Did you have a childhood hero? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on April 12, 2012

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“I liked the ‘Jungle Book.’ I wanted to be Mowgli.”

— Karen Khar, researcher at Kansas University, Lawrence

“The pink Power Ranger.”

— Ashlie Koehn, student, Lawrence

“Not that I can think of.”

— Chase Bryan, Air Force, Lawrence

“Bilbo Baggins. ”

— Stephen Spencer, network systems administrator, Lawrence

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misterlee 1 year, 2 months ago

Without question, my dad was my hero. I loved that man.

Pitt_Mackeson 1 year, 2 months ago

Captain Caveman!

ObiWan 1 year, 2 months ago

Ben Kenobi? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time...long time.

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

If Superman and Mighty Mouse got in a fight who would win?

ohjayhawk 1 year, 2 months ago

Superman, of course, because he's a real guy. No way a cartoon could beat up a real guy!

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

Good! Vern and Teddy in "Stand By Me"

ohjayhawk 1 year, 2 months ago

Definitely in my "Top 5 Movies of All Time" list!

snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year, 2 months ago

Lone Ranger

rockchalker52 1 year, 2 months ago

Bret Maverick

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

"I wonder...there is a birthday boy missing."

David Letterman?

CWGOKU 1 year, 2 months ago

John Holmes was a stud, that few men could measure up to

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

Herbert Khaury would have been 80 years old today. Unfortunately he tiptoed through the tulips for the last time on November 30,1996.

But he wasn't my childhood hero . . .

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 2 months ago

Ignaz Semmelweis

Paul R. Getto 1 year, 2 months ago

My father.

kernal 1 year, 2 months ago

The heroes I knew during my childhood aren't famous, nor are they cartoon characters. They are three people who survived their childhoods in Nazi concentration camps during WWII.

rockchalker52 1 year, 2 months ago

The early astronauts were cool. They were all business, though. Not like today's bunch taking libations into outer space. In other news, autie is rumored to be headed for the space station while the crew prepares for his arrival:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/11/11151079-scotch-in-space-a-wee-drop?lite

elysheba 1 year, 2 months ago

Walter Cronkite

gphawk89 1 year, 2 months ago

Every time I've had a chance to have a conversation with a "celebrity" I come away disappointed. They're either nothing like I thought they'd be or just full of themselves. An exception was Eastwood. He was pretty cool.

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

If you think George Brett is a complete a$$ then you haven't met Len Dawson . . .

RoeDapple 1 year, 2 months ago

Jesús de la Rosa Luque was a Spanish singer and dancer who was born 37 days before me. He died in '83 at the age of 35

scopi_guy 1 year, 2 months ago

Paul Lynde

ms_canada 1 year, 2 months ago

When I was a kid, Mom took sis and I to see snow White and the Dwarfs. that did it. I did so want to sing like that and I practiced all the time. "Some Day My Prince will Come, some day I'll find my love" Some days I really thought I was going to make it. But Alas, all was illusion or delusion. It was never to be. :o(

rockchalker52 1 year, 2 months ago

So many straight lines... Dang, it is really hard to stay classy sometimes.

misterlee 1 year, 2 months ago

I think Tom is a great guy. I've spent many hours with him. We used to watch Royals games together.

gphawk89 1 year, 2 months ago

Dad. He seemed awfully neat even when I was growing up. Now that I have a kid of my own and think back on all the things my dad did for me, he just gets better and better.

Marty_McFly 1 year, 2 months ago

Doc Brown.

FlintlockRifle 1 year, 2 months ago

Yes it would indeed be "pop", he could fix anything and passed it on to me, and I likewise passed it on too my 3 sons, and know they are passing it on to there sons, miss you pop---

Royals 1 year, 2 months ago

Amos Otis

riverdrifter 1 year, 2 months ago

I met George Brett on a pheasant hunt several years ago. Lazy hunter and not cool. I met Clint Eastwood long ago. He was even more cool in person. My childhood hero was a guy my father worked with. He was extremely cool. I didn't know it then but figured out later that, despite his simple life, he was truly an intellectual. I'll always miss him.

rockchalker52 1 year, 2 months ago

Back in '05 :

email to George Brett thru 810WHB radio - Hi George Brett. My folks' 60th wedding anniversary is coming up. Mom is a big Royals fan, so us kids rented the banquet room at your restaurant on the Plaza. We gonna surprise them with a limo ride to take us all there. We thought it would be cool if you could maybe sign a picture or something & leave it at your restaurant for them. I know they would be thrilled. Thanx in advance.

A day or two before the big surprise - Hi, Mr. Rockchalker, this is Flunkie calling, the producer guy that you copied the email to. We just wanted to call & say thanks for listening to George on our station, but, as you can imagine, he gets so many requests...yada yada... and we tryin' to keep George placated here at the station, so chances are... .

Really, would a robo-signed 8x10 have killed him?

No autograph from George, but the folks had a marvelous time.