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My Pete Seeger story... [View all] dorkzilla Jan 2014 OP
Lucky you! frazzled Jan 2014 #1
That's a wonderful story, dorkzilla. elleng Jan 2014 #2
Thanks for sharing that story B Calm Jan 2014 #3
wonderful story, thank you ! nt steve2470 Jan 2014 #4
K&R for you and for the best man ever. Ron Green Jan 2014 #5
Nice story! n-t Logical Jan 2014 #6
What a lovely experience malaise Jan 2014 #7
Ah Sesame Street, that subversive little show! reformist2 Jan 2014 #8
Wasn't it just... dorkzilla Jan 2014 #15
It was a Pete and another person I just happen to know who shall remain nameless dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #9
So does this close personal friend also have the initials DD? LOL!!! nt dorkzilla Jan 2014 #16
Yes, there was an ax. And yes Pete was furious. But in the end, he didn't do it. 2banon Jan 2014 #22
Pete's story about the axe.... MyOwnPeace Jan 2014 #63
Thanks, good reporting. 2banon Jan 2014 #68
Pete Seeger and Oscar the Grouch struggle4progress Jan 2014 #10
+1000000000 dorkzilla Jan 2014 #13
and Oscar returned for Pete's 90th celebration Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2014 #35
wonderful story rurallib Jan 2014 #11
Lovely story mcar Jan 2014 #12
Nice story RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #14
YES!!!! Please! We're all celebrating him, and what a better way to do that then share... dorkzilla Jan 2014 #17
Please do - would love to hear them! nt TBF Jan 2014 #28
Oh, man! Le Taz Hot Jan 2014 #18
Sounds like a Conspiracy Theory if i ever heard one! :) 2banon Jan 2014 #19
Now that you've told yours.... zentrum Jan 2014 #20
What a nice story and I can picture him singing that song to your sister dorkzilla Jan 2014 #23
Agree with you. No one like him. zentrum Jan 2014 #55
Excellent! n/t DirkGently Jan 2014 #21
What a great memory for you to treasure Generic Other Jan 2014 #24
I don't remember seeing him on Sesame Street hfojvt Jan 2014 #25
He was, though. MineralMan Jan 2014 #31
I don't doubt it hfojvt Jan 2014 #38
great experience for an 18 year old.. so glad you knew who he was mountain grammy Jan 2014 #26
That's what immediately warmed my heart... dorkzilla Jan 2014 #45
He informed you and changed you, like he did with everyone who listened mountain grammy Jan 2014 #61
And the great great thing is you got to let him know. aquart Jan 2014 #69
K&R ReRe Jan 2014 #27
A lovely memory. MineralMan Jan 2014 #29
A wonderful story! This is not how I met Pete, but how my little boy did: s-cubed Jan 2014 #30
How sweet! dorkzilla Jan 2014 #47
Such a special memory Little_Wing Jan 2014 #32
Wow, that was awesome! onlyadream Jan 2014 #33
Pete made you rich in ways that are different from money. Botany Jan 2014 #34
I had the memorable experience of singing and marching with Pete and Toshi longislandAnnie Jan 2014 #36
Thanks for the tribute to a wonderful, iconic senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #37
WOW !!! - Thank You For That !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #39
That was my first remembrance of him too! BuelahWitch Jan 2014 #40
Lol, I don't remember him on the Smothers Brothers either! dorkzilla Jan 2014 #48
I only know because I saw it on the DVD a few years back BuelahWitch Jan 2014 #50
The book "Dangerously Funny" MyOwnPeace Jan 2014 #64
Yes! I read it, which is why I began watching the DVDs BuelahWitch Jan 2014 #67
Holy mackeral! babylonsister Jan 2014 #41
Of course you can! dorkzilla Jan 2014 #43
cool story warrior1 Jan 2014 #42
Thank you for that memory. Paka Jan 2014 #44
Thanks dorkzilla!!! blaze Jan 2014 #46
A truly wonderful story! n/t etherealtruth Jan 2014 #49
soooooo cool! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #51
Thanks so much for sharing that wonderful story. nt adirondacker Jan 2014 #52
What a nice story. Beacool Jan 2014 #53
a treasure. spanone Jan 2014 #54
Thank you so much for sharing that wonderful story Hekate Jan 2014 #56
Something really cool about meeting that man on a train! Jetboy Jan 2014 #57
A beautiful meeting, dorkzilla! A gift from Cha Jan 2014 #58
Cool! Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2014 #59
What a fabulous story! n/t DFW Jan 2014 #60
WONDERful encounter dorkzilla. Here are my few brushes with Pete: FailureToCommunicate Jan 2014 #62
Great stories! dorkzilla Jan 2014 #65
You really should! Besides the great music, of course, there was cutting edge FailureToCommunicate Jan 2014 #66
I know, as Mark Twain said, that each person is a moon and a has a dark side deutsey Jan 2014 #70
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