[stillafreemind]

God bless Art Linkletter. My sympathies go out to his wife and family.

[HelloooClareece]

RIP good man.

[TexasCajun]

I’m glad someone finally posted this.

[gathersnomoss]

God bless Art and his family. This man is a national treasure.

[American Constitutionalist]

He will be greatly missed...
It seems like the great conservatives are passing away, Art Linkletter, William F. Buckley....

If God does not raise up a whole new generation of conservatives like these guys, then, we are in trouble... and no, RINOS need not apply....

[skr]

May God bless his loved ones with comfort and strength.

[Hillbillary]

[higgmeister]

loud ten-count beeps on front-end countdown

Kids Say the Darndest Things - ART LINKLETTER

[nonsporting]

I met Art Linkletter once (well almost) back in the early 90's. I was at LAX. I had just returned from San Jose and deplaned. Before rushing to curbside to grab a shuttle back to work, I ducked into the men's room. I was standing taking care of my business, when "Art" pulled up and took the urinal on my right. I was reluctant to violate the sanctity of the urinal, when another fellow came in, and parked on Art's right. He recognized Art and immediately reached to shake his hand! Art took it in stride and received his compliments.

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.

[higgmeister]

Art Linkletter KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS (revisited)

[DallasDeb]

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.”

[Texas56]

I remember as a kid I enjoyed watching his show. Prayers for his wife of 74 years and his family.

[aruanan]

When one looks back on Art Linkletter's life, you wonder how the man endured some of the tragedies that befell he and his wife

Egregious use of the English language bump.

[fatnotlazy]

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.”

[iowamark]

From NY Post:

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.

[NonValueAdded]

Prayers up for his loved ones. Rest In Peace, Mr. Linkletter, and thank you for sharing your talent with us.

[iowamark]

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.

[Lancey Howard]

Wow.. Another major piece of ‘60s culture is gone.
Who didn’t like Art Linkletter?
Rest in Peace.

[erman]

I was on his show back in the 60's. Got to eat at the Brown Derby and won an electric monkey. I was in the first grade. Didn't get to talk to him except on the show from what I remember, but the nuns were all exited.

Wow, that was forever ago.

[Mike Darancette]

Only a Hobo, but one more is gone.

R.I.P. Art.

[TennTuxedo]

Art Linkletter was a Freeper. I had the opportunity to swap some private emails with him. He was a very decent man and a great influence on young children in my childhood. He was one of a kind.