August 6, 2023 The Voice of Will Rogers, Part 1
Will Rogers (1897 - 1935) was an Oklahoma ranch boy whose ambition was to be the world’s greatest performer with a lariat. He went on to become a best selling author, a popular movie star, and the most widely read newspaper columnist at the time. He’s best known for the quote, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
1- Timely Topics, a recreation of a Zigfield Follies monologue, without an audience present
2- Address to Traffic Chiefs, 1922
3- Unemployment Speech, October 18, 1931
4- Democratic Convention, 1932
5- President’s Day, April 30, 1933. FDR had been in office for seven weeks.
6- Badwill Tour, July 8, 1934
7- Treaties, March 31, 1935