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BOB GARFIELD: And now for a few of your letters. We had an avalanche of mail related to last week's broadcast of our extended parody of public radio called Pledge This. The response, to our delight and surprise, was overwhelmingly positive. Frederick Welk of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin called it "brilliant, four stars for your sendup of public radio. My only worry is that the truth is probably stranger than your fiction." Charlie Brenner of Lexington, Massachusetts wrote to congratulate us on a "fine and funny bit of self-examination. On a less pleasant note," he added -- referring to the character Trent Rosenblitt who had a chronic problem -- "I happen to be president of the American Nose Whistle Society. We are deeply concerned about your trivialization of this tragic condition. You'll be hearing from our lawyers, especially if you sit next to one of them at the movies." Steven Gross of New York City wrote: "I was laughing so hard that I had to stop my exercising until the skit was finished. I hope that we'll hear more of the ongoing adventures of WACLU every six months or so."
BROOKE GLADSTONE:Well Steven, thanks, but that's not going to happen. Working on Pledge This nearly put our perfectionist production engineer Dylan Keefe into a coma, and the fact that Pledge This is unlikely to return certainly will please some of our listeners, including Joe O'Brien of San Francisco who wrote: "Pledge drives are more stimulating. Don't do that again!" And Lincoln Potter of Seattle echoed the sentiments of several respondents when he wrote "Please, OTM-- stop wasting precious air time on this masturbatory pap. We need you. We depend on your to do your job." Like it or not, it is time for us to go back to work. Thanks for all of your letters. Keep them coming to On the Media at WNYC DOT ORG and please -- don't forget to tell us where you live and how to pronounce your name. [MUSIC]