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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:48 PM Original message |
I wonder how many of us remember Alistair Cooke? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Class act. nt |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yes, |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. I certainly do |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I remember The Last of the Mohicans |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Me too... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. If every one of us just did that |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. True indeed... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. I remember Omnibus |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I remember his doing that too! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's the first thing I thought of- "aloo-MIN-ee-yum". nm |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. I loved his segments on BBC World Service |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. I used to have bad insomnia as a little kid. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. What a nice way to fall asleep... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Well done. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ah, I thank you... |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. I remember him well. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm surprised how many of us remember him... |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. Remember him well...met him once at a Masterpiece Theater book signing. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oh, how nice! |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. He had ,they noted in The Saturday Review , an interesting |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I believe he did become an American citizen. |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Made me think of John Ciardi, then free associated to the Black Mountain poets |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It was a good magazine for quite awhile and when it began to fade |
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CherokeeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Remember him well... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you for your kind remarks... |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. I remember him from Masterpiece Theater, and also an essay he wrote on H.L. Mencken. n/t. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'd like to think that such an erudite broadcaster is now occupying... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. Me. I remember him. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. Alister Cooke was editor of Granta!!?? I never knew THAT! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My dear DemoTex! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Granta changed radically in the 70s |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. Vividly. |
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LawnKorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. Of course we remember Oscar, er ... Alistair |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Thanks for the smile! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. "Dis Monsterpiece Theater, me Alistair Cookie" |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. yup, that's how I read it first. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. I certainly do. I loved Omnibus. That really was the Golden Age of TV. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You're so very welcome, my dear CTyankee... |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. AKA "Alice the cook": |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I know I must have seen it... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. i do- thank you for posting this great quote. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wonderful quote! |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. I remember. I loved all the things he did that appeared on my local |
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