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Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: :59
Some of Will's greatest jokes about Congress
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: :59
The President is an obvious subject for Will's humor. He spoke about the office, and the men in that position, often.
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: :59
Will Rogers was a cowboy until the day he died. He visited ranches around the world to see that the cowboy way of life was still alive.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
Will Rogers proposed we could look at political change like we look at Groundhog Day.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:17
Even though he wasn't a great student, Will Rogers knew the value of a good education.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
For as much as he poked fun at those who ran the nation, it was clear that Will loved America.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
Will owed much of his success to the fact that he stayed a country boy, even after becoming famous.
- Added: Jan 07, 2021
- Length: 01:01
Will Rogers was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
Will Rogers loved to travel, but he also loved to poke fun at his fellow tourists
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Added: Dec 08, 2020
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
Will had a radical idea on how we could reduce the amount of time off work due to holidays
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- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers shares his humor about Presidents and the elections that get to that position.
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- Added: Nov 03, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers once performed for a sitting US President. Find out how it went.
- Added: Oct 05, 2020
- Length: :59
Will's was born on Election Day, which set the perfect tone for his political humor and commentary
- Added: Sep 22, 2020
- Length: 01:01
What do fathers really want to celebrate their day? Will gives his thoughts.
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
Will believed that doing something your own way, even if it doesn't work, is better than doing the same thing as everyone else
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: :59
While Rogers was known for his love of baseball, he had some great things to say about football, as well
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: :59
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Sandip investigates the journey of a small town Scottish postmaster to his resting place in Kolkata.
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- Added: Jan 14, 2019
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Although the term civility seems to connote a type of outmoded, formal etiquette not practiced since the turn of the previous century, the use of c...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 07:13
It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 11:02
In December of 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In this episode of Did This Happen? we are there to get their first impressions of their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
