We hope that every show gives children an idea of what to play when the TV is off.

In order to do well, you have to do good for children, and that is the core business model for everybody in the US who is in the children's television business. I think the question that it begs is, now having established that benchmark and laid that foundation, what should public broadcasting be doing?

I hope and presume that the hiring methods are already open to interviewing or taking applications from anybody.

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's ''mature'' critics often are.

I talked to several of her children and they were so encouraging and supportive. I just hope I've done her memory justice.

And as I watched him, I knew that in every dark night there was, somewhere, a small light burning that could never be quenched.