I’ve never really gotten these strips. Dan Rather never came across to me as nervous. Granted I was only really aware of him several years after this (I was only about six when this ran), so maybe he’d loosened up by then.
Dan had a very stiff, hesitating, uneasy delivery, like he was a bit uncomfortable in that chair. Now “Uncle” Walter Cronkite was a master – perfectly at ease and emoting complete trust. When Walter came out against the Vietnam war at the end of the CBS Evening News in Feb of 1968 President Lyndon Johnson said “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost the American people”
Chithing Premium Member about 10 years ago
Please, no selfies.
Wren Fahel about 10 years ago
We used to call him “Dan Rather-Not-Be-Here”
JLG Premium Member about 10 years ago
I’ve never really gotten these strips. Dan Rather never came across to me as nervous. Granted I was only really aware of him several years after this (I was only about six when this ran), so maybe he’d loosened up by then.
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
What’s the frequency?
jbmlaw01 about 10 years ago
Not really nervous, more Nixon-esque
Raygun about 10 years ago
Dan had a very stiff, hesitating, uneasy delivery, like he was a bit uncomfortable in that chair. Now “Uncle” Walter Cronkite was a master – perfectly at ease and emoting complete trust. When Walter came out against the Vietnam war at the end of the CBS Evening News in Feb of 1968 President Lyndon Johnson said “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost the American people”
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/cronkite-and-the-vietnam-war/