Christiern Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) Edited July 18, 2009 by Christiern Quote
pollock Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Walter Cronkite died today at the age of 92. I remember him well. When I was a kid every night at dinner my parents would have the CBS news on. Then one night when I was 16 years old he came on and said the war in Viet Nam was unwinable. I was already registered for the draft, and I was used to seeing the clips of the helicoptors and the kids who were soldiers running through fields getting shot at. But when Walter Cronkite said that it had real resonance. My father got very pissed off, he though the army would make a man out of me and I don't think he ever forgave Walter Cronkite. But it was at that time that I knew that there was no way in hell I was going to get drafted come hell or high water. I liked Walter Cronkite. There was true integrity, journalistic integrity, about the man. Hard to imagine isn't it. "And that's the way it is..." Quote
BruceH Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 There was something undeniably likable about the guy. You felt like you could trust him. And you also felt like he had a brain, that he was a real reporter, not just some dimwit they hired to read the news. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Indeed. A fine man gone. I grew up well after the Cronkite age, but his voice is still familiar to me. RIP. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Certainly remember seeing him a fair bit on the vintage Vietnam news footage that made it onto our TV in the 60s. A news anchor icon - RIP. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Anybody else have fond memories of "You are There"? Quote
JSngry Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 That whole CBS news grew from back then...we'll not see their likes again. RIP. Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 welcone back chris - i hope that you are going to stick around! Quote
Don Brown Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Sad news. Cronkite always was a newsman with integrity. And welcome back, Chris. We've really missed you. This board has been a bust since you left. I get so tired of reading the rantings of the handful of rednecks that seem intent on taking over Organissimo. I just can't get my head around the idea of rabid right wingers listening to jazz. Seems like an oxymoron to me. Quote
RDK Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 I realize he retired over 25 years ago - 1982 I think I heard - but I have such fond, strong memories of him from my youth that it often seems as if he was always there. I'll never forget his coverage of the space program among other things. RIP Quote
JSngry Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8Q3cqGs7I Quote
catesta Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Sad news. Cronkite always was a newsman with integrity. And welcome back, Chris. We've really missed you. This board has been a bust since you left. I get so tired of reading the rantings of the handful of rednecks that seem intent on taking over Organissimo. I just can't get my head around the idea of rabid right wingers listening to jazz. Seems like an oxymoron to me. Yes, the board has been a bust. And yes, let's make jazz exclusive to the left! Why stop there though, let's make ALL music exclusive to the left since those on the right obviously do not have the mental capacity or ability to understand the genius of Britney Spears or appreciate Ben Webster. I like how the political opinions of a few on this board that differ from the majority translates into a "intent on taking over Organissimo". You do know you have the ability to type up a response to those "rabid right wingers" rather than wait for folks like Chris to do it, don't you? Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Anybody else have fond memories of "You are There"? Yes! Also... Cronkite calls the moon landing Quote
BruceH Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Yes, I remember watching "You Are There"! I was thinking about that yesterday, and tried to describe the show to my son. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) Yes, I remember watching "You Are There"! I was thinking about that yesterday, and tried to describe the show to my son. The version I saw was the 1970s one--ironically enough, the one episode I remember distinctly is the Alamo...and it's the one on YouTube! (Intro/outro only, unfortunately). EDIT: I now also remember the Amelia Earhart episode to which one of the YouTube commenters alludes. Edited July 18, 2009 by ghost of miles Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Anybody else have fond memories of "You are There"? Unforgettable (to me anyway) closing lines... "What sort of a day was it? A day like every day, filled with those events that altered and illuminated our times. And You Were There." A brilliant way to teach history. Quote
Tim McG Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 Sad news. Cronkite always was a newsman with integrity. And welcome back, Chris. We've really missed you. This board has been a bust since you left. I get so tired of reading the rantings of the handful of rednecks that seem intent on taking over Organissimo. I just can't get my head around the idea of rabid right wingers listening to jazz. Seems like an oxymoron to me. Yes, the board has been a bust. And yes, let's make jazz exclusive to the left! Why stop there though, let's make ALL music exclusive to the left since those on the right obviously do not have the mental capacity or ability to understand the genius of Britney Spears or appreciate Ben Webster. I like how the political opinions of a few on this board that differ from the majority translates into a "intent on taking over Organissimo". You do know you have the ability to type up a response to those "rabid right wingers" rather than wait for folks like Chris to do it, don't you? I help out where I can And welcome back from me too, Chris. Quote
Tim McG Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 I will always remember his forthrightness and humanity. The day JFK was killed and how he announced it on live TV will stay in my memory forever. Rest in Peace, Mr. Cronkite. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Yes, I remember watching "You Are There"! I was thinking about that yesterday, and tried to describe the show to my son. The version I saw was the 1970s one--ironically enough, the one episode I remember distinctly is the Alamo...and it's the one on YouTube! (Intro/outro only, unfortunately). I missed the seventies version; I was more familiar with the earlier version, not from TV, but from the films distributed to schools. At least in the school systems I attended, it was the only decent (and interesting) teaching of history ever attempted. Quote
Tim McG Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) "You Are There" was an awesome show. As a kid, I always loved it when I got to watch it. Edited July 19, 2009 by GoodSpeak Quote
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