Jimmy Stewart On The Tonight Show In 1989
Jimmy Stewart is talking to Johnny Carson about flying.
It’s 1989. Jimmy is 81. Johnny is 64.
Jimmy is wearing a dark suit with a reddish tie.
His hair looks a little blond, but it could be the lights.
Jimmy tells a story about getting to ride in a barnstorming plane.
As he tells it I’m reminded again of how much I love this man.
Jimmy talks in interviews just the way he does on the big screen.
Not that I’ve ever seen one of his movies on the big screen.
Jimmy has that accent you can’t quite pin down.
He’s from Indiana, Pennsylvania, but I think the accent is his own.
Jimmy gestures with his right hand.
I can’t even tell you why I love him, exactly.
Jimmy reminds me a bit of my grandfather.
And of course I realize he was acting in all those movies.
Jimmy just seems like a good man.
I used to drive by a sign for his museum on the way to a job I had.
Jimmy’s museum is in his home town.
I never went, but I always meant to.
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31 March 2021
Latham NY
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