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William Buckley

By Stuart Buck

I think this may be my favorite William Buckley anecdote: William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.Example: Dick Clurman of Time magazine, an affable gent, was a guest on the Buckley yacht in the Caribbean. After dinner, Bill B., leafing through a TV log, announced that ?The Wizard of Oz? would be starting in half an hour ? in English, broadcast from Puerto Rico. Clurman was delighted and confessed to never having seen it.At the appointed time the set was switched on, but to everyone?s chagrin it seemed the movie had already been on for a good half hour. Bill had read the starting time wrong. Clurman?s disappointment was visible.?Let?s see if my name cuts any ice down here,? his host said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on March 17, 2008 (boomark / email).