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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't Forget POTUS and "To Kill a Mockingbird" - USA Network 8 pm EST Tonight
Just a reminder to set your DVRs if you can't watch.
I'd' like to think we've made some progress since Harper Lee wrote about Atticus and Scout and Boo, and Tom. But I don't know anymore.
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Don't Forget POTUS and "To Kill a Mockingbird" - USA Network 8 pm EST Tonight (Original Post)
K Gardner
Apr 2012
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. K&R
Thanks for the reminder!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. 8pm ET in New York. It is 7pm CT here in Texas. 6pm in California(?), etc. n/t
K Gardner
(14,933 posts)3. Thanks.. I forget not everybody is in my time zone :-)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)8. My schedule shows 8 Pacific
It's a good idea to check your local schedule to confirm the time.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)4. Is this the new one that the President showed? The rerelease?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)5. Yes. President Obama does the intro on the one tonight. n/t
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)6. Here's the info - the restored version
President Barack Obama will briefly introduce a Saturday airing of the Gregory Peck-starring "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Obama taped about a minute of remarks to air before the first national showing of a restored version of the classic tale of Southern racial tensions in the 1930s, USA Network said Tuesday. USA is airing the movie at 8 p.m.(EST) on Saturday in partnership with the American Film Institute and Universal Picture.
The White House has not yet released his remarks, which could touch on issues of race and equality.
Harper Lee, the famously publicity-shy author of the book on which the movie is based said in a statement that she is "deeply honored that President Obama will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by introducing it to a national audience."
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http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/04/obama-to-introduce-to-kill-a-mockingbird-119506.html
whistler162
(11,155 posts)7. GADS... where is PETA when you need them?
The POTUS supporting killing Mockingbirds. Ohhh... the humanity!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)11. It's a federal offense to kill a mockingbird
I know.
I looked it up when I had a lonely bachelor outside my window for hours every night last year.
think
(11,641 posts)9. Classic. Thank you for the reminder.
burrowowl
(17,652 posts)10. I've read the book at least 5 times
and seen the movie 2 times and I'm going to watch it again!