Some of the best American TV shows were English first. Shows
like The Office, House of Cards, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Trading Spaces
and Who Do You Think You Are? were based on successful British shows. Antiques
Roadshow aired in England nearly two decades before it appeared here. It’s a
traveling affair; they filmed in Salt Lake last year. People arrive with stuff
they found in the attic, stuff they bought at a yard sale, and stuff their
grandmas left them. Appraisers give them an estimate of their item’s worth, and
they either leave happy or depressed. In 2011 Ted Koehler’s grandson went on
the show with a bit of Cotton Club stationery which his grandfather had used
as a scratch pad while writing the lyrics to the torch song “Stormy Weather” in
1933. Their expert placed its value between $50,000 and $100,000. Be careful
what you throw away. You never know what it might be worth.
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