If your society had the wisdom to set aside some modest yearly budget funds for public TV, RangerSteve, you wouldn't have to put up with those pestiferous fundraising drives...(which I agree are very annoying)

But I know. It's far more important to build a lot more cruise missiles and attack helicopters and stuff like that, right?

Speaking of those damn car commercials...we have a big fat loudmouth car dealer here named Paul Sadlon who used to scream "I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD BYYYYYY ANYBODYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!" on his radio ads. Another great reason to turn the radio off when in the Barrie, Ontario region.