<sf> wrote in message news
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:14:27 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> You kinda get the impression that if
>>you donate money because of the promise of those shows they will start
>>showing them, but that is the last you see of Monty Python until the next
>>begathon. If they get a lot of pledges for things like Monty Python, why
>>do
>>they not run it as one of their regular programs. If they don't get enough
>>positive response (pledges) for Monty Python, why do they keep using it in
>>their pledge drives ?
>
> They aren't stupid. They use a Monty Python marathon as bait to
> attract pledges. If they ran MP more often, people (in your area)
> wouldn't turn on PBS during a pledge drive.
>

I think they are rerun often on a BBC Dish channel that also does Absolutely
Fabulous. I love Edie staggering and falling out of a taxi after a night on
the town.
Dee Dee