Story tellers

[LBrandt]

Who was or is your favorite story teller? Mines Paul Harvey and his rest of the story.

 

[Duckslayer100]

If you mean speaker, it has to be Sam Elliot. That dude has a voice that could make grill assembly instructions sound entertaining. Although I'm not sure he actually writes his own material.

If you mean story teller in general, I'd have to say Stephen King. I'm a sucker for horror/scifi stuff, and he has a style that make you want to shut the book and read the entire thing in one sitting, all at the same time.

 

[SDMF]

'Sconi's are my favorite story tellers. The like to tell us how lucky we are that they come here, about all the $$ they bring in and all of the bribery, er ah, gifts they bring for locals. Of course the biggest whopper they all like to tell is how not all of them are poachers.

 

[Kenneth]

'Sconi's are my favorite story tellers. The like to tell us how lucky we are that they come here, about all the $$ they bring in and all of the bribery, er ah, gifts they bring for locals. Of course the biggest whopper they all like to tell is how not all of them are poachers.

I can tell some whoppers! but I wont. Don't need to rile you up anymore than you already are.

 

[KDM]

My Grandfather!!!!! He was the BEST story teller of all time to me. I could sit and listen to him talk about dirt and be totally infatuated. Many fond memories of just sitting around and hearing him talk.

 

[deleted member]

Kenneth, I think I like you despite Your location of origin. You take this sconi ribbing shit like a champ. You can rape and poach my Lake any day. :;:howdy

 

[Account Deleted]

Kenneth, I think I like you despite York location of origin. You take this sconi ribbing shit like a champ. You can rape and poach my Lake any day. :;:howdy

Removed the sconi address from his profile though. Tells you sumpin.

 

[MathewsZman]

Kenneth, I think I like you despite York location of origin. You take this sconi ribbing shit like a champ. You can rape and poach my Lake any day. :;:howdy

Unless you're swimming in said lake ?

 

[Fish whisperer]

Louis Lamoure, Stephen King for authors. I agree with duckslayer about Sam Eliot. I'd add the voices of Morgan Freeman and Kiefer Sutherland.

 

[Account Deleted]

My three year old. Always fighting monsters and bad guys. Cracks me up.

 

[Sum1]

Capstick. If it wasnt for him I would be illiterate.

 

[svnmag]

Jack London.

I've got a big hardback of shorts including "White Fang" and "The Sea Wolf". Sadly it doesn't include "To Build a Fire". Once; the first time my wife was pregnant, she kept complaining about being hot and bored. She was too far along to relive traditionally IMHO so I broke out "The White Silence". After I persuaded her to "just read the first page Honey"; she became engrossed and at peace. This was an August night. The electric bill was skyrocketing and the windows were fogged.

I've mentioned this several times and PM'd a few for a reason: "100 Years of Field & Stream" and "The Very Best of Sports Afield": So good. You keep reading and get more depressed as the pages get thinner to the right.

 

[lunkerslayer]

My Grandfather!!!!! He was the BEST story teller of all time to me. I could sit and listen to him talk about dirt and be totally infatuated. Many fond memories of just sitting around and hearing him talk.

Nothing beats old timer stories from the elders.

 

[svnmag]

Pertinent of Jack London

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJm8fZ6WS5Y[/URL]

 

[Ponyroper]

Patrick McManus has got to be the best story teller ever. Always turned to the back of Outdoor Life as soon as my issue arrived. Could never read his stories when other people were around because I would laugh so loud they would question my sanity.

 

[2400]

Patrick McManus has got to be the best story teller ever. Always turned to the back of Outdoor Life as soon as my issue arrived. Could never read his stories when other people were around because I would laugh so loud they would question my sanity.

I agree with Pat McManus for storytellers I've never met.

My Grandpa, great uncles, Dad and some of my buddies Dads were the best! My Grandpa ran away with 2 friends in Kansas at 12 in 1900 to "go cowboy" in CO. He actually fought Indians, got clawed up by a Grizzly (had the scars to back up both) and was a ranch foreman for over 50 years.

 

[MSA]

Morgan Freeman

 

[lunkerslayer]

One time that I can remember listening to Paul Harvey "The rest of the story", was him discussing about of you wanted to get away with murder there was only two places in the world. The one place was someplace in Europe and the other one was Belcourt on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation which was like yeah I can see that happening especially since the area is mostly woods and hills with lots of cover. I was having a discussion with a couple coworkers told them what I heard and they did not believe so I Googled it and what came up was Paul Harvey urban legend he actually had named a lot of towns through the years, which I was quite gullible.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, COUNTY IS NOT ALONE




Saturday, July 05, 2003 Page: 3A




Finish this quote:
If you want to get away with murder, go to ...
Brownwood, Texas? Clarksdale, Mississippi? Boulder, Colorado?
Oh, admit it. If you remembered the quote at all you figured the answer was ``Luzerne County'' or ``Wilkes-Barre'' or ``Hazleton'' or some other local town - most likely the one you live in.
You may even be convinced someone famous - Walter Winchell and Paul Harvey are common names dropped - said it.
Problem is, a lot of people think their city was special - or notorious - enough to be cited in this quote. Examples:
In a February 2001 Austin Chronicle article regarding hate crime legislation, a restaurant owner in nearby Brownwood offered the quote ``There is a saying that many in our community frequently express - `if you want to get away with murder, come to Brownwood.' ''
A story from March in the Clarksdale, Miss., Press Register starts out ``A running joke in the Delta - `If you want to get away with murder, come to Clarksdale' - isn't funny for District Attorney Laurence Mellen. ... ''
A piece in The Daily Camera of Boulder, Colo., quotes a murder victim's mother: ``You have heard so many people say, `if you want to get away with murder, go to Boulder' - and it's true.''
Down on ourselves and justice


Writers confidently assert that radio personality Paul Harvey originated the phrase - about them, of course.
In a letter to the Southwest Daily Times of Kansas, the writer notes ``It's just like Paul Harvey said on his show several years ago: `If you want to get away with murder, go to Liberal, Kansas.' ''
Funny thing, though, the man renowned for telling ``the rest of the story'' is credited with mentioning other locales. One Internet posting I found insisted Harvey said ``go to Browning, Montana.'' Another contends he said ``go to Belcourt, North Dakota.''
I e-mailed the Paul Harvey folks and asked if he takes credit for the quote, but got no response. If I do, I'll let you know.
A few in our newsroom believe Walter Winchell said it - about us, of course. I admit my research was far from exhaustive, but for all the Winchell witticisms - ``Nothing recedes like success,'' ``Hollywood is a place where they shoot too many pictures and too few actors'' - I could find no reference about where to get away with murder.
Of course, none of this will stop locals from citing the quote as if it were scripture. Being down on ourselves comes as naturally as ethnic food around here, and events re-enforcing that sentiment fall like cow chips in a crowded pasture.
Unequal justice is a big part of that perception. The courthouse and/or the police frequently seem to favor the wealthy and well-connected - county commissioners, sheriffs, members of prominent coal families come to mind.
They are people who sure look like they got away with something, even if it wasn't murder.
So go ahead, use the ``get away with murder'' quote. But remember, as you start with ``You know what they say'':
``They'' is really us.




Read more: http://archive.timesleader.com/2003...R_NOT__COUNTY_IS_NOT_ALONE.html#ixzz48amrPIbk

 

[Davy Crockett]

My Mom, She is one of the last "old timers" left in our tribe, She was born on Christmas Eve in 1920 but that is another story in itself.
she has some dementia but she remembers the old days like they were yesterday.
A couple weeks ago I asked her how old she was when they got their first car and she perked right up and the stories just flowed, She was a teenager and It was a big old car that The brakes didn't work very good on and They ran into the house when they were learning to drive it, She had a good laugh when she told about that. Then she talked about a long hill that It didn't have enough power to make it all the way up so they would get a good run at it and turn around and back the rest of the way up.
After that we talked about Maut and Jef , The team of horses they farmed and traveled with before they had cars.

I had heard those stories dozens of times but I had to ask, Some stories are like fine wine , They keep getting better with age.

 

[Airwolf1972]

Who was or is your favorite story teller? Mines Paul Harvey and his rest of the story.

Paul Harvey was one of the best!!! In always tried to catch his 3 airings a day! Loved listening to that man!!!

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My Grandfather!!!!! He was the BEST story teller of all time to me. I could sit and listen to him talk about dirt and be totally infatuated. Many fond memories of just sitting around and hearing him talk.

I would agree with Grandfathers!!!! Mine has been gone for about 26 years now.... I can still hear many of his stories running through my head like it was yesterday!!! I miss that man greatly!!!