I liked Humphrey and I voted for him in the 4th grade class election. Unfortunately he lost in our classroom, which made me ask what’s wrong with you guys? Can’t you see he’s the better choice?
Lakewood is a beautiful cemetery at least I remember it that way as a kid in the 70’s. I have a couple relatives buried there and had relatives from both sides of my parents family's that lived within walking distance of there. Almost every year as a kid I left the SF Bay Area for the Twin Cities where I was born and all my relatives on both sides of my parents families lived. Spent many a 4th of July around the lakes in that area (Cedar, Lake of the Isles, Calhoun and Harriet) swimming, bike riding, watching the fireworks.
I loved every second of this video! The great Hubert Humphrey, Rudy Perpich who came from the Iron Range, the Dayton family who also produced a governor, Mark Dayton, and the honorable Paul Wellstone. It still makes me sad to think how his life was so tragically cut short. He truly represented the working man. Senator Wellstone started out as a professor at Carlton College. I also wrote a letter to Wendell Anderson for a class project in 6th grade. I think I still have it. Lakewood is a beautiful cemetery. I agree, I love learning about people who shaped our communities and not just celebrities. I’ve really enjoyed all your videos from Minnesota. Great job!
You seem to find the most interesting people to highlight in your cemetery visits. Tiny Tim always had a very creepy vibe when I was a kid, he still does.
During his presidential campaign in '68, Hubert Humphrey landed at LAX. A bunch of us college students decided to go and greet him. Even though at the time we weren't old enough to vote. We were able to actually shake his hand. As a plus, we also got a chance to say hello to Edie Adams who was there to show support.
Wonderful tour, beautiful/sensitive music this morning.---My Granddaughters have a great fascination with Tiny Tim, and the 8 y/o asked me to put him on while waiting for the school bus 2 days ago!---Lovely profile of Sarah. XOX0
@@jbenziggy My 8 y/o Granddaughter Quinn saw the Tiny Tim segment this afternoon, & she wanted me to tell you that 1) she doesn't think he's creepy and 2) she enjoyed seeing this!
Growing up in Minnesota the first governor i remember was Wendell Anderson, he would do a state of the state speech fairly often. My first automotive job was in south Minneapolis as an oil change tech. One day the customer pulled his car in and sat down and was reading the newspaper while glancing at me from time to time and smiling. When I finished the oil change and he paid at the counter, i was helping guide him out of the building and he waived and i finally recognized him and turned to my boss and started to say and my boss said yeah that was" Fritz"Walter Mondale. I was at that cemetery years ago with a group of people and didn't get to tour it like i wanted to. Thanks for the tour. There is a memorial of the plane crash site of Paul Wellstone and his family at the crash site near Eveleth. Thanks again for sharing this video with us.😊
Another great episode, Jeff. Good to see Sarah, too! How serendipitous. Just last night I was watching a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Hubert Humphrey and the inimitable faux drunk Foster Brooks hilariously lampooned him as 'Hubey The Boobie' :)
Very loving, the way you honor our dead. Such reverence and fairness. You far surpass the others. Sarah is rockin' that hair, I love it!! Seems the MN trip proved to be like a shot in the arm; the family elixir. ❤
Hi Jeff and Sarah .... the day after Tiny Tim was on the LAUGH IN SHOW he was all the talk at my Jr High school we thought he was weird but still cool.
It seems like as the years passed, the names mentioned in this video I remember but I never really paid much attention to them, they were just people in the news for various reasons throughout the years. Now, as I realize my own mortality, the memory of these names brings back memories of different times in my life. Thanks for these videos, Jeff. I always look forward to them!
If you google ‘democrat’ and ‘images’ there’s my parents wedding photo but here’s a dichotomy: Mom campaigned for Eisenhower (my brother stole the “I like Ike” button out of her jewelry box before we settled the estate) and Dad hated Humphrey because he was hawkish on Vietnam. The woman who broke my heart twice is buried there, I still love her. Aunt Glad and Uncle Bark are interred in the same mausoleum as Tiny Tim. Right across from Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska), quite a few friends and family are at rest there. It’s a beautiful cemetery and holds a very special place in my heart. I’m glad you visited, this stirred my memory. If you went to White Castle I hope you only got coffee or a milkshake, everything else on the menu is disgusting. 🤮
Being that Sarah is from Minnesota, we’ve been there at least three times and we tried White Castle one time and we did not like the burgers or the sliders or whatever you call them. I think we did go to Perkins though and a number of restaurants unique to that area around Forest Lake Minnesota.
Thanks Sarah & Jeff. Traveling about our great country to show us the beautiful sights of America. Love my early Sundays because of your weekly video. Its about History and the Hunters that show the masses it Godly beauty . 🙏🏻👍🏻
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an old poem (1897) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I'll be visiting my grandparents' graves next Saturday at our Lakewood in Hughson. Thanks for another interesting and informative episode. Can't wait to see whose final resting place you find next.
What a great video Jeff, I learned so much about so many people. Other than the Senator and his family tragic accident, I knew of the others. Tiny Tim was a big hit on Australian Television in the early 70’s. Well done Jeff & Sarah.
Thnx for my weekly HH "fix" Jeff and Sarah! Although I don't subscribe to the politics of most of these people you highlighted, it is fascinating to hear your in depth research into their lives! GR8 vid, as always!!! ~Chris
Great video Jeff! I learned a lot as always. I remember Tiny Tim. I was a kid of about 7 or so. He didn’t creep me out though. I remember Laugh In and him being on it. Hope you and Sarah are well. Looking forward to whatever is next
Shook hands with the Hump in 1968 in New London, CT. Excellent video and great research on clips. I like your cemetery approach unlike other RUclipsrs. Well researched, profound and honest commentary and especially trying to find good in all individuals regardless of what they may or may not have done right.
So you have really paid me a high compliment and I thank you. The way I see it some of the people that I highlight I would not support politically, but they are part of history and they should not be forgotten. Already have had a number of people comment that they hated the video because I showed Democrats, but there aren’t many Republicans buried there that I could highlight. Because we are so divided in our country people get offended when you look back at historical figures who are public officials because they don’t like the party
I thoroughly enjoy all your cemetery visits videos Jeff, you fill up 15-20 minutes with the most interesting information on people that have passed on. I too remember Tiny Tim's wedding to Vicky and yes thought he was the very creepy ukulele guy. Thanks for including Sarah in this video as last time I wrote, it's been awhile since we've seen her. See ya next Sunday!
Hi Jeff and Sarah..love your hair....I remember Tiny Tim on the tonight show ...he was definitely a different guy in show business... RIP to the senator and his family...the good always die young. the ones who can make a difference.......the cemetery is beautiful.....take care ..... great vlog...... Deborah 🇨🇦
This has been an amazing slice my my history. Major leaders of the political and business world from those decades. I am grateful that you've helped us to reconnect.
I remember Tiny Tim on tv as a kid. The creep meter was broken on him. Enjoy your vids. Swing down to Iowa sometime and do the plane crash of Buddy Holly
And after you visit the crash site of Buddy Holly, drop down to West Bend, Iowa and visit the world famous Grotto of Redemption stone grotto. I farm about 10 miles from there. You could also do a farm video. lol
Thanks jeff, quite a masterpiece on Minnesota today! We are often overlooked however, we have such a rich history, especially in native American history, art and music! Thank you for highlighting us today and love to you and Sarah!
No doubt! I must say that I kept remarking to Sarah that I absolutely love Minnesota and wouldn’t mind living there, but the winters would be something that would prevent us from doing that. Sarah was up there in February 2013 to say goodbye to her father and it was 20 below zero and she told me it was unbearable.
If you come to my home state of Illinois, please keep in mind that there is so much more to this state than just Chicago. They tend to suck the oxygen out of the room, but Illinois is nearly 400 miles long and has a lot to offer outside of the Chicago area. I’ll come up with a list of my recommendations for you to visit in Illinois when I have the time and will post it in the comments of one of your videos.
Jeff & Sarah Your tour was very insightful and interesting I might add ! You never cease to amaze your viewers with great content and your great research on your subject matter. I really enjoy your video clips on the subjects you discuss. I broke out laughing when you played the video clips of Tiny Tim, I remember him well and he was quite unusual for sure. Thank you again for your dedication to bringing history alive, your the best !!
Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday, and thanks for sharing your trip to visit the graves of Vice President Humphrey and the late great Tiny Tim who I got to meet forty years ago. Again, thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day .
Definitely a different type of collection of famous people in this one. I don’t know if you heard him, but Tiny Tim also sang in a regular manly voice, and he was quite a singer. He was also not as strange acting as an older man as he was in the 1960s.
@@jbenziggy Many people didn't like Tiny Tim because of way he looked and sang but sure was a wonderful person and took his time to talk to you. Thanks, Jeff, for sharing this story
Very well done. Lot's of tidbits I have forgotten. Tiny Tim, however, has not been. I was always amazed at how far he made it in the business being so creepy 😮. Wonder where his daughter is now and what she thought of her dad. Thanx Jeff and Sarah!😊
When I was in the 1st grade, Humphrey arrived at or school in a helicopter. Jefferson Elementary in Davenport IA. He landed on the lot next to the playground, came through the play ground into the school. Don't remember much else. Didn't know who he was until then, but never forgot him for sure. This was late 60s, so was VP at the time.
You do a fantastic job of integrating historical clips with the gravesites! I was glad to see the impressive final resting place of Tiny Tim. When I was entertainment reporter for The News Chief in Winter Haven FL, I interviewed Tiny Tim for 2 hours when he was the featured act in The Great American Ciircus in 1985, and found him fascinating and polite! Sincerely, Dan Hogan
I’ve heard that he was a prince of a man! As a newspaper editor I’ve had the privilege to interview Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, Charles Pride and a few others.
Jeff, thank you so much for all of your videos! They are always very informative and very interesting! Being able to watch your videos enables me to be able to enjoy different parts of the country, especially California, when I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to visit there. Know that you have an avid fan in Oklahoma that greatly appreciates all that you do.
I got to shake hands with Hubert Humphrey when he was running for president in 1972. He came to the Steel town in Pennsylvania that I was from and just happened to be walking down the street backed by security shaking hands.
My Mother went to Macalester College, and Walter Mondale was in a lot of her classes. Now they are buried in Lakewood. My mother is buried in a family plot close to the Phillsbury mounument.
Very thoughtful and well done overview of Lakewood Cemetery. However, you misspoke about the Dayton Family. George Draper Dayton founded Dayton’s Department Stores (Not Draper Dept Stores). Also, Target was not established until 1962, when the first Target opened in Roseville, MN. Also, the Dayton family started multiple regional shopping malls in this region (Nicknamed “the Dales” which created the first enclosed shopping mall in the country in Edina, MN in 1956, called Southdale.
Also many street names in Minneapolis were named using the last names of the people who are buried on Pillsbury Hill in The Lakewood Cemetery. My grandparents and mother are buried here in one of the family plots that is very close to the Phillsburys monument. The Phillsbury monument is one of the biggest and tallest monuments in this cemetery. There is also a Blaisdale monument, and many others. Very large crypt structures also are found here.
Thank you for paying your respect to those people that are gone and are part of history. I've been to Minneapolis many times and did not know about Tiny Tim being buried over there nor the Mars family. Great to know now. Great job.
The stainless steel sculpture on Rudy Perpich's grave (8:44) is by the sculptor Gloria Tew. It represents Rudy and and his wife Lola leaning on each other for support. The bronze statue that you described as a forlorn woman (11:11) is also by a female sculptor, Nellie Verne Walker. It was cast in 1920. When you walked toward Paul Wellstone's grave you passed by the other Gloria Tew sculpture at Lakewood (21:35). It is not, as you stated, a memorial to Paul Wellstone. It is an abstract representation of two dancers and is on the grave of a young woman named Stephanie Laitala, who died in 1994. The sculptor Gloria Tew died in 2022 at the age off 98 and is also buried at Lakewood.
Thanks for the information. You sound quite knowledgeable about cemetery statues here. Is it because you are a local art enthusiast or work for the cemetery?
@@jbenziggy You're welcome. I do not work for the cemetery. I'm a Minneapolis history enthusiast and have spent many hours at Lakewood. I was amused to see that in your relatively short video about a 250-acre cemetery you managed to mention the three sculptures at Lakewood that I happen to know something about.
Neat to see the bit about the Mars family. Mars Midnight is one of my all-time favorite candy bars and I virtually never see them anymore. That Wellstone wing shaped memorial is beautiful.
Minnesota has a large Norwegian population as well. Many of my Ancestors moved there when they came to the USA via New York and some of their families are still there as well.
Thank you for showing some Minnesota history. We're often overlooked because it's not convenient to make it up this way and it definitely doesn't fit the definition of flyover country.
Good to see Sarah for a second! Thank you both for the cemetery tour! History is always interesting to me and you always keep my attention! Great work and thank you for your efforts! -Nina
Well, I must’ve missed that headstone, but I don’t believe that she is buried there and I’m not sure that is her real name. Lol. But thank you so much for the nice remarks about Sarah‘s hairstyle.
While in high school during the 70s when someone did something that was very easy they would say it was as easy as tip toeing through the tulips. ( not me of course) 😊
My in laws were refugees from Ukraine they came to Mpls in 1950 after living in a DP camp in Germany for 5 years. They are buried in the same mausoleum as Tiny Tim. I didn’t know this until watching this video. Thank you so much.
Great educational video Jeff. Obviously being a " nerd" as a kid worked out well for you. You're an excellent journalist and writer. Allan in Columbia, SC
The speach of 1968 announcing his Presidential
run is one that's sorely need it today. Thank you.
Tell me about it! Humphrey was a good man.
As a kid at the time, I could never appreciate his eloquence. He really had a way with words.
I liked Humphrey and I voted for him in the 4th grade class election. Unfortunately he lost in our classroom, which made me ask what’s wrong with you guys? Can’t you see he’s the better choice?
"That ticket went down in flames", it certainly did. I saw Tiny Tim in concert, he was actually very good. Great stuff, thanks Jeff.
Yeah, he didn’t always sing with his falsetto and when he sang regularly, he was quite good. I’m assuming you saw him later in his life?
@@jbenziggy Yes, I did, early 90s. He was part of an oldies concert which included Donnie Brooks, The Tokes and Micky Dolenz.
Their so many famous people buried there, thank you for all of the work you put into your videos
Yes and if I had two days I probably couldn’t have covered all of them!
Lakewood is a beautiful cemetery at least I remember it that way as a kid in the 70’s. I have a couple relatives buried there and had relatives from both sides of my parents family's that lived within walking distance of there. Almost every year as a kid I left the SF Bay Area for the Twin Cities where I was born and all my relatives on both sides of my parents families lived. Spent many a 4th of July around the lakes in that area (Cedar, Lake of the Isles, Calhoun and Harriet) swimming, bike riding, watching the fireworks.
I loved every second of this video! The great Hubert Humphrey, Rudy Perpich who came from the Iron Range, the Dayton family who also produced a governor, Mark Dayton, and the honorable Paul Wellstone. It still makes me sad to think how his life was so tragically cut short. He truly represented the working man. Senator Wellstone started out as a professor at Carlton College. I also wrote a letter to Wendell Anderson for a class project in 6th grade. I think I still have it. Lakewood is a beautiful cemetery. I agree, I love learning about people who shaped our communities and not just celebrities. I’ve really enjoyed all your videos from Minnesota. Great job!
You seem to find the most interesting people to highlight in your cemetery visits. Tiny Tim always had a very creepy vibe when I was a kid, he still does.
My dad really liked Hubert Humphrey and wanted him to become president. Great video as usual, I always learn something from you.
During his presidential campaign in '68, Hubert Humphrey landed at LAX. A bunch of us college students decided to go and greet him. Even though at the time we weren't old enough to vote. We were able to actually shake his hand. As a plus, we also got a chance to say hello to Edie Adams who was there to show support.
It’s always exciting to me to meet a presidential candidate or a president!
Wonderful tour, beautiful/sensitive music this morning.---My Granddaughters have a great fascination with Tiny Tim, and the 8 y/o asked me to put him on while waiting for the school bus 2 days ago!---Lovely profile of Sarah. XOX0
Wonderful! Will you be showing her this video?
@@jbenziggy She can't sit long enough for the whole thing, but she'll tolerate the Tiny Tim portion for sure!!!
@@jbenziggy My 8 y/o Granddaughter Quinn saw the Tiny Tim segment this afternoon, & she wanted me to tell you that 1) she doesn't think he's creepy and 2) she enjoyed seeing this!
Sarah, your hair looks so cute! Thank you for the video.
Thank you!! 😊
Growing up in Minnesota the first governor i remember was Wendell Anderson, he would do a state of the state speech fairly often. My first automotive job was in south Minneapolis as an oil change tech. One day the customer pulled his car in and sat down and was reading the newspaper while glancing at me from time to time and smiling. When I finished the oil change and he paid at the counter, i was helping guide him out of the building and he waived and i finally recognized him and turned to my boss and started to say and my boss said yeah that was" Fritz"Walter Mondale. I was at that cemetery years ago with a group of people and didn't get to tour it like i wanted to. Thanks for the tour. There is a memorial of the plane crash site of Paul Wellstone and his family at the crash site near Eveleth. Thanks again for sharing this video with us.😊
Another great episode, Jeff. Good to see Sarah, too! How serendipitous. Just last night I was watching a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Hubert Humphrey and the inimitable faux drunk Foster Brooks hilariously lampooned him as 'Hubey The Boobie' :)
Oh that Dean Martin! What a character!
I remember when Tiny Tim got married on the Johnny Carson show.
me too..Miss Vicky and Tiny Tim...the only wedding on the Tonight Show, i believe
My uncle is buried in this cemetery. Don’t forget that Senator Paul Wellstone and his family are also buried here.
We didn’t forget Senator Paul Wellstone. Did you miss our visit at the very end?
Very loving, the way you honor our dead. Such reverence and fairness. You far surpass the others.
Sarah is rockin' that hair, I love it!! Seems the MN trip proved to be like a shot in the arm; the family elixir. ❤
Thanks! Love the comments!
WOW, that's quite a mixture of graves, all in one cemetery. That was very interesting, and entertaining Jeff. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Every week I look forward to seeing your videos. I'm never disappointed.
I appreciate that! You’ve been with us quite a while now and we thank you!
Great one yet again sir. Tiny Tim was well known and loved. Thank u for sharing sir.
He did seem like a really genuine and loving person aside from his strange rendition of tiptoe through the tulips.
@@jbenziggy TipToe brought back heart felt memories of the era. Appreciate the extended time spent with Tiny Tim.
Hi Jeff and Sarah .... the day after Tiny Tim was on the LAUGH IN SHOW he was all the talk at my Jr High school we thought he was weird but still cool.
Great episode, I met Tim in early 80’s . He was singing with the “Great American Circus” in Bayonne, NJ.
It seems like as the years passed, the names mentioned in this video I remember but I never really paid much attention to them, they were just people in the news for various reasons throughout the years. Now, as I realize my own mortality, the memory of these names brings back memories of different times in my life. Thanks for these videos, Jeff. I always look forward to them!
If you google ‘democrat’ and ‘images’ there’s my parents wedding photo but here’s a dichotomy: Mom campaigned for Eisenhower (my brother stole the “I like Ike” button out of her jewelry box before we settled the estate) and Dad hated Humphrey because he was hawkish on Vietnam. The woman who broke my heart twice is buried there, I still love her. Aunt Glad and Uncle Bark are interred in the same mausoleum as Tiny Tim. Right across from Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska), quite a few friends and family are at rest there. It’s a beautiful cemetery and holds a very special place in my heart. I’m glad you visited, this stirred my memory.
If you went to White Castle I hope you only got coffee or a milkshake, everything else on the menu is disgusting. 🤮
Being that Sarah is from Minnesota, we’ve been there at least three times and we tried White Castle one time and we did not like the burgers or the sliders or whatever you call them. I think we did go to Perkins though and a number of restaurants unique to that area around Forest Lake Minnesota.
I loved to watch Tiny Tim
My dad and I watched him on Laught In. That was a beautiful cemetery
Thanks Sarah & Jeff. Traveling about our great country to show us the beautiful sights of America. Love my early Sundays because of your weekly video. Its about History and the Hunters that show the masses it Godly beauty . 🙏🏻👍🏻
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an old poem (1897) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
I'll be visiting my grandparents' graves next Saturday at our Lakewood in Hughson.
Thanks for another interesting and informative episode. Can't wait to see whose final resting place you find next.
Thanks for filling in the blanks! You taught me something new!
THANKS JEFF AND SARAH ❤
What a great video Jeff, I learned so much about so many people. Other than the Senator and his family tragic accident, I knew of the others. Tiny Tim was a big hit on Australian Television in the early 70’s. Well done Jeff & Sarah.
Thanks friend! I’m pleased that you liked this one too! Our blessings we send across the seas to you!
What’s a beautiful cemetery and great info.Barbara
Thnx for my weekly HH "fix" Jeff and Sarah! Although I don't subscribe to the politics of most of these people you highlighted, it is fascinating to hear your in depth research into their lives! GR8 vid, as always!!! ~Chris
Great video Jeff! I learned a lot as always. I remember Tiny Tim. I was a kid of about 7 or so. He didn’t creep me out though. I remember Laugh In and him being on it. Hope you and Sarah are well. Looking forward to whatever is next
Shook hands with the Hump in 1968 in New London, CT. Excellent video and great research on clips. I like your cemetery approach unlike other RUclipsrs. Well researched, profound and honest commentary and especially trying to find good in all individuals regardless of what they may or may not have done right.
So you have really paid me a high compliment and I thank you. The way I see it some of the people that I highlight I would not support politically, but they are part of history and they should not be forgotten. Already have had a number of people comment that they hated the video because I showed Democrats, but there aren’t many Republicans buried there that I could highlight. Because we are so divided in our country people get offended when you look back at historical figures who are public officials because they don’t like the party
I'm not too far from where Mondale was born here in MN :)
I thoroughly enjoy all your cemetery visits videos Jeff, you fill up 15-20 minutes with the most interesting information on people that have passed on. I too remember Tiny Tim's wedding to Vicky and yes thought he was the very creepy ukulele guy. Thanks for including Sarah in this video as last time I wrote, it's been awhile since we've seen her. See ya next Sunday!
I always appreciate a word from Jerry! Thanks, sir. I'd put Sarah in more if she had a desire to appear but it's not always in her comfort zone.
Hi Jeff and Sarah..love your hair....I remember Tiny Tim on the tonight show ...he was definitely a different guy in show business... RIP to the senator and his family...the good always die young. the ones who can make a difference.......the cemetery is beautiful.....take care ..... great vlog...... Deborah 🇨🇦
This has been an amazing slice my my history. Major leaders of the political and business world from those decades. I am grateful that you've helped us to reconnect.
Excellent! I have my own coin phrase for your videos now. " I never knew " blessings west coaster.
Excellent! That's what we love to hear! Thank you!
Your hair looks very pretty Sarah
I remember Tiny Tim on tv as a kid. The creep meter was broken on him. Enjoy your vids. Swing down to Iowa sometime and do the plane crash of Buddy Holly
And after you visit the crash site of Buddy Holly, drop down to West Bend, Iowa and visit the world famous Grotto of Redemption stone grotto. I farm about 10 miles from there. You could also do a farm video. lol
Thanks much for the trip. I really liked Tiny Tim. Take care.
Thanks, you too!
love your Minnesota videos
Thank you!!! More to come!
Thanks jeff, quite a masterpiece on Minnesota today! We are often overlooked however, we have such a rich history, especially in native American history, art and music! Thank you for highlighting us today and love to you and Sarah!
No doubt! I must say that I kept remarking to Sarah that I absolutely love Minnesota and wouldn’t mind living there, but the winters would be something that would prevent us from doing that. Sarah was up there in February 2013 to say goodbye to her father and it was 20 below zero and she told me it was unbearable.
Thanks for the video . First time for me seeing HH gravesite . And a few a others . Im in illinois. Alot of good graves here to look at as well.
Love to get there too!!!
@@jbenziggy awesome. Im going to see Paul Harvey soon. He's in the suburbs of Chicago and I might stop and see Capone...m
If you come to my home state of Illinois, please keep in mind that there is so much more to this state than just Chicago.
They tend to suck the oxygen out of the room, but Illinois is nearly 400 miles long and has a lot to offer outside of the Chicago area.
I’ll come up with a list of my recommendations for you to visit in Illinois when I have the time and will post it in the comments of one of your videos.
Tiptoe Thru the 🌷 Tulips was a classic. The song will always be with us. Every spring they pop up and I still hear his voice❤
Beautiful cemetery !!!
Thanks for all your hard work in bringing this information to us. Without your research, we would never know.
So nice of you!
Jeff & Sarah Your tour was very insightful and interesting I might add ! You never cease to amaze your viewers with great content and your great research on your subject matter. I really enjoy your video clips on the subjects you discuss. I broke out laughing when you played the video clips of Tiny Tim, I remember him well and he was quite unusual for sure. Thank you again for your dedication to bringing history alive, your the best !!
Great vid Jeff ! You make'em I'll watch'em ! Cheers !
Fantastic! Thank you, Greg!
@@jbenziggy you're welcome ! 👍
You always open my eyes to interesting history through the graves you take us to. Thanks, Jeff.
Awesome! Glad to hear it! Thanks!
Another good one. Watched Tiny Tim’s wedding on Johnny Carson. He lost his ukulele at a motel right down the street from me.
Tip Toe through the tulips .Jeff . do i need to say anything more ? 🤪
Another Great Video Pal, hope you and your Wife are doing well. Your insert's, and Voice overs are Fantastic. Don, San Jose. 6-2-2024.
I appreciate the genuine compliments, Don. I have a few ideas for videos in your hometown! FYI, I spent the first years of my life in nearby Milpitas!
Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday, and thanks for sharing your trip to visit the graves of Vice President Humphrey and the late great Tiny Tim who I got to meet forty years ago. Again, thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day .
Definitely a different type of collection of famous people in this one. I don’t know if you heard him, but Tiny Tim also sang in a regular manly voice, and he was quite a singer. He was also not as strange acting as an older man as he was in the 1960s.
@@jbenziggy Many people didn't like Tiny Tim because of way he looked and sang but sure was a wonderful person and took his time to talk to you. Thanks, Jeff, for sharing this story
Very well done. Lot's of tidbits I have forgotten. Tiny Tim, however, has not been. I was always amazed at how far he made it in the business being so creepy 😮. Wonder where his daughter is now and what she thought of her dad. Thanx Jeff and Sarah!😊
Glad to have you in my state watch your videos all the time
Awesome! You were watching before we came to Minnesota?
@@jbenziggy Of course 😊
When I was in the 1st grade, Humphrey arrived at or school in a helicopter. Jefferson Elementary in Davenport IA. He landed on the lot next to the playground, came through the play ground into the school. Don't remember much else. Didn't know who he was until then, but never forgot him for sure. This was late 60s, so was VP at the time.
Wow! What an experience! The only thing that comes close was when a congressman showed up and kids rolled pennies across the gym floor as he spoke!
Very enjoyable & informative. Always look forward to your adventures.
Glad you like them! Thanks!
Very informative video. Thank you for all that you and Sarah do for all of us...
Our pleasure! Thanks, Gerry!
Always enjoy all your wonderful videos. I always learn something new. Thank you.
So glad! Thanks for letting us know, Cassie!
Very unusual visits. With many thanks as always. Well done!
Many thanks!
Very informative episode
Famous politicians and others including tiny tim
Love ur channel..take care 🤠🖖
Thank you so much for watching. Apparently, some people were set off by the fact that I commented that Tiny Tim was a bit creepy.
Lovely cemetery. Thank you for taking us along.
A wealth of information in this video, thanks.
Video was great today. Thank you, Jeff.
Thanks for watching!!!
Thanks Jeff enjoyed it
Thanks! 🤗
Found this all very interesting.Thanks!
Jeff, great video. And thank you so much for sharing. I really enjoyed it.
My pleasure! Thank you once again, Joel!
You do a fantastic job of integrating historical clips with the gravesites! I was glad to see the impressive final resting place of Tiny Tim. When I was entertainment reporter for The News Chief in Winter Haven FL, I interviewed Tiny Tim for 2 hours when he was the featured act in The Great American Ciircus in 1985, and found him fascinating and polite! Sincerely, Dan Hogan
I’ve heard that he was a prince of a man! As a newspaper editor I’ve had the privilege to interview Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, Charles Pride and a few others.
Tiny Tim was a hoot. I remember him well. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Jeff, thank you so much for all of your videos! They are always very informative and very interesting! Being able to watch your videos enables me to be able to enjoy different parts of the country, especially California, when I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to visit there. Know that you have an avid fan in Oklahoma that greatly appreciates all that you do.
Awesome! Hopefully we can visit Oklahoma one day for some videos. My mother and her parents and her parent's parents all were born in Oklahoma!
Interesting & amazing as always. Thank you Jeff & Sarah. ❤️🙋🙂
Our pleasure! Thank you, Janet!!
I got to shake hands with Hubert Humphrey when he was running for president in 1972. He came to the Steel town in Pennsylvania that I was from and just happened to be walking down the street backed by security shaking hands.
My Mother went to Macalester College, and Walter Mondale was in a lot of her classes. Now they are buried in Lakewood. My mother is buried in a family plot close to the Phillsbury mounument.
Very thoughtful and well done overview of Lakewood Cemetery. However, you misspoke about the Dayton Family. George Draper Dayton founded Dayton’s Department Stores (Not Draper Dept Stores). Also, Target was not established until 1962, when the first Target opened in Roseville, MN. Also, the Dayton family started multiple regional shopping malls in this region (Nicknamed “the Dales” which created the first enclosed shopping mall in the country in Edina, MN in 1956, called Southdale.
Also many street names in Minneapolis were named using the last names of the people who are buried on Pillsbury Hill in The Lakewood Cemetery. My grandparents and mother are buried here in one of the family plots that is very close to the Phillsburys monument. The Phillsbury monument is one of the biggest and tallest monuments in this cemetery. There is also a Blaisdale monument, and many others. Very large crypt structures also are found here.
Beautiful tributes, very well done.
Thanks Kenny!
Great episode Jeff thank you
Such a beautiful cemetery and mausoleum. I find cemeteries to be so peaceful.
Hi jeff, fascinating walk through i enjoyed this so much. Thankyou for supplying all the great info and videos. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Much appreciated, Regina May! Has it been getting hot where you are in Oklahoma?
This was a great video. Thank you for sharing it with all of us I've learned alot today. It's a beautiful cemetery.
Our pleasure! Thanks!
Thank you for paying your respect to those people that are gone and are part of history. I've been to Minneapolis many times and did not know about Tiny Tim being buried over there nor the Mars family. Great to know now. Great job.
Thank you for the comment! Maybe a visit to the cemetery is on your agenda next time you're there? I wish I could have had more time exploring!
My late father met Tiny Tim and said he was one of the nicest, humble guys ever.
I understand that he was very nice and down-to-earth!
As always, another great video.
Thanks again!
Thank you, Jeff and Sarah.
Another great video, Jeff!!
Thanks again!
The stainless steel sculpture on Rudy Perpich's grave (8:44) is by the sculptor Gloria Tew. It represents Rudy and and his wife Lola leaning on each other for support. The bronze statue that you described as a forlorn woman (11:11) is also by a female sculptor, Nellie Verne Walker. It was cast in 1920. When you walked toward Paul Wellstone's grave you passed by the other Gloria Tew sculpture at Lakewood (21:35). It is not, as you stated, a memorial to Paul Wellstone. It is an abstract representation of two dancers and is on the grave of a young woman named Stephanie Laitala, who died in 1994. The sculptor Gloria Tew died in 2022 at the age off 98 and is also buried at Lakewood.
Thanks for the information. You sound quite knowledgeable about cemetery statues here. Is it because you are a local art enthusiast or work for the cemetery?
@@jbenziggy You're welcome. I do not work for the cemetery. I'm a Minneapolis history enthusiast and have spent many hours at Lakewood. I was amused to see that in your relatively short video about a 250-acre cemetery you managed to mention the three sculptures at Lakewood that I happen to know something about.
Neat to see the bit about the Mars family. Mars Midnight is one of my all-time favorite candy bars and I virtually never see them anymore. That Wellstone wing shaped memorial is beautiful.
Minnesota has a large Norwegian population as well. Many of my Ancestors moved there when they came to the USA via New York and some of their families are still there as well.
Thank you for showing some Minnesota history. We're often overlooked because it's not convenient to make it up this way and it definitely doesn't fit the definition of flyover country.
Gosh, I love Minnesota! So much of your state appeals to me ... but then again the winters might not be something Sarah could deal with.
@@jbenziggy Truly a beautiful place! So happy you loved it and can share it with others.
That was very cool and the fact that you did a history for many of the people was very informative. Nicely done.
Wonderful video Jeff and Sarah… gosh Jeff you are a wealth of US history knowledge. So far we loved every video you guys did.
Thank you so very much. I am so happy that you enjoy our videos, Peggy. Take care and we’ll see you next week.
So enjoyed hearing HHH's voice again! Thank you.
Thanks for listening!
Always interesting as usual!
Thanks again!
Another amazing journey, Jeff!
Good to see Sarah for a second! Thank you both for the cemetery tour! History is always interesting to me and you always keep my attention! Great work and thank you for your efforts! -Nina
Thank you, Nina. Sarah will appear a bit more in the next video!
Great video guys❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I saw you walking by a headstone that said Lovelace on it. Linda? Sarah...love the new hairdo
Well, I must’ve missed that headstone, but I don’t believe that she is buried there and I’m not sure that is her real name. Lol. But thank you so much for the nice remarks about Sarah‘s hairstyle.
According to findagrave, Parker Cemetery in Parker, Colorado.
I like the variety in this one and the history about MN. Thank You
Awesome! Thanks, Sue!
This is a beautiful cemetery 👍
While in high school during the 70s when someone did something that was very easy they would say it was as easy as tip toeing through the tulips. ( not me of course) 😊
My in laws were refugees from Ukraine they came to Mpls in 1950 after living in a DP camp in Germany for 5 years. They are buried in the same mausoleum as Tiny Tim. I didn’t know this until watching this video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing this personal insight. Hopefully you can get to visit it someday!
Great educational video Jeff.
Obviously being a " nerd" as a kid worked out well for you.
You're an excellent journalist and writer.
Allan in Columbia, SC
Thanks Allan! Gosh I hope I can get down there sometime in the near future. Seems like a beautiful state!
Thank you AGAIN for the Stunning content Jeff and Sarah, cheers
Thank you very much, Zack!
Thanks!
Thank you, Terry!