Tom Bodett and his new calling

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He was young when he almost died, in an accident involving an electric utility cable and a considerable height. But Tom Bodett, by his accounts, went on to become a pretty good writer (of more than a dozen books and audiobooks), an NPR essayist, and Motel 6 spokesman. And now, at 68, Bodett has found another calling, as a woodworker. He talks with correspondent Faith Salie about crafting a new life in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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@mike4619 Год назад

He's a good man. Let's all leave the light on for him.

@Christoph-sd3zi Год назад

He's obviously not very bright if he climbed an electric pole and touched a power line. I knew not to do that kind of stuff when I was 7.

@jeanetteschock4744 Год назад

Love when he is on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

@linguaphile42 Год назад

And when Faith Salie is on there. I'm always surprised that she's so funny after just knowing her from Sunday Morning.

@daveenyart Год назад

When I saw his name in the video title...I instantly grinned and said to myself, "...and we'll leave the light on for ya". He may not agree but...I believe he is a member of Americana.

@sunshine3914 Год назад

Heard him, but never seen him before… quite handsome. Looks younger than 68.

@metallicamadmen172 Год назад

From 99 - 2001 I worked tech support for CenturyTel and Tom was our customer. He called a lot because we only did rural areas before DSL so there were problems. I took a lot of those calls and he was always grateful even when frustrated. Now I am a cabinet maker. Had no idea he was a woodworker too.

@drewconway7135 Год назад

I remember his ads on the radio from 30+ years ago. I thought he was older then. I was surprised to hear that he's not only still alive, but that he's only 68.

@tjmctube Год назад

I was thinking exactly the same. I think it's common to project an image to a voice on the radio.

@imaramblins Год назад

I agree. He's always had that rich voice which makes him seem more "mature."

@mortalclown3812 Год назад

Lol he's an old soul who's sounded exactly the same for decades.

@jveebklyn1644 Год назад

Didn't realize until today that I had no clue what he looked like.😂

@cmc5394oparva Год назад

When I started going on trips in my early 20s, I initially stayed in Motel 6s specifically because of his ads. His voice was incredibly effective at providing a homespun, nostalgic vibe for a discount hotel chain.

@maureenwilliford8985 Год назад

I have loved Tom Bodett forever! Many, many, many years ago I had a partner who was a cross country truck driver and we basically lived on the road. During long nights of driving, one of the comforts was hearing Tom’s soothing voice telling us we’ll leave the light on for you. In my mind, I equate him to a short but sweet version of Garrison Keillor.

@cincyeast5273 Год назад

Maureen, you nailed it! Yes! Thank you for that thought!

@ohyeahthatsright3155 Год назад

Same here, I was often homesick on the road and that voice was home no matter where I was.

@denali9449 Год назад

Have known Tom for over 40 years when I lived at the end of the road jut a few blocks from "Clear" Shot which was really Lucky Shot and Alice's was a daily event. Tom is still the same 'what you see is what you get' guy. Stay the course my friend.

@flick22601 Год назад

If I was so well known for making a single statement, I'd be proud to have it printed on my tombstone. Imagine people in a hundred or a thousand years wondering what it was about, checking their history books and then understanding with a smile on their face.

@larsonfamilyhouse Год назад

Yes!

@jimmyblues59m76 Год назад

Tom is legendary! His Motel 6 commercials are as timeless today as they were in the 1980's. He's always reminded me of a character who would have lived in Mayberry USA. 😊

@mattlohr Год назад

Well, he grew up in Lake Wobegon and moved to Mayberry...

@paddydoublems Год назад

Faith and Tom go way back as they have been panelists on Wait...Wait Don't Tell Me for quite a while now.

@monteengel461 Год назад

I met Tom when I was the Acting District Court judge in Homer, AK in 1989-90. I also helped a friend do a show at KBBI radio. I am now retired and do woodworking.

@cellpat2686 Год назад

"We'll leave the light on for you." Great Tombstone line. Tom''s as laid back as his Motel 6 adds. Thank you for making us smile with those radio adds.

@jims2939 Год назад

Many years ago I listened to Tom when he was a guest on a local call in radio show. A caller called in and told Tom that he had just gotten married and for their honeymoon they took a cross country trip and every night they stayed at a Motel 6. Without missing a beat, Tom replied "wow, you really pulled out all the stops, didn't you?" Hysterical.

@cloudbullets Год назад

90s kids will know him as the narrator for The Animaniacs’ short, “Good Idea, Bad Idea”

@MetroShadow1 Год назад

Came here to say this. ✅✅🧐

@Darci3333 Год назад

Love Tom Bodett wish i lived where i could take his wood working class❤

@janetf23 Год назад

I've always felt comforted by hearing him say those words, from the very first time I heard it, feels like family.💞

@jackhackett80 Год назад

Tom seems like a rather refined individual. I recall in HS in the 90s we had to read The End of The Road series(I think that was the title)...ended up being a show Northern Exposure

@ebybeehoney Год назад

Love Northern Exposure

@12bluescrag63 Год назад

Northern - Exposure is one of the best TV shows

@carolz5090 Год назад

He really is an outstanding woodworking/furnishings artist. Well done!

@gustafapplequist9059 Год назад

At some point, there was great concern amongst the crew on this shoot that the sound of the rain was going to ruin this shoot. I am here to say, it is beautiful and adds to Tom’s persona(: Well done!

@cynthiamason4069 Год назад

What great story! Thank you, Faith. I've always wondered about Tom after hearing him om Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me. ♡

@krazmokramer Год назад

"Not being high was my high". Yup, I know the feeling, and totally agree!

@TrishTruitt Год назад

I've always liked him on WWDTM, but now, after finding out he's a woodworker who founded a local MakerSpace, I like him even more. Great interviewing by Faith as well.

@tbd-1 Год назад

Also cool to see a couple of the show's regulars chatting.

@Me97202 Год назад

It was called Motel 6, because rooms were originally $6 per night.

@rah62 Год назад

Same with Super 8 - the rooms were $8.88.

@garyfasso6223 Год назад

@@rah62Big Spender! Lucky 7 for me ($7), said Goldilocks.

@maryannefeyer6332 Год назад

Same with Days Inn - originally 8 Days Inn, $8/night.

@tenossos Год назад

For one person. Extra cost for extra people

@steveflor9942 Год назад

Yup, a cheap hotel is at least $120/night. So much for touring the country in retirement.😔

@kwm123123 Год назад

Memories of good times every time I hear his voice and Motel 6

@kirk4086 Год назад

Thanks Mr Tom for always leaving the lights on !!!

@BillStreeter Год назад

I would love to take a woodworking class from Tom Bodett. The older I get the more I just want to do woodworking in a remote cabin in the woods. Sounds like a great life to me!

@IntriguedLioness Год назад

I don't go out of my way to google them but I love catching segments where I get to see the faces behind the NPR voices!!

@wildforthecats661 Год назад

Great to see the face behind the voice.

@chrisjames3087 Год назад

I grew tired of waking up with a hangover. I suspect Tom would concur. Glad to see he's well.

@Anglican4Iran Год назад

A light that thrives in the depths of darkness, blazes through murky bottoms. It cannot and will not be quenched.

@alanyoder7629 Год назад

I knew Tom Bodett before he was Tom Bodett. We were in high school at the same time. He was a couple of years behind me.

@sunsetpalms1923 Год назад

He was a senior when I was a freshman at Sturgis H.S. I graduated with his sister Peg.

@DoctorEw220 Год назад

He just has a comforting voice.

@marym.garcia4147 Год назад

I and my friends had the pleasure of meeting Tom one afternoon and we were given a tour of his studio in Alaska. He was so gracious and so humble. Wish him nothing but happiness.

@MichaelAnthony-rl8zs Год назад

He is a national treasure.

@davidrice3337 Год назад

national treasure ? that's a little strong

@HipsterDoofus100 Год назад

Which like Horsecock Bob Vila

@gerrydooley951 Год назад

let's not get carried away

@davidrice3337 Год назад

@@gerrydooley951 agreec

@cynthiahawkins2389 Год назад

I am a retired building superintendent from NYC. I came down here with my husband, to New Orleans where there is jazz, great food, an incredible warm vibe - and I've rediscovered my love of textile. I now make 'tiny hats", give them away, and sell them. At 75 - I know the difference between a joy - and a job. You're talking my language Sir..Cheers from the French Quarter...

@derrtyog2601 Год назад

I'm telling you that I listen to these commercials in my grandfather Ford S10. Tom Bodett, we will leave the light on for you. My grandfather has been dead for almost 20 years, and I had a dream about him . This commercial just popped in my head today.

@janenef Год назад

Many years ago I was listening to The End of the Road while driving inland from the California coast. I was totally engrossed in the story, hanging on every word. At the top of Mt. Madonna, I lost the radio signal. I had to wind down the East side until I could find a turn out so I could turn around and go back to the top to hear the ending. Tom Bodette was that good a story teller. Thank you Tom, for keeping the light on for all of us, and for your wonderful storries.

@gmazz0913 Год назад

I lived up the road towards Loma Prieata in the summer of 92. Miss that place.

@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552 Год назад

The only (big) thing missing (as a voiceover artist I'd like to know this but I think other people would too) is HOW he got the Motel 6 gig! Would love to have known about the audition process and how he was able to record in Alaska back in those days, when usually, certainly for large clients, you would have to be in LA or New York (or maybe Chicago?) to record in the studio, etc.

@kathywiseman7944 Год назад

I read that he was guesting on an NPR station and someone at the ad agency heard him talk.

@MindyTunnell Год назад

We, too, had electricity and radio waves.

@EightPieceBox Год назад

They said in this video that the ad agency discovered him hosting on NPR. Funny that Motel 6 had him say his name as if he was famous when it's those ads that made him famous.

@davidking4838 Год назад

@@EightPieceBox Thus he became famous for not being famous.

@4islandlynx Год назад

Nobody reads his essays as well as he does. I highly recommend them really fun, really poignant really well written.

@richardcoreno Год назад

He will forever have a place in Americana.

@racerxzane1847 Месяц назад

I grew up with you Mr. Tom. I’m a 60s born child and grew up listening to you in WASKam 1450 in Lafayette Indiana. I lived in a big radio listening family. My Amazing dad James Leon Pruitt introduced me to you. I love my dad even more for that.

@kellypatterson4412 Год назад

I've heard him read "The End of the Road" and it's delightful.

@Johnonayacht Год назад

Brattleboro is a hidden Gem. It is one of the greatest little towns and a Bedford falls

@chrisharwood5448 Год назад

Too socialist for most people.

@jockellis Год назад

My father and Mr. Bodett would have seen eye to eye on their woodworking and giving it away.

@robertrensch6835 3 месяца назад

Dear Mr. Bodett: I saw this video through woodworking channels. That is a really, really beautiful fireplace mantle.

@m.a.nugent8278 Год назад

Great video! Didn’t know all this about Tom. I was fortunate enough to spend a few short days in Brattleboro in the early 90’s or possibly late 80’s. The nurses at the mental health hospital went on strike and I was recruited to work there during the strike so the patients would continue to be safe and received the care they needed. The town was a lovely community and I was able to take a tour of the covered bridges in the area. It was the time of the year when all the leaves were changing color. So beautiful!! You are very blessed, Tom, to be able to live there! And to have been able to spend time in Alaska!! Whoa, another place I’d love to spend time. Have a great life and God bless!!

@blindnessisaspectrum6237 Год назад

Woodworking is the best and most relaxing therapy one can do. The biggest mistake people make is turning their love into a business. It loses all the passion and excitement.

@rhuephus Год назад

yeah ... Too bad Bezos started on online book store (now called Amazon), eh ?? I bet he constantly regrets it

@kathywiseman7944 Год назад

I remember the first time we heard the commercials. Whenever they would play on the radio we would turn the volume up so we wouldn't miss a word. ❤

@selfproclaimedintrovert5676 Год назад

How lucky are those residents of Brattleoro to be able to learn woodworking from Tom. Oh Im so jealous of his woodworking shop too.

@michele1491 Год назад

Working with your hands brings a certain sense of accomplishment.

@steveconn Год назад

The pride of Homer, Ak (as I posted this morning before comment removed :/). Great work achieving sobriety, Tom!

@corinnatroyer-momenee1626 Год назад

Wow! I didn’t know he was from Sturgis, MI. I have known Bill W. myself since 1994.

@mortalclown3812 Год назад

Curious if Tom recalls his NDE (near death experience). Sounds like he had the results of those epiphanies even if he didn't. Been sober 25 years myself - always good to hear why it matters to others. Thanks, Tom. Wishing you many more years of joy.

@tcidolfan Год назад

First time I heard Tom Bodett and those Motel 6 commercials was while listening to A. M. radio!!

@rantoolio Год назад

As a VO I've always admired Tom's style & sound. Thanks

@ianbauer4703 Год назад

Another National Treasure, we in Alaska wish him well.

@wildcard9724 Год назад

Give it away?!? I'll take that table @ 4:38 !!!!! That's drop dead beautiful!

@workingguy6666 Год назад

One of the few ads on Pandora when listening and working out to music that makes me smile and happy is Tom Bodet with Motel 6.

@missouriboy2463 Год назад

I needed this story this morning... thank you, sincerely

@weston.weston Год назад

❤ you, Tom Bodette!

@rexross7086 Год назад

I miss his Commercials I'm Tom Bodett and we'll leave the light on for you.

@dtemplar21977 Год назад

I always love his GOOD IDEA/BAD IDEA sketches on Animaniacs.

@captretired159 Год назад

he used to leave a light on for us. good guy.😊

@jbennettkernan1211 Год назад

I love it! Brattleboro is just over the Connecticut River from where I live in Hinsdale, NH! I was excited to know that my favorite radio voice is close by!!!

@Brinah 9 месяцев назад

I’m surprised that Tom wasn’t what I envisioned: an elderly portly man with a kindly smile.

@celebrityrog Год назад

Tom Bodette a man I know nothing about but know his name from the commercials of Motel 6.

@alro11 Год назад

i used to listen to him on NPR in the 80s- and bought his book! glad to hear his story and he lives in Brattleboro cool town

@tjmctube Год назад

I really enjoyed that. I've known him for ages for the Motel 6 ads and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. After all these years it's nice to put a face to the name.

@destinationsunknowntheroadsles Год назад

I met Tom about 1979 while we both lived in Petersburg, Alaska. Again in Homer, Alaska in 1993 while he was doing his End of The Road show in Homer from Kbbi. Oddly I ended up working on pubic radio also.

@dvferyance Год назад

I am Tom Bodett form Motel 6 and we will leave the light on for you.

@schmoab Год назад

Everything about this story makes perfect sense.

@mirabaichrin2980 Год назад

I recognized his voice mostly from listening to "Wait, Wait, Don't tell me!" where he was a recurring contestant~I so love to laugh!

@Jane-qp4mo Год назад

Where would I listen to that? Thx

@mistyreed4558 Год назад

@@Jane-qp4moIt’s a news quiz call-in game show on NPR. Lots of CBS Sunday Morning corespondents are also panelists on Wait Wait. It’s so good!!

@maryannefeyer6332 Год назад

@Jane-qp4mo: on NPR. It’s first broadcast locally on Saturdays at 11:00 am (most places, anyway), then rebroadcast on Sundays at various times depending on the local station. It’s also available as a podcast, and you can get old episodes. My late husband and I would listen to hours’ worth of them on our road trips.

@jakemoeller7850 Год назад

Thanks for leaving the lights on, Tom.

@ladydeerheart1 Год назад

I always say, "Buy it or build it". If you see something you can find a way to recreate it even if you don't have everything you think you need.

@janeflip1 Год назад

People who know how to do things! I miss them! And I miss being one of them!

@lewellyncrunkmeyer1512 Год назад

Great expose! Productive passions can be a great counterbalance to human shortcomings.

@catherinepalmer4596 Год назад

Very interesting story. The interviewer with that evil eye necklace creeped me out and took my attention from Tom Bodett.

@leroysmith8203 Год назад

What a GREAT attitude…

@Galactis1 Год назад

I remember his voice distinctly from my childhood, and I remember the exact words. Some commercials were just really good.

@starfish2672 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful woodworks.

@randallbargar348 Год назад

What a great story.

@billcunningham8485 Год назад

@Festool needs to pay Tom do the voiceover work on their US videos. Great voice, wonderful woodworker. A match made in heaven. BTW Festool is the top tier of woodworking tools. Amazing stuff.

@kevinducharme1263 Год назад

I still have one of his audio-novels about the place at the end of the road (somewhere). I almost wore it out during night-driving doing long-haul truck-driving. this interview brings back a lot of good memories.