I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'

Terkel smoked two cigars a day until 2004. This show along with Marlin Perkins's Zoo Parade Garroway at Large and the children's show Kukla Fran and Ollie are widely considered canonical examples of the Chicago School of Television. He also served as a distinguiStuds Terkeld scholar-in-residence at the Chicago History Museum.

Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16 1912 – October 31 2008) was an American author historian actor and broadcaster.