Who was your heros ?
When we were young,most of us had a hero to look up to.I didn't have a on site father in my family or any family members that impressed me much.I had a couple of friends fathers who taught me about cars,tools,guns and commen sense.MY friend Jim taught me how to ride a motorcycle and about girls.My friend Brian taught me how to drive a car fast and not crash it.He also taught me about how things use to be made and the value of good friends.I guess my friends were my heros.
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Speaking of misspent youth, my hero was Danceswithsheep. 0 -
I've never had heroes or idolized anyone. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
I've never had heroes or idolized anyone.
Wise choice, peeler.
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quote:Who was your heros ?
Mys english teachers...0 -
With out a doubt, my parents. They risked everything (including their lives) to reach this country and then sacraficed the best years of their lives working tirelessly to make the best possible life for me. As my father lay in bed near death his final words to me were "Merek, it was all worth it". 0 -
The Shadow
A Short Radio History
It is Thursday night, July 31,1930. The time is 9:40 PM. Radio listeners tuned to CBS hear the first appearance of "The Shadow" as James La Curto portrays the part in the Detective Story Hour. Street and Smith publishers sponsored this show (which lasted about a year), along with their magazine series The Shadow, A Detective Monthly.
In September 1931, The Blue Coal Radio Revue, starring Frank Readick, Jr. (who was the star in the later Detective Story Hour shows), continued the adventures of "The Shadow". The show remained an hour long, but was heard on Sundays at 5:30 PM.
For a short time, lucky CBS listeners were able to hear The Shadow on both Thursdays and Sundays. In October, 1931, the 9:30 Thursday slots were taken by Love Story Drama or Love Story Hour (sponsored by Street and Smith), which also had portrayals of The Shadow!
A year later (October, 1932), the series moved to NBC, and continued what was to be a long relationship with the sponsor: Blue Coal. Frank Readick Jr. remained the star for the weekly Wednesday presentations. In October 1934, NBC aired the program on both Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30PM. Mr Readick starred in most of the shows, with Mr LaCurto appearing in a few.
The program shifted to Mutual on September 26, 1937, and was heard on Sundays at 5:30 PM. It maintained the same sponsor (Blue Coal), but had a new voice for Lamont Cranston, the young and relatively new theater and radio personality: Orson Welles. The 1937 programs also began to feature "The Shadow" as a character in the stories, rather than merely as a narrator. (Mr Welles was "The Shadow" through 1938, while the now syndicated program was sponsored by Goodrich.) Here is a log of The Shadow while Orson Welles played the part, as well as the famous "Weed of Crime" ending from 1938. [Experts state this voice is really that of Frank Readick rather than Orson Welles]
Blue Coal again became the sponsor in late 1938, and Bill Johnstone became the new voice. Here is a sound sample from November, 1939. Bret Morrison was the voice of The Shadow for most of 1943, and John Archer took over near the end of 1944. Bret Morrison returned in September, 1945, and remained the voice through 1954, when the program ended. Here is a sound sample from May, 1948
Blue Coal remained the sponsor until September, 1949, when Grove Labs sponsored the show for a year (The show remained on Mutual, but shifted a half hour earlier, to 5:00 PM, Sundays). In January 1951, the US Army/Air Force became The Shadow's sponsor, after it was "sustained" for a few months by Mutual. Wildroot was the sponsor from about September '51 to Sept. '53, when various sponsors began to appear. The program was again "sustained" by Mutual until the last show on the day after Christmas, 1954.
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My dad, and this guy, 
http://www.303rdbg.com/h-moh.html
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All my heros wore Butternut. 0 -
My Dad. Ball turret gunner B17. 52 documented combat missions, 15th Air force. Shot down on 38th mission, wounded, floated in the Med for 3 days with 1/2 a Mae West. 6 weeks recoup, 15 more missions, 6 Me109 kills. 5' 5" tall, Big Balls. 'nuff said. 0 -
Dad-High school teacher for 36 years; US Army for 43 years. 0 -
Only two heros for me... God and my Dad. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
I've never had heroes or idolized anyone.
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John Wayne was My biggest Hero. 0 -
My dad was my hero I lost him when I was 17 but a better man I have yet to see. 0 -
I love ME, and there is nothing I wouldn't do for Me. 0 -
I had alot of heroes in my youth but later in life I read that the history I was taught isn't really the real picture.
Which is why America's kids don't really have heroes anymore.....the govt. can't control knowledge anymore.0
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