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Will Rogers: Middle career
Through Rogers' continuing series of columns between 1922 and 1935, as well as in his personal appearances and radio broadcasts, he won the loving admiration of the American people, poking jibes in witty ways at the issues of the day and prominent people – often politicians. He wrote from a non-partisan point of view and became a friend of presidents and a confidant of the great. Loved for his cool mind and warm heart, he was often considered the successor to such greats as Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Artemus Ward.
He made a trip to the Orient in 1931 and to Central and South America the following year. In 1934, he made a globe-girdling tour and returned to play the lead in Eugene O'Neill's stage play, Ah, Wilderness! Also during the period 1930 to 1935,he made radio broadcasts for the Gulf Oil Company.
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LiteratureWill Rogers talks to the bankers: keynote roast from 1924
On a tip from Boing Boing reader JayHavvic, I checked out this 1924 recording of Will Rogers keynoting at an annual bankers' convention, giving them the gears with as much gusto as, say, Colbert gave GW Bush. It's a must-listen. The audio comes from 78Records, an excellent site with serious bandwidth problems. So I've uploaded a copy to the Internet Archive for easier downloading. MP3: Will Rogers Talks to the Bankers, VICTOR_45374-A (1924) (Thanks, JayHavvic!)...
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:46:37 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the article
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