Tag: Kevin Shortsleeve
Harry Nilsson
You’re listening to songwriter Harry Nilsson performing the TV theme from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.
Donald Duck
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Donald-Ducks-First-Quacks.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/12/2002 Donald Duck Transcript Today we sing the praises of a Hollywood personality who has been acting on screen now for sixty-eight years. He has been nominated for eight academy awards. He was drafted in World War II and won an Oscar for his […]
Jacques Cousteau
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jacques-Cousteau-1.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/11/2002 Jacques Cousteau Transcript Jacques Cousteau once said, “When one person, for whatever reasons, has had a chance to lead an exceptional life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” And how lucky we were that this underwater explorer, inventor, photographer, environmentalist […]
Morgan Freeman
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Morgan-Freeman-Easy-Reader.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/3/2002 Morgan Freeman Transcript For some, Morgan Freeman is best known for his compelling performances in such films as Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption. But for kids who grew up in the 1970s, it is difficult not to first associate Freeman with […]
Walt Whitman
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walt-Whitman-Poets-Boyhood.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/31/2002 Walt Whitman Transcript It can be said of Walt Whitman that he was a poet who wrote with a voice of childlike boldness and charm. Writing in the mid-1800s, Whitman authored such well-known works as Song of Myself, I Sing the Body Electric, […]
Childhoods of the Presidents: JFK
It's John F. Kennedy's birthday today, and Kevin Shortsleeve has some reflections on the youth of our 35th president.
Farley Mowat
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Farley-Mowat.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/13/2002 Farley Mowat Transcript It is challenging to put into words exactly what makes reading Farley Mowat such a personal experience. If you read his tales of the far north – both fiction and nonfiction – you will likely come away feeling as though […]
Going Bananas with Shana
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Going-Bananas-with-Shana.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/1/2002 Going Bananas with Shana Transcript If you’ve not heard of Shana Banana yet, it might not be too long before your toddler tells you about her. Shana is a fresh new recruit in the world of children’s music, and the singer-songwriter has been […]
Johnny Tremain
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Patriots-Day-Johnny-Tremain.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/22/2002 Johnny Tremain Transcript As a source of literary inspiration, the American Revolution has inspired surprisingly few fictional tales that have stood the test of time. Unlike the Civil War, or World War II, action stories and adventure films have rarely successfully explored the […]
Charlie Chaplin
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Charlie-Chaplin.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/16/2002 Charlie Chaplin Transcript At the height of the silent film era, cinema going could be a posh and stylish event. Filmgoers often wore their Sunday-best, and far from being truly silent, the best theaters of the 1920s employed entire orchestras bedecked in ducktails […]