I remember that at the time, contractors were mad because This Old House were showing trade skills and contractors feared losing their jobs. Little did they know that soon-after there would be an unprecedented home improvement & remodel craze, only increasing the need for skilled contractors.
He got fired from TOH because he was making commercials for a now defunct Rickel Home Centers, which was the biggest DIY chain in New Jersey at the time. Home Depot was underwriting TOH, when Vila started making commercials for Rickel. Rickel and Home Depot were locked in bitter litigation in NJ because the owners or Rickel had engaged in some underhanded methods of keeping Home Depot off their turf. Anyway, the producers of TOH were kinda pissed at Vila for losing their underwriting money.
This is when TOH was charming and Bob Villa is a well beloved host The modern shows are geared more to the wealthy. When the host says Let’s meet the homeowners you just know they’re going to be insufferable and demand the world. This homeowner is frugal and pleasant and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. It’s called sweat equity and she exemplifies it
In a way I do like the new show because the rich clients they have afford them the ability to do some pretty amazing stuff like the newest Net Zero build is interesting. I do miss the old style craftsmanship though but every once and a while Tommy still reminds us he's a real carpenter. I think the first couple seasons with Kevin O'connor were the last of the golden years though.
Agreed! ...when TOH was charming. Bob and Norm were a great team. Repaired normal old houses. That older plasterer was smooth. Like the Albert King of plasterers TOH also gave you a thumbnail sketch of what the project cost, too !
My stepfather had the exact same one, as well as his best friend, who was also a amateur woodworker. I still remember the day his buddy cleanly cut off his index finger with it!
Bob was at his best in the 80's This Old House. He got too arrogant and had a bad attitude later on so I stopped watching his shows. Norm, The New Yankee Workshop, was another good one. Sad to see the end. Good days back then. VHS videos (I still have em) no internet.
Would you upload the full Austin City Limits episode from 1986, where George Strait and Dwight Yoakam perform, includes slate and countdown at the beginning, Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council logo, Austin City Limits Season 11 intro with "London Homesick Blues", voiceover introducing George Strait and Dwight Yoakam, funding credits, closing credits with "London Homesick Blues", along with various shots of the audience lip syncing, and clapping their hands, funding credits, and the 1984 PBS logo at the end?🙂
Thare are some uneducated comments about the tools and techniques. That was what was done by skilled (!!!) craftmen. The result was superior to what you see today, even in multimillion dollar homes. Notice that I politely did not say, stupid comments. We were more polite back then, too.
The plaster pro said it NO SANDING Drywall creates a colossal amount of dust Drywall to achieve that level of smoothness (level 5) is tremendously labor intensive which is why the drywall crew members are usually denizens of a foreign country here on a labor vacation
ShakespeareCafe you mean illegals. But isn’t plaster a lot harder to work on afterwards? Ie cutting in a box, or an in wall speaker or something to that effect?
@@HipsterDoofus100 You must be a young lad. When I was early 20's I rented the bottom of an old home built in the 1900's. This place had some of the nicest plaster walls and even had custom made bull-nose tile in the bathroom! I only stayed there about a year because the owners were selling the place. I painted the dining room and what would be the rec room. Plaster takes paint soooo much better than drywall. I still remember the lustre of the paint in those rooms
@@jayl8034 you didn’t answer the question grandpa. I was talking about cutting into it. I’m sure it was a piece of cake cutting an electric box into plater and lathe
Gotta love that great Boston accent.
Bob was the best host of all time!
Wow! The original Kreg jig.
My thoughts exactly
I remember that at the time, contractors were mad because This Old House were showing trade skills and contractors feared losing their jobs. Little did they know that soon-after there would be an unprecedented home improvement & remodel craze, only increasing the need for skilled contractors.
Most people in this world are stupid!
My moms kitchen still looks straight outta the 70's
Plasterers are artists. I've tried doing that. Much sanding when I did it!
The Lye in the plaster an the lime 🍈in the coconut 🥥 🤣
That apple pies statement in 2021. I love it! 😂
i love the homemade pocket screw jig and old school craftsman tools
god imagine the instagram furniture makers having to homebrew their pocket screw jigs
Anyone notice Bob wasn't stopped before he put it in park? Lol... watch the truck rock back and forth when he does
I noticed that as well haha
Cool
Man hay
Thanks Bob
Featuring Bob Vila, who was the face of the home repair aspect of SEARS as well as Craftsman Tools.
He got fired from TOH because he was making commercials for a now defunct Rickel Home Centers, which was the biggest DIY chain in New Jersey at the time. Home Depot was underwriting TOH, when Vila started making commercials for Rickel. Rickel and Home Depot were locked in bitter litigation in NJ because the owners or Rickel had engaged in some underhanded methods of keeping Home Depot off their turf. Anyway, the producers of TOH were kinda pissed at Vila for losing their underwriting money.
Holy god! i remember this episode when it was new. The guys reaction to Bob's question at 26:40 was hilarious to me then and now!
Like that was the most absurd thing he could have possibly said. Love that older gentleman.
It’s like asking a Michelin-star Chef for more salt. A good plasterer shouldn’t need sandpaper.
I think he meant a sand sponge
No biscuits to join an laser saws
Very early pre New Yankee Workshop!
Love watching Norm work!
It looks like they're doing all the woodworking in what later became the NYW finishing room.
From 1986.👍
This is when TOH was charming and Bob Villa is a well beloved host
The modern shows are geared more to the wealthy. When the host says Let’s meet the homeowners you just know they’re going to be insufferable and demand the world. This homeowner is frugal and pleasant and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. It’s called sweat equity and she exemplifies it
In a way I do like the new show because the rich clients they have afford them the ability to do some pretty amazing stuff like the newest Net Zero build is interesting. I do miss the old style craftsmanship though but every once and a while Tommy still reminds us he's a real carpenter. I think the first couple seasons with Kevin O'connor were the last of the golden years though.
Agreed! ...when TOH was charming. Bob and Norm were a great team. Repaired normal old houses.
That older plasterer was smooth. Like the Albert King of plasterers
TOH also gave you a thumbnail sketch of what the project cost, too !
Bob vila is the OG of building just his energy and motivation right at the beginning ready to get into it
18.22 THAT WOULD BE AGAINST CODE THESE DAYS
LOOKS LIKE A RR TRACK
Wow how about that high-tech glue applicator that the Carpenter and Norm are using that could be considered pretty high-tech for the time I guess
And thats why we drywall now
Nope, It’s still done this way in New England
@@mikek3310 definitely don't do this in pennsylvania anymore. Drywall all the way.
Yup, drywall in Pa.
Gotta rep PA
0:53 correction: removing lead paint from the fireplace mantel hee hee haw
@14:33 I hope Kreg is paying this guy a royalty
#thisoldhouse
I had some ideas about a quantum computer house.
Bob put them on blast for having really dirty tools 😂😂😂
That radial arm saw he’s using had a kit made for it, after people were getting hurt. A guard was made for it cause it was so dangerous to use.
My stepfather had the exact same one, as well as his best friend, who was also a amateur woodworker. I still remember the day his buddy cleanly cut off his index finger with it!
The radial arm saw is wicked. The blade spins in the direction of the operator pulling so naturally it would present a tremendous risk
@@ShakespeareCafe I used one for making crates for machinery way back when. I was always SO careful with that beast.
Bob was at his best in the 80's This Old House. He got too arrogant and had a bad attitude later on so I stopped watching his shows. Norm, The New Yankee Workshop, was another good one. Sad to see the end. Good days back then. VHS videos (I still have em) no internet.
Aaaah, no airbag. Good old days.
Would you upload the full Austin City Limits episode from 1986, where George Strait and Dwight Yoakam perform, includes slate and countdown at the beginning, Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council logo, Austin City Limits Season 11 intro with "London Homesick Blues", voiceover introducing George Strait and Dwight Yoakam, funding credits, closing credits with "London Homesick Blues", along with various shots of the audience lip syncing, and clapping their hands, funding credits, and the 1984 PBS logo at the end?🙂
Thare are some uneducated comments about the tools and techniques. That was what was done by skilled (!!!) craftmen. The result was superior to what you see today, even in multimillion dollar homes. Notice that I politely did not say, stupid comments. We were more polite back then, too.
I remember the wife Claire being really hot but I can’t find any episodes with her.
Bob vila pooped pants
Lol that plaster man looks very judgmental of bob
Why didn’t they just use drywall?
Drywall is junk compared to plaster.
The plaster pro said it NO SANDING
Drywall creates a colossal amount of dust
Drywall to achieve that level of smoothness (level 5) is tremendously labor intensive which is why the drywall crew members are usually denizens of a foreign country here on a labor vacation
ShakespeareCafe you mean illegals. But isn’t plaster a lot harder to work on afterwards? Ie cutting in a box, or an in wall speaker or something to that effect?
@@HipsterDoofus100
You must be a young lad.
When I was early 20's I rented the bottom of an old home built in the 1900's. This place had some of the nicest plaster walls and even had custom made bull-nose tile in the bathroom! I only stayed there about a year because the owners were selling the place. I painted the dining room and what would be the rec room. Plaster takes paint soooo much better than drywall. I still remember the lustre of the paint in those rooms
@@jayl8034 you didn’t answer the question grandpa. I was talking about cutting into it. I’m sure it was a piece of cake cutting an electric box into plater and lathe
Such primitive tools