Wow.. I thought the PBS Special did a wonderful job portraying our ferrets in a positive light. I was really nervous at first because I know they filmed over 500 hours and they could have made us out to be even wackier than we are. But all in very nicely done. It did show some older ferrets and that fact that we lose them to illnesses. It showed me with my old boy -Gisborne's Zen with his cancer. Vickie's 9 year old ferret. I think that did say some about the fact we lose them and how we deal with it. And. remember the Ferret Buckeye Bash does support a shelter - Heart of Ohio Ferret Assocation and Rescue. And, the shelters that come as vendors do well at this show.. More walk-ins for shopping that we have from the PBS special - the better the vendors do. :>) It is a fear I have, like many, that this will spurn more impulse buying of ferrets and cause more stress and overload on our shelters. Like 101 Dalmations did to the dalmation. I'm a breeder but I still stress first time ferret owners to go to our shelter. Most breeders do. I've lost many a sale and would probably have less resident retirees if I didn't stress the shelter needs as much. Don't be overwelmed by the Buckeye Bash for entries. The number of entries is pretty equal to the December York AFA Winter Nationals. The only thing that makes Buckeye Bash bigger is we have more vendors and being centrally located more walk-ins. But.. the Winter Nationals is now going to a day and half with speakers and vendors available on Friday afternoon. As for copies of the show.. go to PBS.org and their store or Amazon.com and get a copy. Be carefull about promoting pirated copies in public - it is illegal. And, who knows... maybe there is more footage on the original DVD. :>) The singer was Barb Carlson.. pip up Barb.. you're on here. :>) Pittsburgh On the people in the show...Peg Francisco from Toledo. She was the one with the tube down the stairs. She does the wonderful silver ferret jewelry. The spotted cat was her's also - that's Doppler. He sleeps in the ferrets cages and in their hammies. :>) Kerry Fabrizo and her husband Brian were the ones sheet tossing the ferrets. Cincinnati, Ohio Pam VanOverlop was the gray haired person that got bit on the nose. Poor Pam.., Cincinnati area, Ohio Vickie McKimmey was the person that kept saying everyone was going to be mad at her for winning everything. :>) The dog was Vickie's. Maryland Jessie Molan was the one that planted her dead ferrets in her potted rose planters and dressed them in pretty purple ferret costume. Philadelphia area Kathy Steward was the one with the ferrets that stole out of the clothes basket and had just had one of her ferrets put down. Pittsburgh Barb Anshutz was the person that lost her ferret earlier and buried the box in the pet cemetary. Eastern Ohio. Max was the owner of the feet that shuffled. That was my Stella who was chasing him..champagne mitt. She's been spayed and up for adoption :>) Max works for Mark Lewis productions. Joe Hahn and Suzy Mentzer were the couple with the horse statues. Joe will be our photograher at the Buckeye Bash. Columbus, Ohio Hope this answers some of your questions. Now get yourself a copy of the show and bring it to the Buckeye Bash and get it autographed. :>) Scarlett Scarlett's Happy Dookers Ferretry www.scarletts-happydookers.com Heart of Ohio Ferret Assoc. & Rescue www.HOFA-RESCUE.org FERRET BUCKEYE BASH 2007 SAT. Aug. 25 - Veteran's Memorial Columbus, OH [Posted in FML 5675]