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Naural Born Storytellers

Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:37 am
Posted by BeefSupreme
Metairie
Member since Sep 2016
353 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:37 am
I love hearing a funny story told by a talented storyteller.

Can y'all post some examples?
Jerry Clower
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 11:41 am
Posted by UFownstSECsince1950
Member since Dec 2009
32797 posts
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Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102283 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:40 am to
My dad can tell a story and have everybody's attention. I try to tell the same story and people's eyes glaze over.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
59171 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:41 am to
Pretty sure Jerry Clower got some 10,000 hours of mic time in before being deemed “natural born”
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
1754 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:41 am to
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Natural Born Storyteller




Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102283 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:43 am to
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Pretty sure Jerry Clower got some 10,000 hours of mic time in before being deemed “natural born”


He sold agricultural chemicals for years and it's where he honed his gift of gab.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
59171 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:45 am to
That’s what I mean

Most of these great speakers, story tellers, comedians work their asses off to perfect the spoken word. It doesn’t just happen
Posted by roux
Tiger Territory
Member since Dec 2006
1627 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:47 am to
"Somebody shoot amongst us, one of us needs relief"
Posted by Booyow
Member since Mar 2010
4134 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:05 pm to
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:05 pm to
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Jerry Clower


On my Top 5 Most Aggravating Oralists
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
11290 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:18 pm to
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Pretty sure Jerry Clower got some 10,000 hours of mic time in before being deemed “natural born”



Supposedly not remotely true...he was a outside salesman for a fertilizer company. The man made a living literally peddling bullshite through out the south...farmers being what they are being able to tell a story was a job requirement. Supposedly he was told so often he ought to record his BS he took it serious and the rest is history.
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
1702 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:47 pm to
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On my Top 5 Most Aggravating Oralists


Haaaawwwww....
Posted by robchand58
Denham Springs LA
Member since Nov 2012
653 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:48 pm to
Clower was getting little attention to his pitches for fertilizer, until he started mixing in funny stories of growing up poor in Amite County MS. Sales skyrocketed! He always said storytelling was a gift. "I don't tell funny stories. I tell stories funny."
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 12:49 pm
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
48773 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 12:50 pm to
My brother when he was younger could tell girls all kinds of stories to get in their panties. He was a master at it.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:01 pm to
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Haaaawwwww....


Exactly!

Of course, I grew up as a Coonass and not a redneck.
Posted by Adam4LSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2008
13760 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:06 pm to
Vincent Speranza - His Story

One of the best to ever tell a story. I could have listened to this guy talk about anything
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
130123 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:09 pm to
I love hearing Dan Carlin tell stories
Posted by TheChicotKid
Member since Sep 2023
282 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:44 pm to
Same thing
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
17968 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:46 pm to
Michael Franzese, former mobster who got out of the life and for some miraculous reason, is still walking the streets now a free man.

His first hand stories of his mob life and all the scams he pulled making millions for the crime bosses and the trials and tribulations of that life are interesting to listen to.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2182 posts
Posted on 9/26/23 at 1:54 pm to
Jeanne Robertson. I first heard her on XM radio years ago. She has some stories

Youtube- Jeanne Robertson, The Rafting Story
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