The New Yankee Workshop is a half-hour American woodworking television series produced by WGBH Boston, broadcast on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program was hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on the Morash Old House television series .
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Overview
The New Yankee Workshop features woodworking construction projects, including workshop accessories, architectural details and furniture projects ranging from simple pieces to reproduction of high quality, complex antique classic furniture. During 21 seasons, about 235 projects were produced. In addition to furniture and cabinets, the show is also focused on outdoor projects such as the construction of gazebos, warehouses, greenhouses, sailboats, flagpoles, mailboxes, domes, and fences. He also went to various places related to carpentry.
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Theme song
The New Yankee Workshop theme song consists of fast guitar tones with harmonica sounds.
Set design
The store where the show was produced was owned by Morash and located on his property even though the viewer was given the impression that it was in Abram's backyard.
This store is 936 square feet (87.0 m 2 ). The famous sliding warehouse door faces west. Along the west wall is the "back seat" and press the drill. Along the south wall are partner benches and storage units, radial arm saws, and (not seen in episodes) of computers, TVs and small office areas. The east wall of the store has a ladder leading to the loft area, jig storage, horizontal edge sander, and dust collector. The north wall becomes the goods sheet, the router table, the bar clamps, Timesaver's wide belt sand, planer, jointer, band saw, and various moving tools. The middle area of ​​the store consists of viewing tables and related outfeed tables as well as large assembly tables. In the northeastern part of the building is a separate finishing room.
Cancellation
On October 16, 2009, WGBH Boston announced that no more episodes of the New Yankee Workshop will be produced. Commenting at the end of the show, Abram stated, "We have run great challenging projects, met a beautiful wood expert and received loyal support from millions of viewers." Abram then claimed that the entire duration of the show was fully funded through guarantees and could continue to run, but he decided that he had completed everything he wanted to do and wanted to spend more time with his family. Episodes continue to be available on the New Yankee Workshop website.
Award nominees
- Emmy's Day Awards for Supreme Service Events , Russell Morash (1997, 1998, 2000)
- Afmy Siang Awards for Single Camera Editing , Gary Stephenson (1999)
Pop culture reference
The show was referenced in the second season episode of "Clueless" from House . The title character, Dr. Gregory House was asked why he had a season pass for the New Yankee Workshop on his TiVo, and replied that "[i] dumb is fully working with electrical equipment." How much more stressful could it be you got it? "
Episode
For 21 seasons, at least 235 projects were built at the New Yankee Workshop .
Season 1 (1989)
- The closing credits for the first eight seasons of the New Yankee Workshop consisted of exterior workshop shots with marks in it, as we see Norm Abram closing the garage door, and preparing to go home and dinner with his family.
- In the early episode of this season, with the garage door already open, the dog is seen running away while Norm puts down his equipment. For the rest of the season, after Norm laid down his equipment, he moved the table, and the corner cabinet came out of the way, and closed the garage door.
Season 2 (1990)
Season 3 (1991)
Season 5 (1993)
Season 6 (1994)
This is the last season to use News Plantin's credit font, which has been used since Season 1.
Season 7 (1995)
Starting this season, the final credits are shown in the Copperplate font.
Season 8 (1996)
Starting this season, Norm Abram added to the final credit.
Season 11 (1999)
Season 12 (2000)
Season 13 (2001)
Season 14 (2002)
Season 15 (2003)
Season 17 (2005)
The 21st season stands out from another season because it has about twice the number of episodes from each previous season. The season also varies from previous seasons where no new projects are built. Instead of each episode re-broadcast a project built on the previous season. All rebroadcast episodes are from the ninth or tenth season. Each "new" episode consists of an original episode beginning with the introduction that Abram just recorded.
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References
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External links
- The New Yankee Workshop Official Website that includes store tours, program guides and other features including Webcam
- New Yankee Workshop on IMDb
- A Norm Abram Fan Site displays the documentation of the tools used in the series and comprehensive program guide
- TV.com Information about the show; including the Original Air Date and project dimension.
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