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len gardener writes:
i was told that before the berk went on tv to make money telling others how and what to grow he was supposed to have said"i know nothing about growing anything but i'm going to make money out of telling others what to do", guess he probably made his money by now huh? I think they estimated he took home $8 million last year alone. But I'm not critical of Burkie, I liked the variety in his tv program. Yet I can't overlook the fact that his much touted "Burkes Backyard Tomatoes" were a monumental flop according to all reports. Didn't grow well, didn't bear well, lacked taste. They disappeared off the nursery shelves and were never mentioned again, AFAIR. Len, you might not know that Don Burke had a 3-hour gardening program on the radio on Sat and Sun here in Sydney for quite a few years before he moved over to television. The program has continued on, with a name change and in the capable hands of Shirley Stackhouse. Its format is that listeners ring in and ask questions about their plant's malaise, typically. It would be difficult to bluff your way through that year after year, with other listeners ready to ring in and set him right if he was ever heard to make a wrong call. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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