105 Not Out!

all right duffel we read about my first guest tonight in a local Kansas newspaper and she sounded like a more than remarkable woman she's 105 years old we thought you might like to meet her she some Ellsworth Kansas would you welcome please Mildred Holt how are you here fine I remember when you were in New York you do yeah you want to yeah we started the show yeah you sure do yeah I remember both of you you remember every time you put the show you can remember all the way back to 1962 now tell me so are you really you don't look come on I don't know what somebody hundred and five is supposed to look like you look better than I saw you then yeah you must have been out night clubbing someplace in New York at that time now are you really a hundred and five hundred five years when were you born 1882 over 105 you're the oldest person I have ever met and ever had on this show somebody told me you you wanted to ask me some questions sir well I hear you've had three four wives well great really thank you thank you again thank you Mildred I appreciate that because uh I I don't know I guess maybe I've just been unlucky in marriage or something I don't know and I just keep trying I know when do you were in New York I know when he was in New York I know when you left New York yeah so my mind is still working a little bit oh yeah your mind is working fine yeah do you have any brothers yeah were you born in Kansas Robert no you have brothers and sisters they were six girls and three boys yeah I was the youngest girl you were they've all died years ago yeah uh outlive them all I'm sure I mean to die well you too mean to die who you come from a big thing I'm from Nebraska you know I know when you were in the breast then you remember when I was in New York doing I remember show you put on the breath oh yeah I had a show there local show and Omaha and Lincoln know and the rest is right next to Kansas yeah I can't say anything about Kansas tonight no Kansas good state good state I met a man if they hotel and he said where you from us in Kansas he said oh my goodness and mazing man well he's some definitely not a nice person to say that yeah forget that Kansas produces more weight than any state in the Union absolutely that's where your bread comes from yes you the breadbasket of the countries in Kansas did you know that most people she likes people closer to her in old days she stopping you well Nebraska produces a lot of corn I know that a corn and then just have a seven inch rain really yesterday did they need it no pretty dry I don't think they needed it yeah we don't need it either when we left Wichita all the streets were flooded yeah well that's enough rain then for a while right what's what's the first thing you remember as a child how far back do you really remember I remember our first automobile was 1914 and the first plane I don't remember when the first plane came out must have been early nineteen hundred's yeah uh-huh yeah did you ever fly in an airplane Oh time every time I get a chance yeah I applied to Birmingham Alabama where my daughter lives an eight grandchildren now how old's your daughter now that one is 46 46 which I am this one I have a son that's 80 how is sunny anyway is he doing all right well he took me to the airport okay I'd say what we're gonna take a pause you know we have to stop occasionally for a commercial you know did we do then we're gonna come back and we'll talk some more okay you're fun all right we'll be right back they were young okay we're back if you just if you just yarn is we're talking with Matt called you Mildred yeah Mildred Ellsworth Kansas 105 years old and we asked Mildred if she would like a little drink or a little water or something and you said you'd like a highball now that's Midwestern expression for sure that's a Midwestern express right you have a little taste of huh I wish you would can I can I see what you drink sure I'd like can you drink most of it yeah Wow home in Kansas you don't get it is Kansas not very often they have wine and beer and I don't like either one yeah and I don't have this very often just for a dinner party so many get out of states it's walk-off yeah you'll be staying here long William Mildred he knows a drinker when she sees one two I think a little alcohol is good for the blood it's a blood thinner and they say a certain amount is is good you betcha yeah what's a what's an average day for you like what time do you get up in the morning I get up at eight eight o'clock I eat my breakfast address and then go eat my breakfast then I go shopping yeah you eat your breakfast before you dress no I come down all dressed every morning and eat my breakfast grapefruit coffee toast sometimes eggs and then I make out my list and go shopping and buy what I need meat and potatoes and fruit you don't drive a car do you know I had to quit two years ago and that broke they made you quit driving when you were 103 yeah no one car died on me it was worn out I bought a Chevy with the steering steering brakes and all that I wasn't used to it I had my son-in-law in with mainly started out here was a stop sign he was my car and one back of me out through the break on through him up against the windshield he said they're gonna kill somebody or yourself yeah we you had those new power brakes yeah power brakes I took the car home put a sign up for sale yeah good for you yeah otherwise I wouldn't be here today yeah your Sona your passengers wouldn't be here today for sure would you like to play cards I love you play

Channel: Stuart Sharp

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Length: 8min 48sec (528 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 27 2015