Carolina QuotesMany years ago, when I was doing the Huntley-Brinkley Report , I was in an airport somewhere, and I was approached by a gray-haired lady. She said, “Are you Chet Huntley?” I said, “Yes, I am.” If I had walked up to Abbott and Costello, I’m not sure I would have known which one was which.
David Brinkley
Carolinian
Source
Reed Sarratt Distinguished Lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988; UNC Libraries, History on the Hill
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- speech
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- Reed Sarratt Distinguished Lecture
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- 1988
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“Many years ago, when I was doing the Huntley-Brinkley Report…” David Brinkley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-348C04B0D2. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/348c04b0d2
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