One year after I graduated from high school, and an American aviator / astronaut was the first human to step upon our moon, during July 1970, John Wayne hosted a variety show celebrating Americas history with Americans my baby boomer generation grew up viewing and being somewhat influenced by. Included in the cast were the following, with some uncredited: Ann Margret, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Dan Blocker, Roscoe Lee Browne, George Burns, Owen Bush, James Caldwell, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Edward Faulkner, Lorne Greene, Harry Hickox, Celeste Holm, Bob Hope, Kay E. Kuter, Michael Landon, Forrest Lewis, Dean Martin, Dick Martin, Ross Martin, Greg Morris, Ricky & David Nelson, Hugh OBrian, Dan Rowan, William Shatner, Orville Sherman, Red Skelton, Tom Smothers, Leslie Uggams, Jesse Vint, John Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Dennis Weaver, Dan White, Hal Williams, The Doodletown Pipers, et al. It is most worthy to note that all of these Americans were of all political persuasions, from many spectrums of the two wings and they were from the Greatest Generation. Regretfully, it is becoming more apparent that my generation has been the steward of the institutions of higher learning and mass media that have led following generations so very, very far away from that time when most of us apparently revered our nations history and honored our American legacy while working to correct its multiple injustices, etc., together and openly. Enjoy this beautiful program from 44 years ago! https://facebook/photo.php?v=10203900770857211
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:21:59 +0000
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