Busman's Holiday

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Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

One day in 1947, NYC bus driver William Cimillo showed up to his daily bus route, but instead of turning right, he turned left. Over the next week, he traveled 1,300 miles in his municipal bus, ending up in Hollywood, Florida. The bus had broken down, he’d run out of money, and had no way of getting home. Plus, he was now the most wanted bus driver in the country.

This story originally aired on This American Life in 2014. Go to www.radiodiaries.org to find more stories and sign up for our monthly newsletter.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:01.0	I'm super excited to tell you about a new show coming to Radio Topia.
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0:22.0	about their weight.
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0:28.7	that are often understated and sometimes flat out unsaid.
0:33.6	He kicks the show off with his own story, wondering if he can ever truly be desirable
0:38.5	as a fat man.
0:40.0	He then brings us stories of all types of folks, fat and straight-sized, who can't seem
0:45.4	to keep weight off their minds.
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0:59.7	From PRX.
1:01.2	From PRX's Radio Topia, this is Radio Diaries, I'm Joe Richmond.
1:05.6	In 1947, a New York City bus driver named Williams-Simillo became, for a few weeks, the
1:11.1	most famous bus driver in the country.
1:13.8	I read a bunch of accounts of what he did, but my favorite is from this TV interview.
1:18.1	It unfolds kind of slowly, but that's kind of why it's so great.
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