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A Tribute To Robert Osborne

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Source As a huge TCM fan I thought it was only fair to make a tribute post for Robert Osborne. Granted I never met the man, I knew him like a lot of people knew him by watching him on TV. His introductions and exits to films were always interesing to watch because I learned things I never knew about the film, actors, directors, ect. Robert really loved talking about classic film and you could tell he absoutely loved his job. He never made jokes, never made disgusting comments about a star- even if he didn't like a star you'd never know, he wouldn't make faces or act funny and he never seemed bored as though he was reading from a script. Even if a film had been shown dozens of times (and let's be honest TCM does air certain films almost every month) he still found something new to say about it. Because of him a lot of people (including myself) became interested in classic film. I only really started watching TCM about 9 years ago but the one thing I always loo...