72-year-old father. It is from him that I got my sense of humor.
He agreed to be interviewed on camera, to tell some of his old stories. People have told him that he should have written a book about his life experiences (alas, spinal meningitis as a child erased his language skills and he never regained full literacy). This is the next best thing.
The first video just talks about growing up during World War II. It isn't as interesting as some of the later videos, but it's the start, so ... there it is.
Future part topics:
- Playing stickball as a kid; getting Babe Ruth's autograph; learning how to hit from Roger Maris; ditching school to see games; how he was nearly drafted by the Yankees; Casey Stengel
- Making deliveries for Alfred Hitchcock
- Meeting Sophie Tucker
- Pranks he inspired, and pranks he did as a kid; beating the odds set by doctors
- More pranks as a kid; being a cross-country trucker; trucker story
- His big accident, and the woman who saved his life; surviving downhill with no brakes in a tanker carrying 8600 gallons of fuel; more trucking stories
- Making deliveries for "the family"
- Cars; driving in every state but Hawaii
1 comment:
Wow, that is quite a life! And how great to save your fathers memory like that. You're a good kid.
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