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all but two of the VHS shows onto DVD with new bonus material under the "WQED Classics" banner. "The Mon, The Al & The O" got combined with "Flying Off The Bridge to
Nowhere..." for their DVD re-issue. "Holy Pittsburgh" never got re-issued. "Our Neighbor Fred Rogers'(1989) was updated and re-titled to "Fred Rogers, America's Favorite Neighbor"(2003) for the DVD release. VHS tapes were sold as long as stock remained, but no new dubs were made. NONE of these documentaries were made available for video streaming.
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693:(2019). New 30 minute documentary. After a fall that ruptured his left quadriceps tendon, Rick had to have surgery and then began a long, slow recovery. He spent time at a “skilled nursing facility” to recuperate. Now he has made a new program for his popular crowd-funded NEBBY series that details the trials and tribulations (but primarily the delicious joys) of what he calls “My Seven Weeks In Magee.”
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NEBBY: RICK SEBAK'S TALES OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: This series of public TV programs are stand alone documentaries. While the word "nebby" means "nosey" or "inquisitive" to most native
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The ALL-AMERICAN SERIES (PBS Home Video) – 1996 to 2002 Documentaries were sold on VHS Tape. 2003 PBS Home Video switched over to DVD. The VHS documentaries were re-issued on DVD with bonus material, later the first four were collected as one set. To date, July 2021, all of the PBS Home Video DVDs
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The PITTSBURGH HISTORY SERIES (WQED Multi-media)- From the start, 1988, as each new documentary was produced VHS tapes were made as "Thank You" gifts for WQED supporters and sold at specialty stores throughout
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term meaning "nosy." Sebak fell and seriously injured his leg in 2018, and his special "Nebby: My Seven Weeks in Magee" showed his recovery and the support (and food) he received from many
Pittsburghers. Due to Sebak's injury, 3 of the 8 episodes re-used 20 year old footage from older, out of
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