This is a very open and enlightened talk about drugs for 1971. I'm quite impressed! Art Linkletter came across directly and honestly, yet in a way kids could understand. If you noticed, he wasn't talking down to them, even to the younger children. Such compassion, such caring and concern for children and teens.
Thanks for the post. Friend of mine heard a bunch of kids outside his driveway, he went out, and saw kids taking turns smelling his gas tank lid. How do you tell little, Johnny or sue not to whiff people's gas in their automobiles? This is absolutely great teaching children about drugs, we need it now, more than ever before. I guess some people would probably protest anything nowadays. The music, to me is the key to a lot of it. Glorifying anything you teach children, not to say and do. These singers, and musicians, are listened to all over the world, then their made millionaires from their immorality, based off of how they live. A lot have died in their 20s decades ago, but their music is listened to by more people now than ever.
Ms. Hill, I am a brother to one of the "poor little kids" in the video. I remember this event very well. Art Linkletter was a nationally known figure and having him come to ATW in 1971 (pop. about 58,000) was a big deal. I was in the sixth grade then. Our teachers selected the questions from that we students submitted-so we did understand them. Our class spent time after the program discussing drugs so it was not beyond our comprehension. What a surprise to see this!
Hi Steve, nice to meet you. I liked this film also. This is a difficult film to watch in ways, and it's amazing to see how well both the children and the host handled this topic.
It is tough to watch. Wonderful children. I have to think that some there avoided them pitfalls because of the experience. Bravo to Art Linkletter. It must have been hard for him too.
I remember him like it was yesterday. He had a genuine love of kids. And they loved him. Sadly his own daughter Diane died tragically jumping to her death (said it was LSD). He was an outspoken champion against drugs until he died.
That's what AL said that the day after his death, but he was going by what the statement the person who was with her (Edward Durston) told LEO. But it wasn't true, as the autopsy proved she didn't have any drugs in her system & Durston's version of events changed several times. Since they didn't have proof to arrest Durston, they ruled it a suicide. Ironically, Durston was also with actress Carol Wayne, when she disappeared on their trip to Mexico. You can read about both of their deaths in this article. derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=edward-durston
This show was awesome ! The last two words Art spoke , Appleton Wisconsin , sounded like he was very emotional . He must have been overwhelmed by the love he has for children and the loss of his daughter to drug abuse . 25:55
They told the children the questions to ask when they were backstage. Perhaps it was well meant, but I think much of it may have caused more harm than good, imo. Before the nasty comments... My father worked with him at the studio, andI I was on the show several times, as a youngster.
His Dauther Dianne died of drugs. I can understand hes raising concern of getting information out to the public. It totally changed his life a part of him died that day
His daughter had a mental illness. At the time it was considered to be more acceptable to die of drugs then have severe depression. Art was in denial about this his entire life. It was easier to blame her death on drugs than mental illness.
Yeah it did. I used to watch this show when I didnt go to school. After his daughter died, thats all he talked about. He used to get real upset which was not at all in his nature before. That was before Anisa Jones overdosed. But that set him off too. The problem is he wasn't well informed about drug use before or after her death.
Not too sure it was drugs or mental illness. There was a man there who claimed she was on LSD but toxicology reports showed no drugs in her system. The guys story doesn't add up and later that same guy was with an actress named Carol Wayne who drowned. There were no drugs or alcohol in her system either. Idk folks but I call bs. That creep wrote and directed a cult flick about Charles Manson.
How progressive of him, I'm really impressed. Good for Art for being a ground-breaker! It couldn't have been easy to do this, especially being known for light-hearted humor the way he was!
Somebody said something! I bet it was quite alarming for that to be happening in schools at the time. Somebody had to do it! Well done, Art. Then along came crack, flakka, etc, etc.
Drugs were a highlight of the culture in 1971. Bummer, the best time in our country. Born in 1952. This was before the FDA took over and poisoned good drugs. Art's education of the subject was very well done.
Not okay to do drugs but okay to fat shame that little boy? That poor child looked so embarrassed and humiliated. He was there to discuss the harmful effects of drugs but got told he sure looks like he loves dessert. 😔
Art was toxic on so many levels. Here he is informing whole generations of parents, grandparents, and teachers that it's acceptable to ridicule children in public. That guy made my skin crawl when I was four years old; his show always gave me the creeps, because he always seemed fundamentally mean.
That was old Art letting his true colors slip. He didn't really like children, nor trust them, but working with them was his bread and butter, and sometimes he didn't bother hiding the resentment.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and I never knew what drugs were until about 14. I'm surprised these young kids know this info. My parents shielded me from so much information and felt it was much safer for me.
Apparently it was a problem there, even 48 years ago. Near Chicago, no surprise! I would have been a little modified in my statements with children. Obviously, the school was formulating a curriculum on this topic before Art's visit.
Theyll listen if its the truth. But when one grown up says something about a drug, and then another says something different, kids start to think its all BS. And with enough curiosity and observations of others doing it, theyll probably try something. The way I see it, the idea of pot being a gateway drug is nonsense. Those people are going to experiment with a drug of any kind to fill a curiosity. Its just that pot is the most common and readily available. So yes. Of course it will go on the record as they tried pot and then moved up to more dangerous drugs. That was the order they were in when offered to them. People are all wired differently as where some are more comfortable being in a slightly altered state of mind, and others want to be 100% in control. A child that likes to spin around to get dizzy or holds their breath till they get light headed would be someone to watch out for. A good indication they are more comfortable ( or atleast less fearful) being less coherent.
Well... a lot of misinformation freely dispensed as fact, to begin with. Then there was the way that he described the effects of some of the drugs being discussed and somewhat glamorous way he described the effects. At least he didn't particularly bash Marijuana.
I really do sympathize with Art and share in the loss of his daughter but don't tell me that these questions were made up by the children, no way. Maybe today, in 2019 but not when this video was published. Thanks for the message though. Love you big guy!
Wait a SECOND.. Apple Pie Charlie is Jeff MYSE, like your channel name?! Ah ha! I can’t believe I caught that! Either that or it’s a weird coincidence:)
Art Linkletter had lost his 20 year old daughter in 1969, when she jumped out of a 6th floor window. She had been taking LSD and suffered a bad trip. Afterward, Linkletter retired from broadcasting and devoted his life to spreading the anti-drug message.
That was one of his regular questions over many years and it was a different time. Back then people understood it was not a serious question. It was meant to make the child laugh. He even asked that of five and six year old children. These days children are exposed to very different concerns along with drug issues.
That was just a typical question to children of the time period. These days a child would be asked, “ What do your parents do? ” His regular show “Kids say the Darndest Things”, included many simple questions that put the children at ease and got them talking about life in their world. I am guessing that the panel was probably already chosen. Good question by you though! 😊In many ways, it was a different world then. Not completely though.
Very uncomfortable topic. I tried to think back though and some seemed young for this but how young is too young to start a dialogue? I don’t know. Nothing seems to have stopped the problem so maybe more of this would have helped? This was not something widely addressed to the very young then. I never heard it discussed openly. All I knew about it was the little I heard on the news or in music. Later I saw it among peers and by then, it was too late for many of them. Staged or not, what can we do to save others?
WHY IN GOD'S NAME are children 6 to 11 year old children asking questions about LSD and AMPHETAMINES ??? This is so staged and totally disgusting using children this way to get the message across about drug abuse. How many 6 year olds know how to even say amphetamines or barbiturates?? PLEASE, STOP USING CHILDREN TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT!!!!
Do you not realize the dangers that kids are in? Do you not realize that you can put drugs in candy and how quick some kids take that? This is amazing that they did this and should do it more often. As a parent I am proud of people who do this regardless of what is political correct in a society that gets butt hurt over some of the stupidest crap. I wish this country would do more like this to help with today's drug problem
Some Children 6 to 11 are already on drugs they should be taught of the dangers of drugs you are what's wrong with society these days it's a cruel world out there kids needs to be warned about drugs and predators
@@raesmith2164 teaching little kids they had to lie, to be acceptable, body shaming them on TV, and exposing them to some of these ideas, was not a positive learning experience for them, imo. He was trying to bolster his own image and program. Years later, his own daughter's death was drug related,.
If you had a family member shooting Heroin, this could have given a child the courage to reach out to a teacher or other family. That and other things were really taking hold about that time. I squirmed a bit at the desert remark and the word fat but he did qualify the desert remark by including himself. “Politically correct” was not a term used then as it is now. We are more aware of how words can be harmful. Children know far more than we think sometimes.
As an RN specializing in this field, this should be shown in our schools of today. So honest and yet so relevant for today's times..
This should have been made mandatory for all schools to teach this to our kids...🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They found it was working so they stopped it. Fact.
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This is a very open and enlightened talk about drugs for 1971. I'm quite impressed! Art Linkletter came across directly and honestly, yet in a way kids could understand. If you noticed, he wasn't talking down to them, even to the younger children. Such compassion, such caring and concern for children and teens.
Thanks for the post. Friend of mine heard a bunch of kids outside his driveway, he went out, and saw kids taking turns smelling his gas tank lid. How do you tell little, Johnny or sue not to whiff people's gas in their automobiles? This is absolutely great teaching children about drugs, we need it now, more than ever before. I guess some people would probably protest anything nowadays. The music, to me is the key to a lot of it. Glorifying anything you teach children, not to say and do. These singers, and musicians, are listened to all over the world, then their made millionaires from their immorality, based off of how they live. A lot have died in their 20s decades ago, but their music is listened to by more people now than ever.
Ms. Hill, I am a brother to one of the "poor little kids" in the video. I remember this event very well. Art Linkletter was a nationally known figure and having him come to ATW in 1971 (pop. about 58,000) was a big deal. I was in the sixth grade then. Our teachers selected the questions from that we students submitted-so we did understand them. Our class spent time after the program discussing drugs so it was not beyond our comprehension. What a surprise to see this!
Hi Steve, nice to meet you. I liked this film also. This is a difficult film to watch in ways, and it's amazing to see how well both the children and the host handled this topic.
It is tough to watch. Wonderful children. I have to think that some there avoided them pitfalls because of the experience. Bravo to Art Linkletter. It must have been hard for him too.
He was very smart, adaptable when he interviewed children*** and a special gifted personality!!
I remember him like it was yesterday. He had a genuine love of kids. And they loved him. Sadly his own daughter Diane died tragically jumping to her death (said it was LSD). He was an outspoken champion against drugs until he died.
That's what AL said that the day after his death, but he was going by what the statement the person who was with her (Edward Durston) told LEO. But it wasn't true, as the autopsy proved she didn't have any drugs in her system & Durston's version of events changed several times. Since they didn't have proof to arrest Durston, they ruled it a suicide. Ironically, Durston was also with actress Carol Wayne, when she disappeared on their trip to Mexico. You can read about both of their deaths in this article.
derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=edward-durston
Such wonderful influence on kids. Need to bring them back to help our lost generation.
Wonderful lecture. Thank you. 💖🤗
This show was awesome ! The last two words Art spoke , Appleton Wisconsin , sounded like he was very emotional . He must have been overwhelmed by the love he has for children and the loss of his daughter to drug abuse . 25:55
I noticed that too. Almost sounded like a different person.
I think he was a genuine good human being, we could use more like him.
Some of these children are really smart about drugs ,the words they use are spoken like they have been around or heard more than once.
They told the children the questions to ask when they were backstage. Perhaps it was well meant, but I think much of it may have caused more harm than good, imo.
Before the nasty comments... My father worked with him at the studio, andI I was on the show several times, as a youngster.
My grandfather was a good friend of art’s ,,,
Ahead of his time with this message. Unfortunately we didn't spread this around more.
His Dauther Dianne died of drugs. I can understand hes raising concern of getting information out to the public. It totally changed his life a part of him died that day
His daughter had a mental illness. At the time it was considered to be more acceptable to die of drugs then have severe depression. Art was in denial about this his entire life. It was easier to blame her death on drugs than mental illness.
Oh wow...i didnt know that. Awe, so sad.
Yeah it did. I used to watch this show when I didnt go to school. After his daughter died, thats all he talked about. He used to get real upset which was not at all in his nature before. That was before Anisa Jones overdosed. But that set him off too.
The problem is he wasn't well informed about drug use before or after her death.
Rotty Angel Awww I wondered if she had a mental illness. My son has schizophrenia and still, that is almost taboo. Imagine back then??
Not too sure it was drugs or mental illness. There was a man there who claimed she was on LSD but toxicology reports showed no drugs in her system. The guys story doesn't add up and later that same guy was with an actress named Carol Wayne who drowned. There were no drugs or alcohol in her system either. Idk folks but I call bs. That creep wrote and directed a cult flick about Charles Manson.
How progressive of him, I'm really impressed. Good for Art for being a ground-breaker! It couldn't have been easy to do this, especially being known for light-hearted humor the way he was!
Somebody said something! I bet it was quite alarming for that to be happening in schools at the time. Somebody had to do it! Well done, Art. Then along came crack, flakka, etc, etc.
Appleton, WI is actor Willem Dafoe's hometown.
ALCOHOL- worst most widely AVAIL.. DRUG- GLAD HE MENTIONED this at the end...
Drugs were a highlight of the culture in 1971. Bummer, the best time in our country. Born in 1952. This was before the FDA took over and poisoned good drugs. Art's education of the subject was very well done.
Not okay to do drugs but okay to fat shame that little boy? That poor child looked so embarrassed and humiliated. He was there to discuss the harmful effects of drugs but got told he sure looks like he loves dessert. 😔
Art was toxic on so many levels. Here he is informing whole generations of parents, grandparents, and teachers that it's acceptable to ridicule children in public. That guy made my skin crawl when I was four years old; his show always gave me the creeps, because he always seemed fundamentally mean.
I loved this how as a kid. I dont ever remember them talking about this but it was a good show
Very important Day at School for Art Linkletter and the kids..
Art going up to the husky kid and saying "There's the kid who likes desserts". SAVAGE
I thought so too. Very poor taste. Embarrassed the boy.
That was old Art letting his true colors slip. He didn't really like children, nor trust them, but working with them was his bread and butter, and sometimes he didn't bother hiding the resentment.
Classless. Another one was Carl Reiner who always made fun...and he had his own Meathead.
damn what a good lesson !
I was there!
Did it have an effect on your choices later in using drugs? It must have been So wonderful to see Mr. Linkletter in person
@@pjf2675 Yeah, we smoked our brains out in high school.
Alcohol is still the gateway to drugs and the most dangerous legal drug in the world.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and I never knew what drugs were until about 14. I'm surprised these young kids know this info. My parents shielded me from so much information and felt it was much safer for me.
Appleton is known for the "Death March" on College Avenue. Have one drink at every bar, from one end to the other. Many tried and few made it.
Apparently it was a problem there, even 48 years ago. Near Chicago, no surprise! I would have been a little modified in my statements with children. Obviously, the school was formulating a curriculum on this topic before Art's visit.
Sad but people just don’t listen!
Theyll listen if its the truth. But when one grown up says something about a drug, and then another says something different, kids start to think its all BS. And with enough curiosity and observations of others doing it, theyll probably try something.
The way I see it, the idea of pot being a gateway drug is nonsense. Those people are going to experiment with a drug of any kind to fill a curiosity. Its just that pot is the most common and readily available. So yes. Of course it will go on the record as they tried pot and then moved up to more dangerous drugs. That was the order they were in when offered to them.
People are all wired differently as where some are more comfortable being in a slightly altered state of mind, and others want to be 100% in control. A child that likes to spin around to get dizzy or holds their breath till they get light headed would be someone to watch out for. A good indication they are more comfortable ( or atleast less fearful) being less coherent.
My question is why dont we fo these assembly's in out schools today.
Well... a lot of misinformation freely dispensed as fact, to begin with.
Then there was the way that he described the effects of some of the drugs being discussed and somewhat glamorous way he described the effects.
At least he didn't particularly bash Marijuana.
I accidentally found my birth parents watching this show. Now that’s a bad trip.
I wonder how many of them are doing drugs now
I love Huntley, and I love Brinkley too. 😂😂😂😂
I really do sympathize with Art and share in the loss of his daughter but don't tell me that these questions were made up by the children, no way. Maybe today, in 2019 but not when this video was published. Thanks for the message though. Love you big guy!
Wait a SECOND.. Apple Pie Charlie is Jeff MYSE, like your channel name?! Ah ha! I can’t believe I caught that! Either that or it’s a weird coincidence:)
I was 6 in 1971
I'm sorry to say this, but how is that 6 year old kid will know what an addictive drug is. I believe host of this show is way out of course.
Art Linkletter had lost his 20 year old daughter in 1969, when she jumped out of a 6th floor window. She had been taking LSD and suffered a bad trip. Afterward, Linkletter retired from broadcasting and devoted his life to spreading the anti-drug message.
20:14.... This girl has movie start qualitys.Acually reminds me of Chloe Grace
organic solvents....so dangerous
Sounds like Art held it in until the end then broke down.
Great big yawn there as his Quaalude kicked in.
Asking an eleven year old if she's married wasn't cool though; he was way off there!
That was one of his regular questions over many years and it was a different time. Back then people understood it was not a serious question. It was meant to make the child laugh. He even asked that of five and six year old children. These days children are exposed to very different concerns along with drug issues.
very smart kids and we'll behavior to kids now that run around playing with gangster stuff....
Nothing brought more smiles , tears of joy, and giggles ,laughter than Art L. And the Kids Education and fun.
What Memories !
Thank You !
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Why would he ask the kids what their dad does for a living? Is that how they picked the panel?
That was just a typical question to children of the time period. These days a child would be asked, “ What do your parents do? ” His regular show “Kids say the Darndest Things”, included many simple questions that put the children at ease and got them talking about life in their world. I am guessing that the panel was probably already chosen. Good question by you though! 😊In many ways, it was a different world then. Not completely though.
Art's daughter Diane died of a drug overdose.
Rest in peace, Art.
if you see a fat person... oh how much it's changed since I was a kid
Very uncomfortable topic. I tried to think back though and some seemed young for this but how young is too young to start a dialogue? I don’t know. Nothing seems to have stopped the problem so maybe more of this would have helped? This was not something widely addressed to the very young then. I never heard it discussed openly. All I knew about it was the little I heard on the news or in music. Later I saw it among peers and by then, it was too late for many of them. Staged or not, what can we do to save others?
They should have done more research before doing this. Heroin is way more dangerous than acid.
actually, we're all individual and have varying responses to medicines and 'fdrugs'...........
Pick your poison? They both deadly.
Art’s daughter had died while on LSD. This whole thing was very personal for him.
I thought he said when he interviewed kids it was never rehearsed but this certainly seems to be
he'd interviewed a LOT b4 this..
Art lied about a lot of things.
Are you kidding me. Some of the commentary is moronic. I never liked his show.
Moo
wow, teaching kids about drugs, what a brilliant idea.
NOT.
So no education on something that can hurt them? No helping them understand stupid people? As a parent I agree with this
Your an idiot girlonlaptop. Trying to teach them the dangers of drugs.
You can't. Give the children enough information. God help thse who can't see the benefits of this subject. Who cares if it was rehearsed.
Jesus Art, that sounds like a hopeless assed situation!
WHY IN GOD'S NAME are children 6 to 11 year old children asking questions about LSD and AMPHETAMINES ??? This is so staged and totally disgusting using children this way to get the message across about drug abuse. How many 6 year olds know how to even say amphetamines or barbiturates?? PLEASE, STOP USING CHILDREN TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT!!!!
Do you not realize the dangers that kids are in? Do you not realize that you can put drugs in candy and how quick some kids take that? This is amazing that they did this and should do it more often. As a parent I am proud of people who do this regardless of what is political correct in a society that gets butt hurt over some of the stupidest crap. I wish this country would do more like this to help with today's drug problem
I've known about drugs since I was little and it's one of the things that's kept me careful and safe.
Some Children 6 to 11 are already on drugs they should be taught of the dangers of drugs you are what's wrong with society these days it's a cruel world out there kids needs to be warned about drugs and predators
Children are never too young to learn about drugs
This is weird. Too advanced for these kids or a show like this.
hopefullly it got the parents/ older siblings to talk or at least think about the dangers...
Children are smarter than adults allow them to be. To teach kids of the dangers of drugs is far better than pretending drugs don't exist
@@raesmith2164 teaching little kids they had to lie, to be acceptable, body shaming them on TV, and exposing them to some of these ideas, was not a positive learning experience for them, imo.
He was trying to bolster his own image and program. Years later, his own daughter's death was drug related,.
If you had a family member shooting Heroin, this could have given a child the courage to reach out to a teacher or other family. That and other things were really taking hold about that time. I squirmed a bit at the desert remark and the word fat but he did qualify the desert remark by including himself. “Politically correct” was not a term used then as it is now. We are more aware of how words can be harmful. Children know far more than we think sometimes.
What the Hell? This is not ok! I think this is defiantly modified.
definitely ?? / defiantly