Least Successful PBS Pledge Drive Events

The list for September 26, 1997

The Top 16 Least Successful
PBS Pledge Drive Events

Washington Week in Review Wet T-Shirt Contest
The “Give us $100 or we’re sending the Frugal Gourmet to your kid’s school” Campaign
McNeil/Lehrer Mud Wrestling Mania & Ultimate Fighting Showdown
Give $100, get a John Tesh CD — Give $50, get 2 John Tesh CDs
A chance to win a starring role in a new National Geographic Explorer special, “The Human Colon: Journey into Darkness.”
“These are Barney’s teeth. Unless you pledge 100 grand in the next hour, we’ll cut off his toes, then his fingers…”
Dr. Weil’s book: “Spontaneous Flatulence — Friend or Foe?”
Pledge $100, and Chris Farley will eat whatever you tell him to.
“An Evening of Bad Magic and Lame Music: Doug Henning and Yanni at the Taj Mahal”
$25 pledge gets you the Jesse Helms “Grown in America and Picked by White Guys” coffee mug
Mr. Rogers’s Mega! Mega! Mega! Monster Truck Extravaganza!
“A Visit to the Taiwanese Sweatshop Where We Make the PBS Coffee Mugs You Receive with Your $25 Pledge”
The William F. Buckley vs. Alistair Cooke Prattle-athon
The “Put a Cap in Big Bird’s Ass” target set
Big bag of things combed out of Yanni’s moustache

And the Number 1 Least Successful PBS Pledge Drive Event…

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Selected from 177 submissions from 66 contributors.

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