[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im driving down the street in dallas where president john f. Kennedy was shot on that horrible day in november 1963, and im about to meet a man who was left with a dilemma tied to jfks assassin. My name is david card. My familys not related in any way to Lee Harvey Oswald, so i dont know whats stranger the story of how we inherited his grave marker, or the story of what happened after. Hi, dave. Im jamie. Jamie, david card. Such a pleasure to meet you. Thank you. Same here. Yeah. Thanks for having me in. Great bar. Since the late 1970s, dave card has owned and operated poor davids pub, a barebones Downtown Dallas club that provides a stage for upandcoming singersongwriters. Is it here . If youre talking about the tombstone, yes, it is here. Dave doesnt usually keep his strange inheritance in his nightclub. He has a secret hiding place for it, but hes taken it out to show me. This is the original tombstone of Lee
Im jamie colby, and, today, im in encino, california. Will rogers once said, if there are no dogs in heaven, then when i die, i want to go where they go. But when the owners go first, especially the rich or eccentric ones, it can make for one strange inheritance. My name is tyson kilmer. Im an animal trainer. When one of my clients, sam simon, passed away in march of 2015, i inherited his dog, who is not exactly lassie, marmaduke, or any other lovably harmless pet youve seen on tv. Hi, kilmers. Im jamie. Im tyson kilmer. This is my wife, alison. Aliyah and tyler. How are you . Im great i heard your family has a living, breathing inheritance . Indeed, we do. We have a cane corso that used to belong to the late, great sam simon. Sam simon even if you dont recognize the name, you surely know his work as codeveloper, with Matt Groening, of that iconic and longrunning tv show, the simpsons. Sam was born in 1955 and grew up in beverly hills, just down the street from groucho marx. After grad
Every weekend on cspan2, book tv offers programming. Keep watching for more here on cspan2. We had the privilege of welcoming poet and my fathers pass. Shell share her journey as the daughter of russian jewish father and mission to unravel the truth who her grandfather she discovered with the chief of police in a town where 8,000 jews were murdered in 1941. Her publication includes harvard review, massachusetts review, poet the and i more, and she is also at the anthology of lit from inside 40 years of poetry. She teaches creative writing at Hunter College and is speaking about a a guest at the shooters banquet, great reception from the Miami Book Fair and washington, dc. Please help me welcome rita gabis. Thank you for that beautiful introduction. I just want to say that i love arthur miller. One of the first playwrights i ever read, so thrilled to hear about the upcoming production. Going to take a quick sip of water. Im delighted to be speaking here at the west port public library,
Her publication includes harvard review, massachusetts review, poet the and i more, and she is also at the anthology of lit from inside 40 years of poetry. She teaches creative writing at Hunter College and is speaking about a a guest at the shooters banquet, great reception from the Miami Book Fair and washington, dc. Please help me welcome rita gabis. Thank you for that beautiful introduction. I just want to say that i love arthur miller. One of the first playwrights i ever read, so thrilled to hear about the upcoming production. Going to take a quick sip of water. Im delighted to be speaking here at the west port public library, has a wonderful authors program. I want to thank all of you for coming, and also to think cspan for being here as well to cover this event. Im just going to begin by reiterating what has already been said, i come from a blended family. My mother is first generation lithuanian catholic, and my father who passed away a little over ten years ago, was a russian
How three little word took down the major eye sore. Good day, it is monday, september 28th, 2015. Small Little Movement of people made Something Big happen. Move that tent. Sue, of course, we had father dan joyce from st. Josephs and he was talking about how bishops had to move because they had those real tall hats and they have would have block the view. Yes, you plan it out but you dont realize impact it will have on the audience until they get there and they say i cannot see. So everybody seemed like they were in the spirit of cooperation and nobody lost their temper, i dont think, we will find out if they did. Heres your number of the day. We will go with the seven out of ten. We have some cloud around. We have visibility issues, some fog in mount pocono, some fog around fort dix this morning, slightly reduced visibility at philly international. If you are up early, i hope you had a good time in philadelphia. At least weather wont delay you but they are advising to you get there at