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- I truely enjoy this program and watch every Sunday Morning with a cup of coffee at my home. At my place of business a sports club, I have 27 TV's I have 4banks of 8 and three that are on individual feeds for our members enjoyment.... and on Sunday morning you will find Charles Osgood on 9 TV's in my club!
This coming Sunday you we will not have those TV's on Mr. Osgood.... nor will he be on in my home!
I am extremely disappointed in the fact that you are airing a piece on JANE FONDA..... and that you would advertise that you are airing it on Memorial Day weekend!
I hope that others follow my lead and you have the lowest ratings in history..... this person is so offensive....she should be in jail! Not over looking Los Angeles as she said in the promo.....
You can do better that this Mr. Osgood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Dear Charles Osgood,
Your wonderful article about La Gomera on today's Sunday Morning edition, inspired the following article:
La Gomera, Island of Whistlers
If you were to move with your family to La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, your children would be enrolled in a school where Spanish is spoken. They would be taught all the subjects that children are usually exposed to in public schools - the national language, as well as math, science, art, and so on - but here, on La Gomera, they would also be required to take a unique course - whistling.
When Spanish settlers discovered the island in the 16th Century, they noticed a skill possessed by every native - the ability to whistle. This was not the usual puckering of the lips to make sounds, but a curled tongue, finger knuckles inserted, and one hand used to manipulate the shape of the mouth.
The whistling was melodious and varied in pitch and volume, as it slid up and down the scale. It was so diverse, that the intrigued Spaniards found that they could incorporate the sounds into their own language. They learned to use the two vowels and four consonants to mimic Spanish. The result was as complex and detailed a language as the spoken.
La Gomera is mountainous and deep ravines isolate villages from each other, except by travel of many miles. The whistlers project their melodious sounds as far as 3000 meters, but the sound can travel much farther if echoed between peaks and borne on air currents. A whistle reaches many times farther than a shout, and shouting can become distorted and unintelligible.
The raising of sheep and goats is the main industry, and herders whistle special sounds to the animals, to move them from area to area.
Someone from one village may announce a wedding or a funeral or a festival by standing on a hill overlooking a ravine, and this announcement may be passed on over further chasms. It is an effective way to convey the news, but not an intimate exchange, of course! It's like writing on someone's Facebook wall, rather than sending a private message.
It is today's technology, however, that is threatening this centuries-old - from Roman times, perhaps even before, since it is said to have originated in a coatal region of Africa - custom. The younger generation is so connected to Facebook, I-Pads and other Twitter devices, that the practice threatened extinction. The older generation was keeping it alive, and they felt regret that it might become a lost art.
So a national law was passed, requiring all elementary school children to learn the whistling language, and after some resistance, they took to it, feeling proud that this skill of their island is unique in the world.
In this new era, Juan can announce his love for Maria for all to hear: "Te amo! Will you marry me?"
"Oh, no Juan, no Juan, no Juan, no!" broadcasts from another hill.
Juan feels humiliated, but Maria's friends hear the plea and urge her to reconsider. "He's handsome, Maria. I wish he'd look at me the way he looks at you! He will inherit his father's hardware store business, and you would be well off."
Maria thinks about it, while Juan's friends tell him to try again.
"Maria, te amo! Will you marry me?" reverberates once more across the chasm.
And from far away, floats her one-syllable answer: "Siiiiii!" - Reply to this comment
- I just want to say thank you for all the many things you have done for so many with the little rays of sunlight you bestowed on us every Sunday morning. And thank you for the ringtone and here's why!every sunday morning, I get up and cook a big old fashion preface, even though I live alone now. I can remember that when I was little every Sunday morning I will wait to the smell of sausage and bacon, fresh coffee smell wafting through the house, there were a egg's and grits, just bake biscuits home made jelly, orange marmalade and big block butter moldable. There were bowls and plates of foods all over the kitchen table ready for a room full of hungry people to pick and choose while holding the little ones that couldn't reach one of my older sisters always helped my grandmother and mother with preparing this traditional Sunday feast. My first real memory of Sunday morning Charles Osgood otherwise known as Uncle Charlie was taking the place of Charles I didn't really understand that then what did I know I was only six. The show itself became a staple in are household we listened to the showed with the intensity no one spoke a word I glued to the picture tube it was like reading a magazine not many of them in our house could not afford them with nine kids. The shos of fact and us each differently the profound changes were diction related and language skills and knowledge of current events as well as history and arts, we were far beyond our contemporaries. The whole family sat around the TV when the new (Uncle Charlie) was being welcomed onto the Sunday morning show this being in black and white. I am now in my middle fifties my are all son is all grown up, and Sunday morning still holds a special place in all of our hearts and now with the advent of cell phones when my mom or Graham mom calls me I get reminded of sticky face's and fingers sitting on the floor in front of the big black and white TV and becoming me. Thank you for all the memories, "Now and Then"
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- I am hoping that the producers are aware that John Williams' 80th birthday is coming up. I would love to see a segment on his life and music. Also he has been commissioned to write the music for the Fenway Park 100th birthday celebration on April 20. Thank you for making my day every Sunday.
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- CBS Sunday Morning has always been such a joy to watch and gets my week started with such a great variety of features. I love it when there is lots of art, fun stuff and commentary. I have written before saying how much I enjoy the show. I don't know what happened today, and I hope that this was just an experiment to see if anyone was watching and if they mind all of the commercials - but, today seemed to be on overload! There was 3 to 4 minutes of content and then 5-7 commercials. I don't remember ever having so many commercials, and it was a drag!
I have no interest in sitting through all of those commercials, therefore, I'm going to get a DVR and start recording the show and fast-forwarding through the commercials. Will this make a statement about your advertising budget? I hope so!
Its such a great show and I hope that it can go back to the old format of less commercials. Thank you for sharing your Sunday Morning with me. And, a longer Moment of Nature would be wonderful! - Reply to this comment
- Charles is a national treasure no doubt, which brings me to a great story idea it's all over utube right now the cheap and efficient stirling motor/engine its true free power and with development could very realistically power every home like I said FREE!with his intellec and honesty america could really change the planet with in a very short amount of time
thank you for every wonderful sunday the past 11 year's - Reply to this comment
- Charles Osgood is a national treasure!!!
Here in Hawaii the really great CBS Sunday Morning Show is shown at 5AM on Sunday morning, you really have to want to see it or you have to have a DVR. Why you can't watch each weeks's show in its entirety is beyond me, all you can do at this website is kind of guess how each amazing show Charles Osgood presented each week. When will CBS programming and distribution come to its senses and realize the the Internet is the future not the boneheaded dinosaurs in TV and Cable land??? Let us abused viewers watch great shows in their entirety and add all the commercial you must!
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- Good Morning Mr. Osgood, I never miss your program on Sunday Morning. I watch it prior to leaving for church. Today March 11th there was a story about Morphine in Uganda....the story ended with a gentleman dying with his young son Fred watching. What happened to Fred if he and his father were the only ones in the mud hut?
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- I do believe a person should have a day off.but Charles Osgood
you where missed on sunday morning the show was not the same with
out you I Hope you enjoyed your day off.thank you.brian beaumont,
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- Dear Mr. Osgood,
For years I have enjoyed the content of Sunday Morning, thank you. Also, for years I have wanted to ask you about your ending statement "See you on the radio." Could you please let me know what you are meaning? Again, thank you for being one of the great journalists. paige - Reply to this comment
