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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Did you tell Diane the thing that you sent to
me about your stepdad and what he did this week?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I did not tell Diane because she would have made
fun of him. No, go ahead, he went to a festival.
Oh wait, can I ask something real quick?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Does this festival move around? I believe this one he
attended does not. But what they do happens in a
lot of different places. Oh okay, all right, very good.
So you're not going to hear this and go oh
I wish I could travel to There's probably people that
have seen this, and it's not just because they were
in Greenville, South Carolina. So this thing pops up elsewhere.
(00:40):
Because I believe that the talent they bring in for
this festival are referred to as nationally known performers, I'll
argue that I didn't know any of these people. Go ahead, So, Diane,
if you went to History Comes Alive dot org, you
(01:01):
would find that on Wednesday night, Go ahead and type
that in. On this past Wednesday, June eleventh, in Greenville,
South Carolina, Babe Ruth was appearing at the Cultural Center.
You just had to bring some lawn seating.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
By the way, the actual No, Kristen, that's not awesome.
It's not Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth is dead. So this
is somebody dresses like Dave Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
They dress up like him. They do an entire presentation
performance talking about his or her life. Then you get
to ask questions from the audience. The one rule, he said,
this is not Babe, this is my stepfather. He went twice.
He loved it so much with Babe Ruth. He went
back last night for Albert Einstein. You think he's bored
(01:56):
with my mom being here? How happy is your mom
that she's not there to go?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
My god.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
She didn't know that it's a yearly thing. She thought
it was like a traveling Now you said, like, oh,
it's in Greenville this year.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
That's what I thought it was, not this year. I
thought it was like, we're in Greenville for a week. Yeah,
and then Babe and Albert and there's all kinds of
people on this thing.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, Lucille Ball was earlier in the week. She was
not too pleased to hear that this has been going
on since nineteen ninety nine. I was like, the show.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Wait, everybody, this thing shows up every year since nineteen
ninety nine, and is it the same people.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, no, no, no, no, they've had an amazing list
of guest speakers who have They've had an amazing list
of impersonators. So he said, the only rule during the
Q and A is you cannot ask him or her
about anything in history that occurred after their death, Like what, well,
(02:55):
what would you think of, say, for Babe Ruth, what
do you think of robo umps? Something like that?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
I gotcha, not just oh, So you can't ask him
about anything that happened after.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No, that's for when the person then gets out of
costume and they they speak to how they feel like,
they don't want to put words in the mouth of
who they are portraying, and they will then answer what
they feel like Babe or Albert would have said, or Lucille.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So Jimmy takes off his Babe Ruth uniform and is like, hey,
I'm telling you him right now, I don't think Babe
Ruth would have been at all into uh into a
robo ump.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So again, before you continue to make fun, he did
attend at least one of the Knights with a friend.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Did he go with did he take Babe to go
see uh Lucille ball?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
But he didn't see he saw Babe Ruth Albert. But
when Babe Ruth.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Where the tickets sold out for Irma Bombeck the columnist.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yeah, she's one of the ones listened to.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, that was a yeah, she's I know the website
has past years.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
She was, well not, Oh, maybe he's going to go
to Irma Bomback the discussions tonight.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Oh, because this was at two o'clock showing because they
had to clear out the festival grounds for the big
Josephine Baker Uh presentation.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Now, if anyone does head to the website or the
festival grounds when it says discussion, I know they've noted that.
At least I saw this for Albert and Babe. They
are not in costom for the discussion. Okay, it is
just a essentially a class on the person. So essentially
somebody like me gets up there and I think it's
the same person. It's the actor, the in person. It's
the part of the performance where they're out of cost.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh my god, I didn't even recognize you when you're
not dressed as Babe.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
No, but people care that much about Irma Bomback.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
How about anybody on the list the friend when the
you're not meeting Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well you are. No, you're not, Yes you are.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
It's cost play.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh I am, well you're not. Is this like what
was that? What was that show in Myrtle Legends?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yes, yeah, it's different than that. No it's not. It
is how because Babe's not singing? Well, they also have
like does your dad think that he saw Babe Ruth. No,
he knows that it's going to.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Be embarrassing, but he goes and tells all of his
friends that he just saw Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
He brought his friend, his friend dead dead, and it
may have been even a couple with him. He may
have brought two people. But one of the people with
him recognized the actor portraying Babe Ruth oh as a
guy who works at the store, the general store, because
it was a client of his from a few years ago.
So this is even a traveling group he does, he does,
(05:40):
but I think he has roots in the area. Gotcha, Yeah,
I did his insurance. It was furniture. They sold him furniture.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Kristen, can you find me somebody that has seen anything
like this? So other than so this is this is annually?
How many people are every year going to this. But
you're telling me that this isn't a traveling show. But
some thing like this does happen in other cities.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
I do believe these actors travel, but this festival itself
is just in South Carolina.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
It's so it's an interesting mix.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
So the guy, the guy who they're not people, they're impersonating.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
So the guy, I don't think they use that word?
What impersonator?
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
What word did they use? Well, certainly not impressionists.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
No, but what word do they use? They can't say
it's babe, ruth.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It is a historical interpreter. Oh right, it's an impersonator. No,
a nationally acclaimed historical interpreter transfers you back in time
to tell the story. Then the audience gets to join
in to quiz the historical figure. Finally, the performer steps
out of character and answers audience questions the subject couldn't answer,
(06:50):
or wouldn't answer, answer truthfully, what do you mean truthfully?
Perhaps they want it to stick with a lie that
we all know.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We knew, but then after death they uncovered something new.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
It sounds more scandalous than that if they wouldn't admit
to having Maybe an affair. You could see where someone
in front of all Lucy could talk about Desy. It
sounds like Diane would have gone to but you know
who wants to go Christens?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Who want?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Will you turn your cell phone for a second? Oh
last year they had Maria von Trapp and Charles Dickens.
Because everything you know is the movie.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
But these historical figures I would love, Like in the
National Memorial Day Parade, I got to see Abe Lincoln.
He came floating by.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
You know what I could tell you, you know, I because
not too long ago, I also saw Abe Lincoln out
at the cap One Ballpark during Swinging the Summer. At
the Alsner Foundation event, they had the racing President, so
I got to see Abe well and George.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
It didn't ruin it when you saw Abe Lincoln on
his iPhone. What else was cool?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
He got up and took his hat off, you know,
and then George and Martha came floating by, and I'm like,
oh my gosh, wait, the President and his wife.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
No, the impersonator and another. I love that stuff.
Speaker 5 (08:31):
I love going to like the museums and they interpret
you know who.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
They're like going to the museums and they're accurate. Well,
this is incredibly accurate. They're not going to answer questions
they can't or are from the future, or they don't
want to be truthful about.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
Haven't you been down to George's house in like the
macol Yeah, and they like try to make you feel like, oh,
this is like all the colonial workers colonial times.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That is immersive.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
You're right, yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
They yeah, but they're not trying to pass themselves off
as the person.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
No, but they try to get you into character, like
I've been down to Abes house.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
And that's Abraham Lincoln.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
And that's really cool too, because they just try to
get you. They have like the historical things, they're items
that may have been.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Used, but there's but there's somebody dressed up as Abe
Lincoln in his what in his family.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Then they give you tours and they talk about they
try to talk about like.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
What do you call that person somebody.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
It's an interpret interpret what do you call that person
not the real person?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, I know, but don't you call it an impersonator?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
That's the word beg you But I like that. I
like so it's not just like uh, boring, but it
helps you like understand a little better. Even Thomas Edison's house.
That was really cool in school. We went down to
see his house.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
And was there an impersonator there?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yeah? And the light ball all of it in a
light bulb. Wow.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Right, Hey, by the way, look up, I found impersonator
Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Put down your frappuccino. We got a new crowd coming in.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
It'd be cool to see, Like I know, obviously my
pal Frank is gone.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Frank Sinatra.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
It would be cool to go see go to myrtle.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
It's not it's not it's not. It's not different. It's
an it's an impersonator.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Just pull up.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
That's Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
No, it's not the one I saw the.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Okay, you know. Oh, he's very none of it. None
of them are Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Oh he's killing the crowd. What is he saying?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I don't know. Do you want me to there?
Speaker 4 (10:44):
We have to hear that?
Speaker 2 (10:46):
All right? All right? Are we sure that the actors
in character for this clip. He's being very I know
that's a visual gag, but he's being very demonstrative. Okay,
but this looks like it's behind the scenes. I'm gonna
have the disconnected from the screen though to hear that
I have your consent. Are here?
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yes, there's Al Edison, and I'm here a degree.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I'm here to talk to all the fine people from
the area. And I'm looking forward.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yeah, because that guy talks like that regularly. That's an impersonator.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Yeah, thank you, historical interpret this Franklin. And he dresses
like Ben Franklin. Oh, this is a different person. I
know that.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Does he have his little glasses?
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yes? Well no, Kristen, Well he really wears contact. Oh
here's here's a little improv with the audience. Hold on,
let's see here.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
There's a lot of times out of the more educated people,
they are concerned about the past, and we can't understand where.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
We're going unless we know where we've been. To tell
you the truth, we don't have many women working at
the lab. But you need a job. You come see me.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Hey, why don't you come to Uncle Edison's house and
do some tulip plan.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Why did you get your ass in the kitchens?
Speaker 2 (12:07):
It's a sad reminder, but it is historically accurate. And
you're wearing shoes. This is free, by the way to attend.
No kidding, No, you know what, Let.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Me get my wallet out and fork over a lot
of money for this garbage.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
We have all heard of those who are famous for
being famous, but the Americans we will meet legitimately achieve
their celebrity status through the creativity and excellence of their work.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Okay, I'm not arguing that Thomas Edison isn't a great
historical figure, but this is a legend show.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
It's towers. Edison's not up there with Sharon brue Mahers.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Yeah, I know, he's up there with with with Irma
bombback and and Albert Einstein.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
Yes, Kristen, how do you have zero interest to go
listen to Babe Ruth?
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Okay, I'm gonna very easily. It's not Babe Ruth.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
But wouldn't you be interested about hearing how baseball?
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I love to watch? Yes, and I could do that.
I could.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
I can read books. I'd love to watch a documentary,
but I don't need I don't need Henny Youngman over here.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
It's a real life documentary. No it's not, No, it's not.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
This guy was like, Hey, so I just flew in
from uh from Greenville. Hey, my arms are killing take
my wife please?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, hey what happened? Oh we left this wheelchair in
the car. Hey, oh, we're twenty eighteen. You just mentioned
her Earlier today they had Clara Barton. Oh god, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
I mentioned because the parkway was close because of the parade.
But you could have Hey, I could have asked Clara now,
not in character because she wouldn't know about the parade,
but I could have asked the actress later, do you
like when your roadway is closed?
Speaker 4 (14:05):
After?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Hi? Yeah, Red Cross? Uh wait, Christen now says I
have to go to line too. Hi on the morning? Hi, Hi,
who's this? I thought it was my stepdad. He's very nervous. Yes, Jen,
(14:28):
what can I do for you?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
So?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I used to work in South Carolina, down near Charleston,
and I worked at elementary school and.
Speaker 7 (14:38):
We had a actor.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Come in that was just like this, and he was.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
He was Abraham Lincoln.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
They did the same thing and they but he came
to talk to the kids, right.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
It wasn't like, Hey, it's teacher work day, let's all
gather around. I hear Abe Lincoln coming and ma'am again,
he's not an actor.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
He is an impersonator, no, an interpreter.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
But the kids get confused because, like they try to
ask the questions, like you said, like after their death,
and they like refuse to answer the questions.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Well, I'm not exactly sure about that.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm died at that point. Next question was the plague.
All right, very good, very good, Thank you. It's so
do you not want to clear a vision for our future?
It doesn't sound like you do.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Was your mom when your mom got done talking to
your dad or your stepdadd did she hang up the
phone and go, oh my god.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
I got to get helme.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Like? And your stepdad is cool? He wrote, like he's
all into cars and Porschas.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Remember he hung out with Vu from the the Porsche
Club of America. I bet you know what, I bet
VO would have done not attend this. So this voo
let me pay you, let me, let me let me
pay back the favor. Thanks for coming to South Carolina. Hey,
you want to go see Erma Bomb No the Irma
bomback speed again.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
He wrote this prior to you and Diane mocking him. Uh,
the show was really good. The actor plays in character
and does a great job of taking us through life
from grade school on This is for Albert. Last night,
he talked about how he came to understand his discovery.
He explained his theories about the adam, how light is
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sometimes a particle, sometimes a wave, depending how you look
at it. He talked about gravity and relativity and his
mathematical formulas in a way the audience could actually understand.
An interesting anecdote of local interest is that one of
his two sons was a scientist, an expert in soil erosion.
He actually lived in Greenville while working with Clemson, and
Einstein visited him before dying of scarlet fever. Oh, and
(17:09):
is now buried around here. Oh, no foolan', no foolin'
it is if you do. Do you like it for
students as a way to teach them history? Absolutely? Absolutely? Okay,
so that you can you just I could wrap my
head around that. But how old is your stepdad?
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
What great is he?
Speaker 1 (17:31):
In?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
You saw the craw there an kids?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
No kids? The idea of bringing an impersonator, No, that's
what they are, historical interpreter into a classroom to help
teach kids history.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I think it's absolutely absolutely. Oh, the same year that
Claire Barton was there, you also had Winston Churchill.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Oh, I was gonna guess the George Washington Parkway was
also there.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
In the winter. They had George Washington in sixty six
it was Canal Road there, does seem like because if
that all everybody's dated. No, a couple years they brought
back Alexander Hamilton. Oh, because to the popularity of them.
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Yow mm hm. Oh. The year that Thomas Edison was
there and Ben Franklin. You also had a Rosa Parks. Awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Awesome, must be awesome be able to talk to the
Rosa Parks.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Oh. The next year they had Houdini.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Oh, Eminem Dustin plays that song fifteen times a day.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Hi, Elliet in the morning.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Hi his name? Yeah? Hi?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Who's this.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (18:49):
This is Robert Donna Richmond.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Yes, what can I do for you? Robert?
Speaker 8 (18:55):
My wife and I actually went to one of these
a few years back and saw a uh he was
a biographer and a historian who did a like a
one man show about Mark Twain, and it was it
was a lot of fun. It was. It was it
was very informational, it was interesting, it was very humorous
and me and Mark Rane was just, you know, one
of our great humors ever. And it was a lot
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of fun. And he very much stayed in character the
entire time he did the show. You know, he did
some readings from some of his works and talked about
like his like contemporaries and about society at the time
while he lived, uh, you know, and just kind of
like what life, what life was like back during that
time period. But it was, it was, it was really interesting.
At the end he did, he did come out of
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character and take questions and.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
No, no, no, no, I hope he took off all
of the costume.
Speaker 8 (19:48):
I think I think he took off the the wig.
It really wasn't pretty cool. Uh, A cool evening of fun.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
It sounds great, all right, very good, very good, Thank
you sir, Thank you.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Elliot in the Morning. Hi.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Do you remember how excited people were when we did Yeah,
bear with me one second, mam, when we did our
our when we took a bunch of winners to Vegas.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Of course, do you think if we did Elliott in
the Morning Night at America in.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Celebrity, we'd have that same kind of fervor of people
being really excited for it.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Hey, do you want to explore the potential promises and
problems of public acclaim or do we not?
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Oh cool, I'm parked right next to Winston Churchill.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
It's coming. Actually he don't he put it, he put
a lip in.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
I wouldn't think of him as a prius guy.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
But they provide a space for them them to change, Yeah,
their car. I'm sorry, yes.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Night.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So yeah.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
I work at a senior living community and we have
shows kind of similar to what you're talking about. There's
a lady specifically, her name is Marianne Young, and she
comes in and she's done, like Juliet Child, she's done.
There's some lady I think on the Eastern Shore that
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they talk about, but she does a whole bunch of
different characters and like she goes around the libraries and
senior living communities and uh, there's like kids shows and
but it's a pretty similar thing.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Can I can I can I ask a question though?
Speaker 1 (21:36):
The the the and you said her name is mary
Anne Young?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Yes, but isn't there a concern?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
And I'm asking this seriously for all of like the
like I don't want this to sound mean, but like
half those people got like dimensioned stuff going on, Like
do they think that they're really.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Looking at who was she pretending to be?
Speaker 7 (22:01):
So we do have some residents that have dementia, but
they can't go. Yeah, I don't think they actually think.
It's like, you know, they're looking at the real Julia
Child like it's listen, it's like a presentation. But yeah,
she comes in and she does like interactions with them.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Okay, wait, what are you showing me? Waits the gun
out of his car? Is mary Anne Young local?
Speaker 7 (22:37):
I believe so. I think she She does a lot
of around Maryland. She might do some DC Virginia, but yeah,
she does a whole bunch of different presentations and they
really enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
All right, very good, very good, Thank you, ma'am, thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
I mean, but like at that point, you're just trying
to pass the day, You're right, Okay, that's an impersonator.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
This is not This is a historical interpreter. But there's
Churchill and again, yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He parked right next to Zion. He also took a
picture of his parking spot, so.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
He knew where he was. I guarantee these are nationally
acclaimed historical interpreters. They don't make a mistake like that.
I promise you. What did my stepdad said? He said,
the show was really good. The shows he went to
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two where am I going line six. Hi Elliott the morning. Yeah, Hi,
here's this.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Ryan?
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Yes, Ryan, what can I do for you?
Speaker 8 (23:53):
I'm listening to you and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
The actress world.
Speaker 6 (24:00):
Okay, sir, goofy, sir, the the you know what, the princesses.
I've never been more glad that somebody called because goofy
and whod your dancy last night out?
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Albert Einstein, same thing.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
It's a person inside a costume pretending to be somebody else.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
That's an impersonator. Albert could speak, though, say again. Albert
was able to talk, Okay, well how and at Legends
they're able to sing. But okay, now you're conflating multiple
forms of entertainment.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Okay, yeah, So the Disney should have said the princesses
instead the say again the princess instead of goofy?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Perfect, exactly, exactly. Hi, boys and girls, hell, when we
went to Disney, when we went to Disney last summer,
did you think that these cast members' voices remind us
of the ideas that have shaped our shared culture and
(25:07):
give us a perspective on our past. I didn't, and
I loved Disney and I love Disney. When you saw.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Diane get out of her car and Winston get out
next door.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Actually have they had? Walt? Let me look through here. Oh,
what's that old bit Disney on ice? I see Davy Crockett,
a Walter Cronkite. He sounds like you're Reagan and Nixon.
(25:43):
I do all of them. Actually, it just depends on
what wig I put on.
Did you tell Diane the thing that you sent to
me about your stepdad and what he did this week?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I did not tell Diane because she would have made
fun of him. No, go ahead, he went to a festival.
Oh wait, can I ask something real quick?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Does this festival move around? I believe this one he
attended does not. But what they do happens in a
lot of different places. Oh okay, all right, very good.
So you're not going to hear this and go oh
I wish I could travel to There's probably people that
have seen this, and it's not just because they were
in Greenville, South Carolina. So this thing pops up elsewhere.
(00:40):
Because I believe that the talent they bring in for
this festival are referred to as nationally known performers, I'll
argue that I didn't know any of these people. Go ahead, So, Diane,
if you went to History Comes Alive dot org, you
(01:01):
would find that on Wednesday night, Go ahead and type
that in. On this past Wednesday, June eleventh, in Greenville,
South Carolina, Babe Ruth was appearing at the Cultural Center.
You just had to bring some lawn seating.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
By the way, the actual No, Kristen, that's not awesome.
It's not Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth is dead. So this
is somebody dresses like Dave Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
They dress up like him. They do an entire presentation
performance talking about his or her life. Then you get
to ask questions from the audience. The one rule, he said,
this is not Babe, this is my stepfather. He went twice.
He loved it so much with Babe Ruth. He went
back last night for Albert Einstein. You think he's bored
(01:56):
with my mom being here? How happy is your mom
that she's not there to go?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
My god.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
She didn't know that it's a yearly thing. She thought
it was like a traveling Now you said, like, oh,
it's in Greenville this year.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
That's what I thought it was, not this year. I
thought it was like, we're in Greenville for a week. Yeah,
and then Babe and Albert and there's all kinds of
people on this thing.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, Lucille Ball was earlier in the week. She was
not too pleased to hear that this has been going
on since nineteen ninety nine. I was like, the show.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Wait, everybody, this thing shows up every year since nineteen
ninety nine, and is it the same people.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, no, no, no, no, they've had an amazing list
of guest speakers who have They've had an amazing list
of impersonators. So he said, the only rule during the
Q and A is you cannot ask him or her
about anything in history that occurred after their death, Like what, well,
(02:55):
what would you think of, say, for Babe Ruth, what
do you think of robo umps? Something like that?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
I gotcha, not just oh, So you can't ask him
about anything that happened after.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No, that's for when the person then gets out of
costume and they they speak to how they feel like,
they don't want to put words in the mouth of
who they are portraying, and they will then answer what
they feel like Babe or Albert would have said, or Lucille.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So Jimmy takes off his Babe Ruth uniform and is like, hey,
I'm telling you him right now, I don't think Babe
Ruth would have been at all into uh into a
robo ump.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So again, before you continue to make fun, he did
attend at least one of the Knights with a friend.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Did he go with did he take Babe to go
see uh Lucille ball?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
But he didn't see he saw Babe Ruth Albert. But
when Babe Ruth.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Where the tickets sold out for Irma Bombeck the columnist.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Yeah, she's one of the ones listened to.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, that was a yeah, she's I know the website
has past years.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
She was, well not, Oh, maybe he's going to go
to Irma Bomback the discussions tonight.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Oh, because this was at two o'clock showing because they
had to clear out the festival grounds for the big
Josephine Baker Uh presentation.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Now, if anyone does head to the website or the
festival grounds when it says discussion, I know they've noted that.
At least I saw this for Albert and Babe. They
are not in costom for the discussion. Okay, it is
just a essentially a class on the person. So essentially
somebody like me gets up there and I think it's
the same person. It's the actor, the in person. It's
the part of the performance where they're out of cost.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh my god, I didn't even recognize you when you're
not dressed as Babe.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
No, but people care that much about Irma Bomback.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
How about anybody on the list the friend when the
you're not meeting Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Well you are. No, you're not, Yes you are.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
It's cost play.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh I am, well you're not. Is this like what
was that? What was that show in Myrtle Legends?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yes, yeah, it's different than that. No it's not. It
is how because Babe's not singing? Well, they also have
like does your dad think that he saw Babe Ruth. No,
he knows that it's going to.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Be embarrassing, but he goes and tells all of his
friends that he just saw Babe Ruth.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
He brought his friend, his friend dead dead, and it
may have been even a couple with him. He may
have brought two people. But one of the people with
him recognized the actor portraying Babe Ruth oh as a
guy who works at the store, the general store, because
it was a client of his from a few years ago.
So this is even a traveling group he does, he does,
(05:40):
but I think he has roots in the area. Gotcha, Yeah,
I did his insurance. It was furniture. They sold him furniture.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Kristen, can you find me somebody that has seen anything
like this? So other than so this is this is annually?
How many people are every year going to this. But
you're telling me that this isn't a traveling show. But
some thing like this does happen in other cities.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
I do believe these actors travel, but this festival itself
is just in South Carolina.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
It's so it's an interesting mix.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
So the guy, the guy who they're not people, they're impersonating.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
So the guy, I don't think they use that word?
What impersonator?
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
What word did they use? Well, certainly not impressionists.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
No, but what word do they use? They can't say
it's babe, ruth.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It is a historical interpreter. Oh right, it's an impersonator. No,
a nationally acclaimed historical interpreter transfers you back in time
to tell the story. Then the audience gets to join
in to quiz the historical figure. Finally, the performer steps
out of character and answers audience questions the subject couldn't answer,
(06:50):
or wouldn't answer, answer truthfully, what do you mean truthfully?
Perhaps they want it to stick with a lie that
we all know.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We knew, but then after death they uncovered something new.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
It sounds more scandalous than that if they wouldn't admit
to having Maybe an affair. You could see where someone
in front of all Lucy could talk about Desy. It
sounds like Diane would have gone to but you know
who wants to go Christens?
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Who want?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Will you turn your cell phone for a second? Oh
last year they had Maria von Trapp and Charles Dickens.
Because everything you know is the movie.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
But these historical figures I would love, Like in the
National Memorial Day Parade, I got to see Abe Lincoln.
He came floating by.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
You know what I could tell you, you know, I because
not too long ago, I also saw Abe Lincoln out
at the cap One Ballpark during Swinging the Summer. At
the Alsner Foundation event, they had the racing President, so
I got to see Abe well and George.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
It didn't ruin it when you saw Abe Lincoln on
his iPhone. What else was cool?
Speaker 5 (08:14):
He got up and took his hat off, you know,
and then George and Martha came floating by, and I'm like,
oh my gosh, wait, the President and his wife.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
No, the impersonator and another. I love that stuff.
Speaker 5 (08:31):
I love going to like the museums and they interpret
you know who.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
They're like going to the museums and they're accurate. Well,
this is incredibly accurate. They're not going to answer questions
they can't or are from the future, or they don't
want to be truthful about.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
Haven't you been down to George's house in like the
macol Yeah, and they like try to make you feel like, oh,
this is like all the colonial workers colonial times.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That is immersive.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
You're right, yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
They yeah, but they're not trying to pass themselves off
as the person.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
No, but they try to get you into character, like
I've been down to Abes house.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
And that's Abraham Lincoln.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
And that's really cool too, because they just try to
get you. They have like the historical things, they're items
that may have been.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Used, but there's but there's somebody dressed up as Abe
Lincoln in his what in his family.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Then they give you tours and they talk about they
try to talk about like.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
What do you call that person somebody.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
It's an interpret interpret what do you call that person
not the real person?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, I know, but don't you call it an impersonator?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
That's the word beg you But I like that. I
like so it's not just like uh, boring, but it
helps you like understand a little better. Even Thomas Edison's house.
That was really cool in school. We went down to
see his house.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
And was there an impersonator there?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yeah? And the light ball all of it in a
light bulb. Wow.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Right, Hey, by the way, look up, I found impersonator
Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
Put down your frappuccino. We got a new crowd coming in.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
It'd be cool to see, Like I know, obviously my
pal Frank is gone.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Frank Sinatra.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
It would be cool to go see go to myrtle.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
It's not it's not it's not. It's not different. It's
an it's an impersonator.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Just pull up.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
That's Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
No, it's not the one I saw the.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Okay, you know. Oh, he's very none of it. None
of them are Thomas Edison.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Oh he's killing the crowd. What is he saying?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I don't know. Do you want me to there?
Speaker 4 (10:44):
We have to hear that?
Speaker 2 (10:46):
All right? All right? Are we sure that the actors
in character for this clip. He's being very I know
that's a visual gag, but he's being very demonstrative. Okay,
but this looks like it's behind the scenes. I'm gonna
have the disconnected from the screen though to hear that
I have your consent. Are here?
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yes, there's Al Edison, and I'm here a degree.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I'm here to talk to all the fine people from
the area. And I'm looking forward.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yeah, because that guy talks like that regularly. That's an impersonator.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Yeah, thank you, historical interpret this Franklin. And he dresses
like Ben Franklin. Oh, this is a different person. I
know that.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Does he have his little glasses?
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yes? Well no, Kristen, Well he really wears contact. Oh
here's here's a little improv with the audience. Hold on,
let's see here.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
There's a lot of times out of the more educated people,
they are concerned about the past, and we can't understand where.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
We're going unless we know where we've been. To tell
you the truth, we don't have many women working at
the lab. But you need a job. You come see me.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Hey, why don't you come to Uncle Edison's house and
do some tulip plan.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Why did you get your ass in the kitchens?
Speaker 2 (12:07):
It's a sad reminder, but it is historically accurate. And
you're wearing shoes. This is free, by the way to attend.
No kidding, No, you know what, Let.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Me get my wallet out and fork over a lot
of money for this garbage.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
We have all heard of those who are famous for
being famous, but the Americans we will meet legitimately achieve
their celebrity status through the creativity and excellence of their work.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Okay, I'm not arguing that Thomas Edison isn't a great
historical figure, but this is a legend show.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
It's towers. Edison's not up there with Sharon brue Mahers.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Yeah, I know, he's up there with with with Irma
bombback and and Albert Einstein.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
Yes, Kristen, how do you have zero interest to go
listen to Babe Ruth?
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Okay, I'm gonna very easily. It's not Babe Ruth.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
But wouldn't you be interested about hearing how baseball?
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I love to watch? Yes, and I could do that.
I could.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
I can read books. I'd love to watch a documentary,
but I don't need I don't need Henny Youngman over here.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
It's a real life documentary. No it's not, No, it's not.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
This guy was like, Hey, so I just flew in
from uh from Greenville. Hey, my arms are killing take
my wife please?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Yeah, hey what happened? Oh we left this wheelchair in
the car. Hey, oh, we're twenty eighteen. You just mentioned
her Earlier today they had Clara Barton. Oh god, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
I mentioned because the parkway was close because of the parade.
But you could have Hey, I could have asked Clara now,
not in character because she wouldn't know about the parade,
but I could have asked the actress later, do you
like when your roadway is closed?
Speaker 4 (14:05):
After?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Hi? Yeah, Red Cross? Uh wait, Christen now says I
have to go to line too. Hi on the morning? Hi, Hi,
who's this? I thought it was my stepdad. He's very nervous. Yes, Jen,
(14:28):
what can I do for you?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
So?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I used to work in South Carolina, down near Charleston,
and I worked at elementary school and.
Speaker 7 (14:38):
We had a actor.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Come in that was just like this, and he was.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
He was Abraham Lincoln.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
They did the same thing and they but he came
to talk to the kids, right.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
It wasn't like, Hey, it's teacher work day, let's all
gather around. I hear Abe Lincoln coming and ma'am again,
he's not an actor.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
He is an impersonator, no, an interpreter.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
But the kids get confused because, like they try to
ask the questions, like you said, like after their death,
and they like refuse to answer the questions.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Well, I'm not exactly sure about that.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm died at that point. Next question was the plague.
All right, very good, very good, Thank you. It's so
do you not want to clear a vision for our future?
It doesn't sound like you do.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Was your mom when your mom got done talking to
your dad or your stepdadd did she hang up the
phone and go, oh my god.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
I got to get helme.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Like? And your stepdad is cool? He wrote, like he's
all into cars and Porschas.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Remember he hung out with Vu from the the Porsche
Club of America. I bet you know what, I bet
VO would have done not attend this. So this voo
let me pay you, let me, let me let me
pay back the favor. Thanks for coming to South Carolina. Hey,
you want to go see Erma Bomb No the Irma
bomback speed again.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
He wrote this prior to you and Diane mocking him. Uh,
the show was really good. The actor plays in character
and does a great job of taking us through life
from grade school on This is for Albert. Last night,
he talked about how he came to understand his discovery.
He explained his theories about the adam, how light is
(16:44):
sometimes a particle, sometimes a wave, depending how you look
at it. He talked about gravity and relativity and his
mathematical formulas in a way the audience could actually understand.
An interesting anecdote of local interest is that one of
his two sons was a scientist, an expert in soil erosion.
He actually lived in Greenville while working with Clemson, and
Einstein visited him before dying of scarlet fever. Oh, and
(17:09):
is now buried around here. Oh, no foolan', no foolin'
it is if you do. Do you like it for
students as a way to teach them history? Absolutely? Absolutely? Okay,
so that you can you just I could wrap my
head around that. But how old is your stepdad?
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
What great is he?
Speaker 1 (17:31):
In?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
You saw the craw there an kids?
Speaker 1 (17:36):
No kids? The idea of bringing an impersonator, No, that's
what they are, historical interpreter into a classroom to help
teach kids history.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I think it's absolutely absolutely. Oh, the same year that
Claire Barton was there, you also had Winston Churchill.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Oh, I was gonna guess the George Washington Parkway was
also there.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
In the winter. They had George Washington in sixty six
it was Canal Road there, does seem like because if
that all everybody's dated. No, a couple years they brought
back Alexander Hamilton. Oh, because to the popularity of them.
(18:19):
Yow mm hm. Oh. The year that Thomas Edison was
there and Ben Franklin. You also had a Rosa Parks. Awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Awesome, must be awesome be able to talk to the
Rosa Parks.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Oh. The next year they had Houdini.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Oh, Eminem Dustin plays that song fifteen times a day.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Hi, Elliet in the morning.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Hi his name? Yeah? Hi?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Who's this.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (18:49):
This is Robert Donna Richmond.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Yes, what can I do for you? Robert?
Speaker 8 (18:55):
My wife and I actually went to one of these
a few years back and saw a uh he was
a biographer and a historian who did a like a
one man show about Mark Twain, and it was it
was a lot of fun. It was. It was it
was very informational, it was interesting, it was very humorous
and me and Mark Rane was just, you know, one
of our great humors ever. And it was a lot
(19:18):
of fun. And he very much stayed in character the
entire time he did the show. You know, he did
some readings from some of his works and talked about
like his like contemporaries and about society at the time
while he lived, uh, you know, and just kind of
like what life, what life was like back during that
time period. But it was, it was, it was really interesting.
At the end he did, he did come out of
(19:39):
character and take questions and.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
No, no, no, no, I hope he took off all
of the costume.
Speaker 8 (19:48):
I think I think he took off the the wig.
It really wasn't pretty cool. Uh, A cool evening of fun.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
It sounds great, all right, very good, very good, Thank
you sir, Thank you.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Elliot in the Morning. Hi.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Do you remember how excited people were when we did Yeah,
bear with me one second, mam, when we did our
our when we took a bunch of winners to Vegas.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Of course, do you think if we did Elliott in
the Morning Night at America in.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Celebrity, we'd have that same kind of fervor of people
being really excited for it.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Hey, do you want to explore the potential promises and
problems of public acclaim or do we not?
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Oh cool, I'm parked right next to Winston Churchill.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
It's coming. Actually he don't he put it, he put
a lip in.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
I wouldn't think of him as a prius guy.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
But they provide a space for them them to change, Yeah,
their car. I'm sorry, yes.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Night.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So yeah.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
I work at a senior living community and we have
shows kind of similar to what you're talking about. There's
a lady specifically, her name is Marianne Young, and she
comes in and she's done, like Juliet Child, she's done.
There's some lady I think on the Eastern Shore that
(21:23):
they talk about, but she does a whole bunch of
different characters and like she goes around the libraries and
senior living communities and uh, there's like kids shows and
but it's a pretty similar thing.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Can I can I can I ask a question though?
Speaker 1 (21:36):
The the the and you said her name is mary
Anne Young?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Yes, but isn't there a concern?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
And I'm asking this seriously for all of like the
like I don't want this to sound mean, but like
half those people got like dimensioned stuff going on, Like
do they think that they're really.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Looking at who was she pretending to be?
Speaker 7 (22:01):
So we do have some residents that have dementia, but
they can't go. Yeah, I don't think they actually think.
It's like, you know, they're looking at the real Julia
Child like it's listen, it's like a presentation. But yeah,
she comes in and she does like interactions with them.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Okay, wait, what are you showing me? Waits the gun
out of his car? Is mary Anne Young local?
Speaker 7 (22:37):
I believe so. I think she She does a lot
of around Maryland. She might do some DC Virginia, but yeah,
she does a whole bunch of different presentations and they
really enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
All right, very good, very good, Thank you, ma'am, thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
I mean, but like at that point, you're just trying
to pass the day, You're right, Okay, that's an impersonator.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
This is not This is a historical interpreter. But there's
Churchill and again, yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He parked right next to Zion. He also took a
picture of his parking spot, so.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
He knew where he was. I guarantee these are nationally
acclaimed historical interpreters. They don't make a mistake like that.
I promise you. What did my stepdad said? He said,
the show was really good. The shows he went to
(23:33):
two where am I going line six. Hi Elliott the morning. Yeah, Hi,
here's this.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
Ryan?
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Yes, Ryan, what can I do for you?
Speaker 8 (23:53):
I'm listening to you and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
The actress world.
Speaker 6 (24:00):
Okay, sir, goofy, sir, the the you know what, the princesses.
I've never been more glad that somebody called because goofy
and whod your dancy last night out?
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Albert Einstein, same thing.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
It's a person inside a costume pretending to be somebody else.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
That's an impersonator. Albert could speak, though, say again. Albert
was able to talk, Okay, well how and at Legends
they're able to sing. But okay, now you're conflating multiple
forms of entertainment.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
Okay, yeah, So the Disney should have said the princesses
instead the say again the princess instead of goofy?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Perfect, exactly, exactly. Hi, boys and girls, hell, when we
went to Disney, when we went to Disney last summer,
did you think that these cast members' voices remind us
of the ideas that have shaped our shared culture and
(25:07):
give us a perspective on our past. I didn't, and
I loved Disney and I love Disney. When you saw.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Diane get out of her car and Winston get out
next door.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Actually have they had? Walt? Let me look through here. Oh,
what's that old bit Disney on ice? I see Davy Crockett,
a Walter Cronkite. He sounds like you're Reagan and Nixon.
(25:43):
I do all of them. Actually, it just depends on
what wig I put on.
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
Ridiculous History
History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.