Thomas Paine: Death of a Forgotten Founding Father

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

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Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired the American Revolution. So why did only six people show up at his funeral? Mo finds out why this essential Founding Father has never gotten his due - and, with the help of a Tony nominated Broadway songwriting team and The Daily Show's Lewis Black, stages a rollicking memorial service for Paine on the spot where he dropped dead.

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Tawny Newsom. I play Beckett Mariner on Star Trek Lower Decks.
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0:37.6	It's a sunny Saturday afternoon in April and I've driven up to New Rochelle, New York, a suburb just north of New York City.
0:45.3	You have to park like three blocks away. I mean, there are people are showing up for this thing.
0:51.3	I'm here for a celebration. A lot of activity here. A lot of excitement. Really more of a commemoration.
0:57.2	The mayor is gonna be here on the dignitarium. You see everyone is gathered here today to honor the person that put New Rochelle on the mat.
1:05.2	You travel out of state and you tell someone to lie live in her shell.
1:09.2	The first thing they'll tell you is, oh, the Dick Van Dyke Show.
1:12.6	The Dick Van Dyke Show.
1:16.0	Starring Dick Van Dyke.
1:19.1	The beloved actor Dick Van Dyke played comedy writer Rob Petri on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
1:25.2	A young Mary Tyler Moore played his wife Laura.
1:28.0	Would you stage your name and address please?
1:30.5	It's Mrs. Laura Petri, one for a Bonnie Metta Road, New Rochelle, New York.
1:37.8	That's right. The fictional couple lived in New Rochelle.
1:41.2	And today the townspeople are dedicating the real Bonnie Metta Road to the hit 1960 series.
1:47.7	You're gonna take a picture in the TV set.
1:49.7	I love that. I love you. That was Nancy and with you.
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