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[Kurt Vonnegut] When I was a child
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

When I was a child, and there were manyserious things going on, such as the Great...

[Kurt Vonnegut]
When I was a child, and there were many
serious things going on, such as the Great Depression
and all that, it was Laurel and Hardy
who gave me permission not to take life seriously

Full Transcript

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[Kurt Vonnegut] When I was a child,
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and there were many serious things going on,
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such as the Great Depression and all that,
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it was Laurel and Hardy who gave me permission
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not to take life seriously.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:15
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

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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.
And it turned out that it as okay to, uh, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
And it turned out that it as okay to, uh,
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
[laughing]
[Kurt Vonnegut] It was an extraordinary high school, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Kurt Vonnegut] It was an extraordinary high school,
This is where I got my foundation in chemistry, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
This is where I got my foundation in chemistry,
My parents worked on it, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
My parents worked on it,
I learned to write for peers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
I learned to write for peers,
It was a swell experience for me, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
It was a swell experience for me,
I give away the big secrets in the first page - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I give away the big secrets in the first page
Yeah, I suppose I knew about one person in ten - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
Yeah, I suppose I knew about one person in ten
Particularly close friend of mine was - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
Particularly close friend of mine was
Yeah, he died of spinal meningitis - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:21
Yeah, he died of spinal meningitis
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[laughing]
[indistinct chatter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[indistinct chatter]
[Bob Weide] It was really interesting - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Bob Weide] It was really interesting
Many of them, I assume, hadn’t seen each other - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Many of them, I assume, hadn’t seen each other
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[laughing]
I was in North Africa and they sent me to China, Burma, India, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I was in North Africa and they sent me to China, Burma, Indi...
- Mustard gas? Where? - Yeah. Well, we were… - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
- Mustard gas? Where? - Yeah. Well, we were…
The movies give the impression that - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
The movies give the impression that
[school bell rings] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[school bell rings]