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George Clooney

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
634 total appearances

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George Clooney

So she made leisure suits for me, you know, that I wouldn't have to wear.

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George Clooney

So it was a very... Some of it was about...

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George Clooney

putting on a really good show for an audience that really loved, particularly my father, who they knew very well.

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George Clooney

When he was doing the news, he was trusted because he was honest and because he did hold truth to power.

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George Clooney

a nuclear power plant that was in town that was a big industry, and going after that was a big problem at Channel 12, which was ABC Network at the time.

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George Clooney

And, you know, it was just that he was trusted and well-liked.

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George Clooney

Everywhere he went, it was like, hey, Nick.

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George Clooney

So, you know, you couldn't get caught with your finger in your nose or anything.

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George Clooney

You learned about being watched.

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George Clooney

And it was, listen, it was a great way to grow up because I learned how to fix things and live a normal life.

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George Clooney

And then if we went into Cincinnati, my dad was well known.

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George Clooney

And we, you know, we didn't get to go out to dinners very often because we couldn't afford it.

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George Clooney

But we got a big thing.

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George Clooney

All my friends will tell you this.

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George Clooney

If we got to go out to dinner, which is like once a month or so.

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George Clooney

We knew how we were doing financially if my dad let us order a shrimp cocktail as a starter.

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George Clooney

And so he's like, and I'd say to my dad, can we have a shrimp cocktail?

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George Clooney

And he'd be like, yeah, not this, not right now.