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Hello, I'm Paul Lally, and I'm here to make a confession, right in front of you as my witness. I love trains. Period. Model trains, real trains, Amtrak, tourist trains - if it's got rails, I'm interested. As I was watching that segment on the Cass Scenic railroad and seeing those happy people going back in time, I thought to myself for the millionth time. There's nothing like trains. Nothing. I'm here to make another confession. I love New Hampshire Public television. Period. Music shows, public affairs, Nova, American Experience, New Hampshire Outlook, if it's on public television, I'm interested, my mind's engaged, and I am richer for having spent my valuable time right here, watching NHPTV. Last confession: I support this station because it's the only way it can keep on doing what it does best, serve you and me with the best television on television right here in good old New Hampshire. Interested in being interested? I thought so. Give them a call. I did. |
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The AMTRAK Downeaster train stops at the station in my hometown twenty times a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, just like clockwork. Sometimes when I'm driving through town I'll get caught in traffic waiting for the crossing gates to come up - which I don't mind a bit because I love trains. And here's one of the things I think about while I'm sitting there: that train is there for me whether I ride it or not. Every day it's there, right on schedule. What else is there for me 24 hours a day? Every day, all year long? New Hampshire Public Television. Right on schedule. At least for now it is. They're counting on you and me to help keep them on track this fiscal year. They've not only got to reach a programming goal of 370,000 dollars, they're going to reach it because what they've created here here is something remarkable; non-commercial, public television dedicated to one thing: us. Not our wallets or pocketbooks, but you and me. I think the least we can do is thank them for that. You know how. All aboard? |
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You may know this, but you may not. It took just 26 months to build the White Pass Railroad. Think about it; blasting through mountains, cutting grades, laying rails; 26 months. So much in so little time. A lot of people - make that most people - just laughed at the thought of pulling off that engineering miracle. But it happened. NHPTV's in the same league; they've got to raise 370,000 by June 30th to stay on their own track for this fiscal year. What's coming down that track? NH Outlook, Windows to the Wild, New Hampshire Crossroads, Who Has Seen the Wind, good old Granite State Challenge, great programs for and about this great state of ours. Of course you could just laugh at the thought of raising that kind of money, but something tells me you're going to do just the opposite. Feel what it's like to be part of a miracle. To be on the winning side. And know that without you and me, NHPTV is off the rails. |
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I remember as a kid growing up, I would visit my grandfather's farm in West Virginia, and the best part of being there were the rainy days. Because when the sun was out, I worked out in the cornfields, on my knees, weeding away. But when the rains came I would make a beeline for the house and read National Geographic magazines - more for the wonderful railroad advertisements than the "Geographic" stuff. Ads like, "Ride the luxurious Pullman Sleeper" on the Pennsylvania Railroad, The Santa Fe, the Great Northern. I loved trains and I still do. But nowadays, I consider New Hampshire public television my "magazine" when it comes to great train shows. Forget those cornfields. I'm right here watching. Like today's program with all these marvelous excursion trains. Of course, I pay for my "subscription" to enjoy these trains. It doesn't come free. But public television sure seems like it doesn't it? That's where you have to just think about it for a second. Then you'll know what to do. Because without you and me, there ain't no trains leaving this station. And there's nothing left to do but face that corn. You don't want to go out in that field. Do this instead; call that number on your screen. |
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Let's pretend you're a railroad tycoon, okay? And you want to increase your empire, which means you have to lay more rail. Got any idea how much that's going to cost you? I looked it up: One-million dollars a mile - and that's on flat land, no hills, no blasting, nothing in the way of putting down that track. So when I found out that NHPTV was trying to raise 370,000 by June 30 to stay on their track, it convinced me that by supporting their programming with my money, I was getting one heck of a return on my investment. Think about what you watch here: Frontline, Sesame Street, the Newshour, New Hampshire Outlook, Crossroads, Windows to the Wild, Granite State Challenge… That's just a taste of what comes down the line 24 hours a day, every day, right here on our public television station. It's ours because you and me are the tycoons. And we want to increase our empire, don't we? The best part of all is that it won't cost us a million bucks to do it. But they'll feel like a million bucks when you call that number, right there. |
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My wife and I visited the Strasbourg Railroad a number of years ago, and one of my favorite photos is of me standing beside a Tuscan Red Pennsylvania GG-1, which was a famous electric locomotive that zipped up and down the New York - Washington D.C. corridor, delivering happy passengers to their final destinations for over fifty-five years. And there I am, standing at the front end of that engine, holding on to the handrail, looking proud as I can be that I'm touching a piece of real railroad history. I look around here in this studio and I feel the same way. New Hampshire Public television is celebrating 50 years of zipping up and down television antennas and cable systems, delivering great programs to happy viewers like you and me. That's a lot of years and it took a lot of money, and it still does. But what a value we get for the ticket we buy to ride on NHPTV: As Time Goes By, Fawlty Towers, Lawrence Welk -I can go on and on, but it's more important that we go on and on supporting this good station that's filled with good people who only want to do one thing, and that's give you and me the best public television money can buy. Let's help them do that right now, okay? See that number on the screen? Tickets please. |
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One of the highlights of New Hampshire's own Conway Scenic Railway is crossing the Willey Brook Bridge. It's one thing to ride over it on a train, looking down, but when you're on the highway looking up, the sight of it can make your palms sweat. I mean, that bridge is like hanging on, halfway up the side of Mount Willard. It's completely safe, of course., That bridge is a perfect example of dedicated people and solid engineering winning the day over mother nature, despite terrible odds. What does that that remind you of? Try public television. Talk about hanging on, halfway up the side of history. New Hampshire Public television has spent fifty years delivering you and me the finest programs money could by, and it's our money that made it happen, and will continue to make it happen, because know what? We're those "dedicated people" I was talking about. We're the ones who helped NHPTV win the day, and we'll continue to help them for the next fifty years, won't we? Public television. It's the perfect bridge that delivers great programs to a great audience. You…and me. Head out across that bridge right now, don't look down, just call that number. |
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After a lifetime of loving trains, I now know so much about them that I generally keep my big mouth shut and let other people discover and enjoy them the way I first did. Nothing's worse than a know-it-all, right? I mean, for example, I know how much tractive power a GP-15 can generate under load. Want to know? Of course you don't. But when you love something, you learn stuff like that. I love public television, too. No commercials, no reaching for the mute button, just enjoying Nova, Antiques Road Show, The News Hour, Windows to the Wild, Crossroads, Granite State Challenge - what you see is what you get and nothing else. Except right now, when NHPTV does a pledge drive and asks you and me to pony up some money to keep them commercial-free and doing what they do best. This time around they've got to raise 370,000 by June 1 and they're chewing their nails, let me tell you. But let me tell you something else that you already know. It's going to be the easiest thing in the world to do. Because you and me, we get it. We get public television and we know there's a price tag. It just comes now, from a nice guy like me who enjoys watching this station like you do, and is standing here saying, call that number. It's the only thing standing between you and me and that "mute" button on your remote. You don't want to go there. Go there instead. Oh, by the way…. Four Hundred seventy- thousand pounds. Tractive effort. GP-15. Couldn't help it. |
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Hi, I'm Dennis Malloy. Did you recently get one of these letters in the mail? New Hampshire Public Television needs your help to raise 370 K by June 30th. It won't be easy but viewer by viewer and pledge by pledge we can make that goal a reality. Your support will ensure the programs you depend on will continue next year and beyond. Take a minute now and contribute to New Hampshire Public Television today. We're counting on you. |