I will always know him as Benson. On Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 9:24 AM PGage, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just happen to have excerpted it from the script for another purpose. > Its long, but given the occasion, the the warm spot the man and the show > have had in the heart of this list over the years, worth posting here in > its entirety. Also, if you are in need of goose flesh, watch the clip: > http://youtu.be/nzhUJ-K23-4 > > > > http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/Sports_Night/Sports_Night_1x11_-_The_Six_Southern_Gentlemen_of_Tennessee.html > > CASEY > > > > > > > > > *...Earlier in the show, we toldyou about Roland Shepard and the sixother > players who were dropped from their team and then their school forrefusing > to play football under theConfederate flag. Here's Isaac Jaffee,managing > editor of Sports Night, with an editorial comment. Isaac?* > > ISAAC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thank you, Casey. Exaudio, Comperio,Conloquor. That's a Latin phrase > thattranslates: To Listen, To Learn, ToSpeak.Thos words are carved into the > stonearches that form the entrance to theundergraduate library at > TennesseeWestern University. The stonesthemselves were hauled to the site > byan elite delegation from the ArmyCorps of Engineers. What made this group > elite was that its members weredrawn from the Delaware 44th RifleBattalion > and the Tennessee 14th: TheTennessee Volunteers. They workedtogether on > one of the first post-warrestoration projects. The building ofa college. > This afternoon, anextraordinary young man named RolandShepard made what had > to have been anexcrutiating decision. He said hewasn't playing football > under aConfederate flag. Six of his teammatesthen chose not to let Shepard > standalone. I don't know how many peoplewitnessed this spectacle, but it > was asight to see. Seven men, the oldest ofthem not yet 21 and all of > themknowing full well the potentialconsequence of their actions. And > Ichoose to join them at this moment.In the history of the South, > there'smuch to celebrate. And that flag is adesecration of all of it. > It's a banner of hatred and separation. It's a banner of ignorance and > violence anda war that pitted brother againstbrother, and to ask young > black menand women, young Jewish men and women,Asians, Native Americans, to > askAmericans to walk beneath its shadowis a humiliation of > irreducableproportions. And we all know it.Tennessee Western has produced > someoutstanding alumni in the last hundredyears. People of wisdom and > vision.Strength and compassion. One of them isLuther Sachs. Luther Sachs > ownsContinental Corp, which owns theContinental Sports Channel, which > you'rewatching right now. Luther Sachs is a generous alumni contributor to > TennesseeWestern with a considerable influenceover its Chancellor, Davis > Blake, andits Board of Trustees. Luther, you'vegot a phone call to > make.You've got to call Chancellow Blake andtell him to take down that flag > or hecan stop looking for your checks in themail. You've got to put these > young menback in a classroom, and I mean pronto.These boys are gonna make > you proud oneday, Luther. I challenge you to do theright thing. Not an > unreasonable requestto make of a man whose alma materdeclares Exaudio, > Comperio, Conloquor.To Listen, To Learn, To Speak. In themeantime, God go > with you, RolandShepard and you six Southern Gentlemenof Tennessee. God's > not done with any of you yet.* > > CASEY WAITS A MOMENT OR TWO BEFORE... > > CASEY > > > *That was our managing editor, IsaacJaffee. We'll be back.* > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 10:28 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> While I can't recite it by heart, I immediately thought of Isaac's speech >> about the Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee. >> >> (Yeah, other current events helped bring it to mind as well.) >> >> Safe home, sir. >> >> David >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 12:43:13 AM EDT, PGage <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I did one of my periodic re-watches of Sportsnight this summmer. Every >> single time I am shocked at how good he was. >> >> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:42 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> He deserved more credit for the laughs he stole on Soap and Benson. Often >> the scripts gave him no dialogue, and he managed belly laughs with a simple >> look or an inaudible mumble. >> >> Then there is his voice in Lion King. >> >> But, yeah, he made the most out of brilliant material in SportsNight. And >> his post-stroke return brought a tear to my eye. >> >> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:08 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> “RIP to the best boss ever.” @MrJoshCharles >> >> >> >> >> https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/10/24/robert-guillaume-star-soap-benson-lion-king-and-sports-night-dies-89/796307001/ >> >> >> >> _ _ >> >> |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV >> >> |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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