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George Clooney

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
634 total appearances

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George Clooney

And it was an interesting thing because he was there with a bunch of family members and

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George Clooney

and watching it live.

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George Clooney

And at the end, he stood up and he saluted the television, which was a pretty beautiful thing for me and for us and for our relationship.

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George Clooney

He set the standard pretty high for me.

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George Clooney

Well, it was a funny thing.

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George Clooney

My dad was very well known in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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George Clooney

And before he was an anchorman, he'd done a variety show called the Nick Clooney Show.

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George Clooney

And my sister and I would do commercials.

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George Clooney

Obviously, we never got paid, but we would do commercials for Hussman's potato chips and stuff like that live.

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George Clooney

Patrick's Day, he'd dress me up like a leprechaun and he'd interview me.

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George Clooney

It must be a very big day for you.

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George Clooney

And I'd do my Lucky Charms accent.

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George Clooney

So my father was โ€“ not my sister and I, but my father and mother both were well-known personalities in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is a relatively small market, about the 17th largest city in this thing.

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George Clooney

But he was making $12,000 a year.

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George Clooney

So we weren't like โ€“ it wasn't like we had money.

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George Clooney

We just sort of had โ€“ my dad was just recognized everywhere we went.

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George Clooney

And so it was very much about, like, my mom made all of our clothes for us.

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George Clooney

But we had to dress up and wear nice clothes.