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[Kurt Vonnegut] Oh, shut up.
- [laughter] [Bob Weide] You know,
when you’re a Vonnegut fan, you run into so many other
people who love Vonnegut, who’ve read all of his works, but I find that for the masses
who haven’t read his books, that Kurt eventually became so much a part of
our culture uh, pop culture, that there are these people who
know him for these odd things, like there were a series of
commercials done for coffee It’s called
“The Coffee Achievers”
- [laughter] [Bob Weide] You know,
when you’re a Vonnegut fan, you run into so many other
people who love Vonnegut, who’ve read all of his works, but I find that for the masses
who haven’t read his books, that Kurt eventually became so much a part of
our culture uh, pop culture, that there are these people who
know him for these odd things, like there were a series of
commercials done for coffee It’s called
“The Coffee Achievers”
Full Transcript
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- [Kurt Vonnegut] Oh, shut up.
- [laughter]
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[Bob Weide] You know,
when you’re a Vonnegut fan,
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you run into so many other
people who love Vonnegut,
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who’ve read all of his works,
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but I find that for the masses
who haven’t read his books,
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that Kurt eventually became
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so much a part of
our culture
00:00:19.279 --> 00:00:21.015
uh, pop culture,
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that there are these people who
know him for these odd things,
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like there were a series of
commercials done for coffee
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It’s called
“The Coffee Achievers”.
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Movie Summary
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.