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John Ratzenberger
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Inventor, Philanthropist
John Ratzenberger Speech Topics
THE INDUSTRIAL TSUNAMI COMING YOUR WAY
• The average age of a machinist in America is 58 years old. We aren’t training our youth to fill these jobs or the millions of others available now in the skilled trades • How did we go from celebrating the trades to denigrating them? • Is a $100k education worth it when millions of high-paying,...
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I'M SORRY I RUINED THE WORLD
• Apologies from the Woodstock generation by someone who not only was there but was on the carpentry crew that built the stage at the famous festival (me!) • As the Beatles advised us"Picture yourself in a boat down the river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies" In other words, do a lot of...
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO NATTY BUMPO
• The joys and rewards of being a capable and self-reliant adult • How the main protagonist in the James Fenimore Cooper, Deerslayer and Hawkeye novels influenced my life to the point of knowing how to build a house and everything in it • I still get food on my shirt front when I eat out but I...
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WHEN IN ROME & OTHER LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
• The do's don'ts and other tips gleaned from having lived and travelled throughout Europe for ten uninterrupted years • Did you know that asking someone in England what they do for a living is considered an insult? If you pour wine backwards in Italy, it is considered the "curse of the devil"?
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PIXARS OLD SCHOOL WAYS
• How setting high standards and sticking to them propelled Pixar to become the most successful film studio in the history of Hollywood • An insider’s peek backstage after twenty years of enjoying the company of show business royalty • From the hysterical stories of Don Rickles to the elegance of...
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