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"My father was in the hospital and every evening when I stopped at him, I read out loud to him. Wayne Thurber. And one night time he said, 'You really should do that on your show,' and I said, 'Dad, it's a tv set newscast. I'd love to, but how could it possibly fit?' And he said, 'How often have I ever suggested anything for your shows?' And I appreciated that he never had. But I also reminded him that there have been things such as copyrights and bills, to which he said, 'Try it. You never know.' "I began to read Thurber once a week on tv set, and continue steadily to do it whenever and wherever I could. I'm pleased to say it has sparked a mini-revival, which I trust erupts into a full-scale newfound understanding for a guy whose writings are nearly perfect. He did not intend those to be read out loud, but they are ideally fitted to the task: clean, inexpensive, vivid, full of crashes and thuds - and silences, too. And for that matter, they make wonderful tributes to stories - stories of my dad, and Rosemary Thurber's."
-Keith Olbermann, May 19, 2011 Stories contained in The Wayne Thurber Sound Collection: "THERE IS NO Place Like Home", "The Keep Who Let It Alone", "THE BEST Man on the planet", "THE NIGHT TIME the Ghost Acquired In", "I Visited Sullivant", "The Unicorn in your garden", "How exactly to Relax While Broadcasting", "The Tortoise and the Hare", "A Package to cover up In", "The Owl WHO WAS SIMPLY God", "THE TRICK Life of Walter Mitty", "If Give Had Been Having at Appomattox", "The Moth and the Star", "The Dog That Little bit People", "The Topaz Cufflinks Unknown", "The Little Young lady and the Wolf", "The Macbeth Murder Unknown", "The Rabbits Who Induced All the Trouble", "THE NIGHT TIME the Bed Fell", "Love-making Ex girlfriend or boyfriend Machina", "The Scotty Who Knew Too Much", "The Car WE'D to Drive", and "The Peacelike Mongoose".
