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new petition has been submitted by John Boland (NOT from PBS),
uptonatom@telus.net. The petition title is: Bring Back 'Trying
Times' on PBS.> > The petition URL is:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/trying87/petition.html The petition
is directed to: John Boland, Chief Programmer, PBS> > The start
date is: ..> > The end date is: ..>> The petition statement
says:We,the undersigned,ask that PBS bring back the show Trying
Times that ran in 1986 and 1987. There were 12 episodes. The main
reason to bring this series back is that it was exceptional. It
was also the early work of many actors now well known. The list
is at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190206/. These include
: Rosanna Arquette, Candice Bergen,Teri Garr,Spalding Gray,Steven
Wright,Stockard Channing,Carrie Fisher,Sally Kirkland,Robert
Klein,Jean Stapleton,Jessica Harper,Tim Matheson,Ted Stidder,John
Stockwell,Lyman Ward,Griffin Dunne,Corey Feldman,Sheila
McCarthy,Judge Reinhold,Peter Scolari,Louie Anderson,Catherine
Bach,Hagan Beggs,Hope Lange,Ketty Lester,Gail Boggs,Anne De
Salvo,Katherine McGrath,Linda Purl,Danitra Vance,Dustin
Berkovitz,David Byrne,Bruno Gerussi,Betty Phillips,Ruth
Springford,Richard Dimitri,Alejandra Gollas,Jerry Houser,Marcell
Rosenblatt,Al Ruscio,Melanie Jones,Catherine O'Hara,Keanu
Reeves,Robert Ridgely,Ron Silver,Eric Ayala,Buck Henry,Kurt
Knudson,Jon Polito,Tracy Brooks Swope,Anne Ramsey,Jeff
Schultz,Doug Tuck,Laura White,George Belanger,Kalimba,Max
Perlich,Ken Smith,Jay Brazeau,Norman Browning,Jackson Davies,John
Steadman,Álvaro Carcaño,Ellen Gollas,Dondee Spencer,Alex
Bruhanski,Brandon Call,David Alden,Gabriela Goldsmith,Ron
Wertheim,Janne Mortil,Jaqueline Fernandez,John Sabol,Irina
Areu,Jeff Daniels,Julie Hagerty,Swoosie Kurtz,Roger Cudney,Geena
Davis,Nancy Lenehan,Peter Riegert I have had a number of people
ask me if I have particular episodes. It was never released on
VHS or DVD. Releasing the complete set of episodes on DVD and PBS
selling them is another viable alternative. We specifically
address this request to John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS.
The fact that this request was started by another John Boland is
purely coincidental. My interest in particular is the episode
'Bedtime Story' written by Spalding Gray and Renee Shafransky. As
with all the episodes, the writing is hilarious and the episode
outstanding. Respectfully written by John Boland Webmaster for
the Estate of Spalding Gray www.spaldinggray.com   By: John Boland on the January 9th, 2009