70 Year Magazine Archive

Random Notes

by Brad Miner

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The story goes that Fulton Sheen, then the reigning ratings champ of network television, caught a taxi outside the old Adelphi Theater, where he’d just finished his 28-minute non-stop (with no notes or cue cards) broadcast of Life Is Worth Living. The cabbie recognized him, of course.

“Too bad you haven’t written a book. I gotta drive this hack, and I don’t get to see your show much.”

BM

About the Author

Brad Miner

Brad Miner, a former Literary Editor of National Review, is senior editor of The Catholic Thing website. This article is taken in part from his book The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry, now available in a Third Edition from Regnery Gateway.

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