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Bob Vila on his role as host on the first This Old House and the format of the show 02:05
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on the intended audience and actual audience of This Old House 01:29
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on This Old House going national on PBS and on losing his anonymity 02:06
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on how houses were selected for This Old House 02:26
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on the title and theme music for This Old House 00:44
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on a typical week shooting This Old House for PBS and ad-libbing on the show 03:31
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on Dick Holden, the cameraman for This Old House 01:31
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on the editing on This Old House and how editing changed when his shows went from PBS to commercial television; on how structured the PBS show was 03:34
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on his role being limited to host of This Old House as the show went on, and being forced out of the show after ten seasons; on the beginning of his association with Sears Craftsman Tools and starting Bob Vila's Home Again 05:12
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on the beginning of his association with Sears Craftsman Tools and starting Bob Vila's Home Again 00:27
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: Bob Vila's Home Again
Bob Vila on the craftspeople he worked with on This Old House 01:01
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on This Old House being the first TV show of its kind and the show's influence 01:28
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on parodies of This Old House on Saturday Night Live and In Living Color 00:26
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: Saturday Night Live
Bob Vila on parodies of This Old House on Saturday Night Live and In Living Color 00:26
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: In Living Color
Bob Vila on parodies of This Old House on Saturday Night Live and In Living Color 00:26
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on watching This Old House after he left the show and what he wanted to differently on Bob Vila's Home Again 01:45
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: This Old House
Bob Vila on watching This Old House after he left the show and what he wanted to differently on Bob Vila's Home Again 01:45
Interview: Bob Vila | Show: Bob Vila's Home Again
Bob Vila on his role being limited to host of This Old House as the show went on, and being forced out of the show after ten seasons; on the beginning of his association with Sears Craftsman Tools and starting Bob Vila's Home Again 05:12
Interview: Bob Vila | Topic: Advertising and Sponsorship
Bob Vila on his role being limited to host of This Old House as the show went on, and being forced out of the show after ten seasons; on the beginning of his association with Sears Craftsman Tools and starting Bob Vila's Home Again 05:12
Interview: Bob Vila | Topic: Television Industry
Bob Vila on advice he was given for hosting This Old House 01:13
Interview: Bob Vila | Topic: Television Industry
On Bob Vila's Home Again and its middle class target audience; on traveling for the program, losing Sears as a sponsor, and changing the title of the show to Bob Vila; on the projects that meant the most to him; on Bob Vila going off the air 16:26
Interview: Bob Vila
On promoting green methods of construction; on serving as a correspondent for Today and The CBS Early Show 03:52
Interview: Bob Vila
On bobvila.com; on Home Improvement; on then-current projects, advice to home renovators, and advice to aspiring television hosts; on how he'd like to be remembered 12:34
Interview: Bob Vila