Jean Abel
speaker
118 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 30 Jan
Jean Abel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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to find other people interesting.
And I kind of liked that.
I thought that was very... that was unlike many of the fellows you would meet, you know.
I think the thing that started it all for him...
When he went to Ohio State, he was giving the new freshmen some sort of pep talk or something.
In the process, he fell off the stage.
And he got laughs.
They thought he was being funny.
He actually fell off the stage without intent.
But every time he rubbed his elbow or some other, you know, scratched his head or whatever, he got a laugh.
And he liked laughter.
He liked, he thought, huh.
He was in Texas, and all of a sudden, along a highway in Texas, traffic stopped.
There were cattle crossing the highway, and two particular...
lady and male cows were having a romantic affair.
And people were just, the various reactions as he saw them in the cars ahead and behind in his rearview mirror were so interesting to him.
He started writing in his head, he started writing this story.
And it was about an association of people who are going to make animals wear clothes.
And so he started printing up pamphlets and leaving them along the way in motel drawers and restaurants and tables.
You know, just trying to plant the idea.
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