Aw, phooey! Bill Moyers, News Legend, Kicks the Bucket! Quack!

Holy Toledo! A Newsman's Newsman!

Aw gee whiz! This is Donald Duck reporting live from my lily pad! I gotta tell ya the news hit me like a ton of bricks. Bill Moyers that brainy bird from the TV he's gone to the great newsroom in the sky! Can you believe it? Ninety one years old! He sure did live a long life! He went to a better place. I will miss his shows. "What's the big idea?" I thought to myself.

From Peace Corps to Pointy Headed Professors!

This Moyers guy he was everywhere! Started as a Baptist minister then deputy director of the Peace Corps (imagine trying to keep THAT crew in line!) and then he yakked with President Johnson! But get this he made his real splash on TV with PBS. All sorts of topics! Corrupt politicians twitchy dancers junkies power hungry newspaper moguls and tree huggers! He was busier than me dodging Huey Dewey and Louie after I accidentally 'borrowed' their ice cream!

Iran Contra?! Myth Busters?!

In 1988 this guy spilled the beans on the Iran Contra thing! "The Secret Government," they called it. He even chatted with this professor called Joseph Campbell. They talked about myths! I know a thing or two about myths – like the one about me ever getting a good night's sleep with those nephews around! WA HA HA! I hope they are not reading this!

Talking Heads? More Like Thinking Heads!

Moyers didn't care about fancy camera angles or cool transitions! Nope! He just put two smart cookies in front of a camera and let 'em talk! He said the best part of TV is the human face. It’s like when I try to explain to Daisy why I accidentally flooded the kitchen…again! She just stares at me! "Oh boy oh boy oh boy!" I keep telling myself but it does not work!

Liberal? Citizen Journalist? Who Cares!

Some folks called Moyers a 'liberal'. I call him 'interesting'! He had his own opinions and he wasn't afraid to squawk about them. He even called himself a “citizen journalist”. He said public TV let him talk to everyone without some big shot corporation telling him what to say. It’s like me trying to tell Uncle Scrooge how to run his money bin! He just yells "Get out and stay out!"

Emmy This! Peabody That! Awards Galore!

This Moyers fella got more awards than I've had hot dogs at a baseball game! Emmys Peabodys Golden Batons… you name it! And in 1995 they stuck him in the Television Hall of Fame! All those prizes! He was more decorated than my sailor suit after a particularly messy pie fight! Well I guess he earned all those awards for his outstanding journalism! Good for him I guess... Quack Quack!