Posted on 05/26/2010 2:11:03 PM PDT by stillafreemind
Linkletter was a conservative and the Wall Street Journal had this quote from him. About Barack Obama, he says: "He's intelligent, a born performer and ambitious, like I was, but that spending bill [the stimulus] is the most terrible mistake in our history. I never thought I would see so much debt."
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RIP good man.
I’m glad someone finally posted this.
God bless Art and his family. This man is a national treasure.
Some years ago I heard an interview with Mr. Linkletter. Someone asked how long he planned on living. He mentioned that he would like to live until the year where the government would steal the least amount of his inheritance. I think he might have mentioned this year.
Does anyone else remember this?
May God bless his loved ones with comfort and strength.
You actually really TRULY made me LOL...luckily, I had just put my martini down...(Up, with a twist, Tanquerey).
And RIP Art...I always loved ya.
I caught his eye and we exchanged a few pleasantries. I still didn't think it right to shake his hand under these circumstances. A real gentleman in an age sorely in need of many like him.
I heard a story (I think on Paul Harvey, may he r.i.p., too) that Art had been in a very bad car accident before WWII and that both his legs were shattered. At that time he was a pilot. He was told that he would never walk nor fly again; however, the Paul went on to tell that not only did he walk, but he also flew planes during WWII. Don’t know what his missions were, but “now you know the rest of the story.”
I remember as a kid I enjoyed watching his show. Prayers for his wife of 74 years and his family.
I remember coming home from school around 2:30 and right after the soap operas, Mom always had Art Linkletter on tv. One of my favorite segments was the interviews with little children.
In one of them, he asked this little guy what he thought the world would be like in 50 years. The youngster thought and thought and thought. Finally, after a very long pause, he answered, “Round.”
Radio and TV personality Art Linkletter (left), who appeared in only two movies, was positively brilliant in his only acting role, as Happy Hogan in Richard Whorf's too-seldom-seen and eerily prescient TV satire "Champagne for Caesar'' (1950). Happy is the nitwit master of ceremonies on "Masquerade for Money,'' where unemployed genius Ronald Colman hopes to clean out eccentric sponsor Vincent Price. Happy also turns out to be the love interest of Colman's sister, played by Barbara Britton, the first actress I ever remember having a crush on. Linkletter also played himself in the 1946 movie version of his radio show "People Are Funny,'' which later had a long and popular run on TV.
Prayers up for his loved ones. Rest In Peace, Mr. Linkletter, and thank you for sharing your talent with us.
I remember that his son Jack Linkletter had a daily show called America Alive in the late 1970’s. I see that Jack Linkletter died in 2007.
Wow.. Another major piece of ‘60s culture is gone.
Who didn’t like Art Linkletter?
Rest in Peace.
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