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The George Plimpton Story
- cafard 10y agoI drew strange, mostly scornful looks in junior high study hall by laughing at loud over Paper Lion.
- gadders 10y agoAll the books of his are good, and well worth a read.
- Sukotto 10y agoThe Plimpton Project sponsored a song contest to raise awareness of George Plimpton and their efforts to raise a statue in his honor. The winning entry: Jonathan Coulton "A Talk with George" https://youtu.be/-YMcqNc4nSY?t=1h33m20s https://youtu.be/-YMcqNc4nSY?t=1h33m20s ref: - http://thingaweekredux.com/post/3564224482/thing-a-week-23-a-talk-with-george-chapter-23-in http://thingaweekredux.com/post/3564224482/thing-a-week-23-a... - http://www.plimptonproject.org/ http://www.plimptonproject.org/ (warning, flash site)
- davesque 10y agoFrom the article I still have some doubts, but was this the guy who hosted Mouseterpiece Theatre? If so, I always loved that guy. I'm going to go watch old Disney cartoons from the 50's on youtube now.
- slantyyz 10y agoI mostly remember George Plimpton from the Mattel Intellivision TV commercials when I was a child. I didn't fully grasp exactly who he was until I was older.
- jimmydddd 10y agoBy his own admission, not a great businessman, but I think fits within the HN world for thinking creatively outside the box. He ran the Paris Review at a loss, but was trying to change the world by discovering new important authors. Also, writing about and participating in sports like boxing and hockey were, at the time, well outside the norms for those of his social status and upbringing.
- dfsegoat 10y agoHe was also a prolific generalist and was able to communicate across many fun topics: The only book of his I actually have ever read was his book "Fireworks: A history and celebration" - literally about fireworks, their history and how fireworks transcend culture and customs. He actually had his ashes loaded into a pyrotechnics shell. [0] - https://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-History-Celebration-George-Plimpton/dp/0385154143 https://www.amazon.com/Fireworks-History-Celebration-George-... [1] - http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/8127347/sent-bang http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/8127347/sent-bang
- dghughes 10y agoHis Mid-Atlantic accent always confused me as to where he was born and raised I never would have guessed it was NY City.
- justjonathan 10y agoThere is a fun look at George Plimpton in My Korean Deli, by Ben Ryder Howe who worked at the Paris Review. It was a fun read beyond that too, and it will show you a different (less ambitious and less successful) view of entrepreurship than you generally see on HN. https://www.amazon.com/My-Korean-Deli-Risking-Convenience/dp/B008SLEODC https://www.amazon.com/My-Korean-Deli-Risking-Convenience/dp... Edit: Formatting.