# Art Linkletter has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-linkletter-has-died/540865>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-linkletter-has-died/540865 "2010-05-26T19:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-linkletter-has-died/540865/41 "2010-05-28T16:53:12Z")

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> [@In\_Winnipeg](#):
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> It seems to me that when this happens, it’s somewhat of a demonstration that “the best defense is a good offense” or making noise enough to cover one’s own failings as a parent. This is something most easily seen when the parent is a celebrity, because presumably they are too busy to spend the required amount of time to bring a child up.

I wonder if you have kids. I know great parents whose kids turned out bad, and crappy parents whose kids turned out great. His two sons seemed to do okay also. He also stayed married to the same woman for something like 60 years, so he had some good qualities.

BTW the Times obituary said that he came out in favor of marijuana decriminalization eventually. But the most interesting thing about it was that as a young man he rode the rails as a hobo, and he said he learned how to hop freights and stay away from the railroad bulls. He also worked as a merchant seaman. I watched House Party as a kid, but he had a far more interesting life than I had ever guessed.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-linkletter-has-died/540865/42 "2010-05-31T01:58:52Z")

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Clips of KSTDT, with clips of the now-adult kids interspersed. The last kid is the cutest. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMOhM31EyM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMOhM31EyM)

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