TV show, ‘Hello, Mr.
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