Episodes
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Biospheric Salvation 2027
Our mission is to open world boundaries, bury world prejudices, and welcome an era of worldwide respect... “All Aboard!"
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My Huckleberry Friend
I now believe that upon a powerful force field, Huckleberry can read my mind...
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Operation Stairwell
It is time for Operation Stairwell to unveil what war means to the warriors who are fighting it, and put a stop to the killing…
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Our Dads
But while I’m thinking about it, I do believe I shall call my son, who is writing grants for nonprofits, and tell himhow proud I am of him…
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The Diaries of Adam and Eve
...this kind of love is not a product of reasonings andstatistics. It just COMES—none knows whence—and cannot explain itself. And doesn't need to...
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Thanks for the Smiles
"The important thing, the essential thing, is that we endeavor so to live, that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry.”
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Two Very Different Courtships
So, though different in procedure, a Paiute courtship and a WOCB courtship both ended up in blissful marriages…
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Mark Twain Returns to Lake Tahoe
He must be smiling down today upon such a masterful work of art, such a treasured addition to the Clemons’s Lake Shore House, the lovely community of Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe, and the Great State of Nevada...
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Titanium Brains
On the flip side, the day that AI can cure cancer, negotiate tariffs, broker ceasefires and expand peace, I will eat my UNR Wolfie Jr. hat on national TV, and will not ask for any condiments to sweeten-up the occasion. ..
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A Fireside Conversation
Wish us luck if you will be so kind,and we should have a pictorial essay available soon that you can give to your favorite aunt who is about to retire, and might be the perfect candidate to become everybody’s favorite Chautauquan…
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Joe Montana
Glancing back upon my ten years of living on the Island of Maui, the best party I can remember was thrown by a Russian guy, Rodonovik...
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Those Friendly Spirits of Piper's Opera House
...there are still a few folks up there on the Lode who willbrighten your day with a practical joke, should the opportunity present itself…
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Buffett - Twain - Part Two
The important thing, the essential thing, is that we endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry…
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Though War is Dumb - It Can Become Imperative
Some said I was too irregular, even for the irregulars...
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The Power of Water
She was so weak that she had to rest her cigars on the windowsill while smoking them...
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Twain Statue Arrives
Moreover, if you had told me then, that 165 years later, this marvelous Gary Lee Price bronze statue would be arrivingin 2026, thanks to the generous hearts of Gary and Susan Clemons of the Lake Shore House in Glenbrook, I would have smiled, and not believed you…
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Barefoot & Broke in Paris
I hardly ever cry, but I think I did, as I did not know a soul, and did not speak the language.
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Jimmy Buffett Meets Mark Twain on the Road to Heaven
I look forward to working with my brother Darin on crafting a Buffett-Twain show that will delight a Tahoe audience…
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Lake of the Sky
"I’m no angel, but for a few moments each day, I can feel like one, thanks to Lake Tahoe, and Mark Twain.”
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Powerful Places
“I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet I am strongly inclined to expect one.”
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An Open Letter from America 250 to America 300
I only wish I could join you in lifting a glass to the next generation of American experimenters, but theydon’t have glasses where I am, only shovels to keep the embers glowing…
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Buddy Rich
He is as swashbuckling today as he was on that memorable night when he led the Scotch Mist Bunny Hop out onto the streets of Chicago…
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Lewis & Clark
She also became the very first woman in our history to cast a vote.
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Huckleberry's Tree and Me
My breath forsook me, and I came near falling onto the floor in astonishment...
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Dolley Madison
But what distinguishes Dolley to my mind, and makes her ahero of her time, really, is the way she single-handedly saved an American treasure…
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Knowing Your Vivaldi
I am writing on musical adrenalin alone....
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Take Two Aspirin
It was to be that little mouse’s, and McAvoy’s lucky Maui day…
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Knowing Your Vivaldi
I am writing on musical adrenalin alone...
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Judge Lloyd George
“So Sam, what do you think about President Teddy Rooseveltnow that you’re up here?”
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Waterskiing the Caldecott Tunnel
Once upon a time I had the best job in America...
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Saving Huck
"All right, then, I'll go to hell.”
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Sunshine on the Forest Floor
How can we avoid a Third World War?
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The Mississippi
By the way, Marquette, how in blazes are we going to getback home?"
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The Northwest Passage
So you might be wondering,is there a moral to this history?
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Discovering Our Fountain of Youth
“I must have been drinking from the Fountain of Youth.”
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Hands Off that Autonomous Weapon!
It’s a powerful piece of music, a piece of music that could rightfully become a 2026 anthem for all nations of the world, in welcoming a peaceful dawn…
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A Short History of News Reporting
I can only imagine the reaction those Commandments might have had in France…“No adultery? Hey, I’m French!”
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Flocking Together
It can happen, as art so often becomes a catalyst for creativity.
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Diamond Peak is Sixty
Still, on my daily walks, I gaze up there and long to be gliding down, with a song in my heart, carving turns to the beat of Lido Shuffle, and thanking those who came before me formaking Diamond Peak such a wonderful place to capture the essence of life with a perfect run…
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Big Birthdays
I was invited to John Rolf’s bachelor party the night before he married Pocahontas...
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The Day We Lost Born Again Smitty
If ever there was an act of God that was identifiable to me,that was it…
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Now Let's Get Your Story Out!
If you do those two things, read good books and provide yourself with some solitude, your story will jump out just like that Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. ..
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Football 2026
At the end of my string, I turned to that Oracle of Prophecy, my ex-wife, whose favorite team is the Bengals, though she calls them the “Bagels.”
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Rob Robins RIP
Whether deep into a good game of poker, or enjoying a cigar with friends, he was forever cheerful, and just booming with good fellowship…
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By the Numbers
In a thousand cruises into Emerald Bay, the one where the bride turned into her mother is the one I remember most...
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Night of the Cotton Bouquet
Meanwhile, that drive-in movie taught me a lesson that I call upon even today, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder,and in the touch of the beholder, as was the case in that night of the cotton bouquet…
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My Best Friend
Stay tuned to these pages for the final chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Jay…
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I Was Here Once Before
There is more to the transmigration of souls to be discovered.
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Knowing Your Vivaldi
I am writing on musical adrenalin alone...
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Flirting with Death
I got into a gunfight with a gentleman from North Vietnam, and he was as bad a shot as I was, thank goodness. ..
About this show
Portraying Mark Twain for 38 years,has allowed me a foretaste of heavenprior to my earthly contract running out.The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slopehas taught me that even in this crazy worldit is possible, no, vital, to smile…
Hosted by
McAvoy Layne
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