[78-L] Norman Corwin

[Taylor Bowie]

Corwin has always been interested and involved in electoral politics.   He 
produced and directed a show for the Democratic Party on election night, 
1944,  which is one of the most remarkable broadcasts I have ever heard.

It's great that he is still around and still contributing to the public 
dialogue.

Many thanks to Cary for the report...it must have been a great evening.


Taylor B


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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: [78-L] Norman Corwin


> Just got back from an evening with Norman Corwin at the Thousand Oaks 
> Library. Corwin was there with Martin Kaplan, the director of the Norman 
> Lear Center at USC (Lear himself was in the audience as well and took a 
> bow). Corwin is "98 1/2" (as he put it) and although frail (he walks with 
> a walker), his voice is strong and still recognizable; His brain, thank 
> goodness, is still razor sharp, and he spoke eloquently, if haltingly. He 
> said he was grateful and optimistic, thanks to the recent election, that 
> America is on the right track again, as he "recedes into the shadows" (a 
> particularly poetic thing to say by one of any age). He still champions 
> America, asking rhetorically "what other country?produced writers like 
> Walt Whitman and Mark Twain?" He and Kaplan talked about how entertainment 
> is the force that drives American society, and that entertainment has 
> invaded?politics, news, and all other aspects of our daily life. The Lear 
> Center studies this effect, and has been able t
> o predict the politics of an individual by what they watch on TV and, in 
> many cases, what they eat. It was a fascinating but all-too-short 
> discussion.?
>
> Corwin graciously autographed?my 12" 78 album of "On a Note of Triumph" 
> (he just wrote his name and "2008"). We did talk about Studs Terkel 
> briefly; he had worked with him and considered him a great friend and a 
> wonderful writer.
>
> Incidentally, sitting next to me in the front row was Frank Bresee, whose 
> library of radio shows is housed at the Thousand Oaks Library along with 
> the?archives of Corwin and Rudy Vallee, among others.
>
> There aren't many legends of radio left, but?it's nice to see that Norman 
> Corwin is still aware of and acutely interested in our world and where it 
> is going.?
>
> Cary Ginell?
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