Charles Kuralt is my hero.
When I was a kid, most of my friends loved cereal and Saturday morning cartoons. Not me. I was addicted to the CBS news series, “On the Road with Charles Kuralt.” I’d lie belly-down on the carpet, chin propped up, eyes fixed on a corny, bald man. He was passionate about people’s stories – regular people’s stories! Charles hit the road in an old motor home. He took the back roads. He showed us the beauty of the American landscape and of each other. (Yes, I’m just as corny as him.) But, people watched! Charles won three Peabody awards and ten Emmys.
“You know, most reporters can’t go back to the towns they wrote stories about,” he told a biographer in 1994. “I never wrote that kind of story.”
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or frustrated lately (the economy’s got your neck, or someone else does), watch this.
I love Charles Kuralt! His voice brings me so much comfort- I grew up watching him too!