I have blogged on this in the past, but from that 'first hello' I met Lee, his son, his entire family. When summer 2017 rolled around, it turned out that Lee's grandson (living in Orlando) was going to be doing a college Internship in Mt. Olive, New Jersey. They were having trouble finding a short term rental for the summer.
"Well, you know Lee, Mt. Olive is around 16 miles West of my home in Boonton Township. And we are now 'empty nesters' so the entire 2nd floor of the house is his for the summer if he wants it. The only negative would be my wife Dianne would spoil him rotten."
Will Rogers was a immensely popular American humorist, actor, and social commentator from the early 20th century known for his "folksy" style, cowboy persona (complete with a lasso, which he would use for tricks on stage), and witty observations on current events and politics.
Key aspects of Will Rogers:
Persona: He appeared on stage in his cowboy outfit, nonchalantly twirling his lasso, and his humor was tied to a "common man" American identity.
Catchphrase/Opening Line: He would often begin his act by saying, "Well, what shall I talk about? I ain't got anything funny to say. All I know is what I read in the papers," before launching into jokes about the day's news.
Career: He was a vaudeville performer, a star of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, a popular film actor (making 71 films), and a widely syndicated newspaper columnist and radio personality.
Influence: His gentle, nonpartisan wit and common-sense philosophy made him a beloved figure across the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.
While other comedians like Rodney Carrington and William Lee Martin have a contemporary cowboy style, Will Rogers is the primary historical figure associated with the "old cowboy stand-up comic" persona.
You can find a bunch of Lee Cockerell quotes here. And here is my personal favorite, about getting rid of the flies.
OK, Tom...... land the plane. Where are you going with this?
Today 11/16/2025 is the launch of our partnership with Blink. (www.GetBlink.us) It is an INTRANET that allows schools, corporations, organizations, any group from 2 to 200,000 to collaborate, to communicate, to live, learn, work, play, teach, train, coach, mentor in the GLOBAL Cloud COMMUNITY.
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was one of the higher paid Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in northern Alaska.
I see a lot of Will Rogers in Lee Cockerell. Both from Oklahoma. Will had 'talkies' and radio and newspapers. Lee has the Internet and Podcasts and online courses.
But it is always about the people. The connection with the people. Not AI, not bots. No 'AI Slop' thank you very much. Real people living, learning, working, playing, teaching, training, coaching, mentoring to/from ANYWHERE in the world.
Newspapers. Radio. Talkies. Podcasts. YouTube. And now...... INTRANETS.
One World. Fully Connected. And as Lee Cockerell always says: "Teach Everything You Know"
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