We must teach our children to value literature. Many in the audience recalled his travelogues in which he used literature as the basis for trips throughout Europe. Except, he could not find any daffodils to film in England , filming them instead back in North Carolina. We sneaked them into our story. I've been two times around the world because of books.
Books are our greatest gift to children.
His lifelong interest in reading has led him to collect North Carolina authors and books about the state. Despite his years in television, he despairs of the future of his profession. What we do now is pander to you. We don't have to be number one in our viewing area, but we do need the right demographics. Television's number one problem is that there is no local ownership.