http://www.metafilter.com/tags/storyteller Posts tagged with 'storyteller' at MetaFilter. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:24 -0800 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:24 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/86463/RIP%2DBrother%2DBlue From the middle of the middle of me, to the middle of the middle of you, <a href="http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/05/obit-brother-blue">RIP Brother Blue</a>, master storyteller, deep soul extraordinaire. Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RznMUhhJGpU">Brother Blue does King Lear</a>. (5 minutes) <a href="http://cctvcambridge.org/node/30322">Super BeLive! featuring Brother Blue</a>, from Cambridge Community Access Television. (25 minutes) tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86463 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:24 -0800 BrotherBlue obit obituary rip storyteller storytelling alms http://www.metafilter.com/76151/RIP%2DStuds%2DTerkel <a href="http://www.studsterkel.org">Studs Terkel</a> <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story">has passed</a>. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Studs+Terkel">Author</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855602/">actor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel">oral historian</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Cityroom_Series.aspx?seriesID=117">storyteller</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76151 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:31:22 -0800 author chicago divisionstreet obit obituary RIP storyteller studsterkel me3dia http://www.metafilter.com/73920/Jerry%2DClower%2DA%2Dsuperb%2DSouthern%2Dstoryteller Jerry Clower (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Clower">Wikipedia article</a>) started telling his funny stories to boost sales when he was a seed and fertilizer salesman. He went on to become a successful comedian and Grand Ole Opry star. Here are some of his stories (all YouTube links): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI">A Coon Hunting Story</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v04-GyUBti4">On the Jerry Reed Show</a> (check out Jerry's collar!) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYUrdMzbtUg">The Burning Building</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IlW9velocM">A New Bull</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFlaoDPgLWY">Fishing with the Game Warden</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLnAZtdnZWU">Examples of a Redneck</a> (Shame on you Jeff Foxworthy!) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuBh2T-Tt2w">Bird Huntin' At Uncle Versies</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d67ERcgNg7Q">Wanna Buy a Possum?</a> (with bizarrely unrelated video) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73920 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:33:44 -0800 Clower comedian comedy funny JerryClower redneck south southern story storyteller Daddy-O