Around the campfires of yesteryear, cowboys spun yarns and shared laughs. Will Rogers perfected this storytelling art form and carried it to the stages of the world, delivering down-home humor into the heart of humanity and history of the world.

Without rancor or design, Will debunked the mighty and reined in the foibles of government and follies of mankind. Humor was his tool.

His insight became the hallmark of his time and permeated generations that came later. Clear and concise, pointed but not barbed, Will Rogers made sense.

Without staff writers or editors, Will’s spontaneous, folksy wit was published, performed on stage, recorded on phonograph, broadcast on radio and captured in cinema.