Sometimes I just love YouTube’s algorithm. It presents me with comedy I wouldn’t otherwise get to see. Tonight’s featured raconteur, for example.
Jeanne Flinn Swanner Robertson (September 21, 1943 – August 21, 2021) was an American athlete, teacher, humorist, motivational speaker,[2] YouTube personality, and Miss North Carolina 1963.
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And she was a riot. “Left Brain” was her husband, btw.
“Don’t bungee jump naked!” [6:29]:
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Monday Youffraita
Young Jeanne grew very quickly...
Jeanne Flinn Swanner was born at the Naval Hospital Boston in Chelsea, Massachusetts and raised in Graham, North Carolina,[4][2] one of three daughters…. [S]he was [...] especially tall as a youth, growing to 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) by age 13.[5] She was an avid basketball player.[2]
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How she came to hire her administrative assistant [7:52]:
...and was the tallest ever Miss America contestant:
In 1963, at age 19, she was named Miss North Carolina[6][7] and went on to be named Miss Congeniality in that year's Miss America competition.[8][2][9] As of 2021, Jeanne Swanner, at 6 foot 2, is still the tallest contestant ever in the Miss America pageant.[10]
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“The Great Marmot Standoff” [12:13]:
Don’t call her a comedian!
Although she began her public speaking career with her pageant title, Robertson achieved much more national attention as a humorist and speaker.… Robertson distinguished between a humorist, which she considered herself, and a comedian, stating, "The humorist weaves the longer stories with a point. We don't go 'after' anybody. I'm telling my life."[8]
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“Don’t Trust a Man with the Luggage” [10:57]:
Robertson was the author of four books: Humor: The Magic of Genie: Seven Potions for Developing a Sense of Humor (1989); Mayberry Humor Across the USA (1995); Don't Let the Funny Stuff Get Away (1998); and Don't Bungee Jump Naked And Other Important Stuff (2020).
“Don’t Waste a Southern Accent” [3:50]:
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