Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday

Moore, Peter

ISBN 10: 0816634327 / ISBN 13: 9780816634323

Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816634327
• ISBN 13: 9780816634323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV -- a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making him a fixture in Minnesota living rooms.

At the end of his weekly news-in-review program, Moore on Sunday (or, as he liked to call it, "Moron Sunday"), Moore often signed off by reciting a poem. These poems, composed by Moore's son Peter and collected here for the first time, offers a fresh and funny take on the common and not-so-common stuff of our everyday lives. Reminiscent of Ogden Nash and Tom Lehrer, with a dash of Dr. Seuss, Peter Moore's verse captures the essence of his father's wit, common sense, honesty, and warmth.

About the Author

Peter Moore has been an actor and director in theater and film for more than twenty years. He lives in St. Paul, Mn.

For more than three decades, Dave Moore was the anchorman for the CBS-TV affiliate in Minnneapolis and remained hugely popular until his death in 1998. These poems were written for his week-in-review news program called MOORE ON SUNDAY and are read here by Dave himself.