Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App
After over 4 many years, THIS OLD HOUSE’s Grasp Carpenter and pioneer of the house enchancment tv style, Norm Abram is formally leaving the present and hanging up his toolbelt. Norm can be despatched off in type with a one-hour tribute particular “The Home That Norm Constructed” premiering Monday, October 3.
The particular will spotlight and chronicle 43 years of Norm’s unbelievable profession that includes basic moments, archived footage, interviews and reminiscences from celebrities, mates, friends and people who labored alongside him.
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Norm’s inspiration reached far and large for a humble man who grew to become a nationwide movie star by way of his uncompromising craftsmanship, trademark plaid shirt, impersonations on fashionable sitcoms, bits on late evening TV exhibits, morning exhibits, nationally syndicated cartoons and because the final authority in house enchancment. Norm appeared in over 1000 episodes of THIS OLD HOUSE, labored on over 50 house renovation initiatives and hosted greater than 280 episodes of THE NEW YANKEE WORKSHOP.
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It began for Norm on Christmas Eve in 1958 as he went together with his father, a Boston carpenter on a job putting in hardwood flooring. They put in the flooring the old style approach – with minimize nails and a ability noticed turned the other way up on a milk crate. That first job led to many weekends and summer season breaks spent together with his father studying the self-discipline of methodical tempo and customary sense.
Twenty years after that Christmas, Norm was “found” by creator Russell Morash, who had commissioned him to construct a barn. So taken with Norm’s work, he invited the carpenter to assist with the renovation of a home in Boston’s historic Dorchester part—with a WGBH digicam crew recording the method for a collection. It was an instantaneous success, and Norm catapulted into house enchancment guru standing. He served as Grasp Carpenter of THIS OLD HOUSE because the collection’ 1979 premiere and host of THE NEW YANKEE WORKSHOP a decade later.
“Norm is a dwelling legend that helped create the house enchancment tv style and full networks are actually in existence due to the trusted experience to generations of householders that he offered,” stated Dan Suratt, Vice President of THIS OLD HOUSE, Roku. “‘Measure twice, minimize as soon as’ is a well-known slogan to anybody who is aware of Norm – will probably be exhausting for anybody to measure as much as Norm. We’re honored to have had him as a part of our household.”
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