[Howlin]

So you all are basically saying that if the Bird and the Dog didn't have PBS, they wouldn't be popular?

Well, then, if that's the case, why doesn't PBS own the toys and pay that $46 million from that?

[durasell]

It's a get what you pay for world. What's really being discussed is whether you'll pay for Big Bird and Clifford via taxes or at the local Circuit City in DVD format. Either way, there's really no free ride.

[blackbart.223]

"So you all are basically saying that if the Bird and the Dog didn't have PBS, they wouldn't be popular?"

They probably wouldn't exist without extortion money extracted from tax payers.