A Family Man
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2012
- In 1955, John L. Black, Sr. started his job as a janitor for the Cincinnati public school system. He regularly put in 16-hour days to provide for his wife and eleven children. At StoryCorps, his son Samuel talks with his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father's lasting legacy and the power of a look.
Funding Provided by:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
National Endowment for the Arts
In partnership with POV.
Special thanks to Cincinnati Public Schools.
Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Art Direction: Bill Wray
Producers: Lizzie Jacobs & Mike Rauch
Animation: Tim Rauch
Audio Produced by: Michael Garofalo & Nadia Reiman
Supervising Sound Recordist: Michael Ramberg
Music: Fredrik
Label: The Kora Records
Publisher: House of Hassle
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"So I said 'Mom can I have a dime?' and she said 'No'"
For some reason that just cracked me up!
I know, right? Hahaha, honestly me as a parent.
lol that's a mom for you
broadwaymelody33 666 ducking likes
GG M8 GR8 R8 8/8 FOR SHARK B8
Thats a mom in a nutshell
broadwaymelody33 ikr
"mama, can I have a dime?"
"no."
200th like
@@andrahayessucksnauttpnathd8041 shut up!!!
@@mike-qq8yb you're about a year late on that on, sputnik
This is so dam depressing
"If you want money ask your mom" "Mama can i have a dime" "No"
I'm so proud to say that John Black was my grandfather. He a wonderful man and continues to be an inspiration for my family! Thank you Uncle Sammy for sharing this story and thank you all for your kind words!
How old is your uncle Sammy to where a giant bag of chips cost a dime?
Cheap Cooking Channel
Pretty sure the price of the bag of chips rose since this took place a long time agoooo
IronMike 2021 that's why he asked how old he was
Wait did you ever get the chips?
LIES
He sounds like a good man. A very wise man, too.
as a father should be my father was a good man as well a hard working dad he was a marine for 27 years after he retired in 95 he decided to work for Pepsi I miss him greatly
I agree
And a family man.
Man had ELEVEN children! Ain't much wisdom in that lol
Josh Pickles and got rid of none of them, unlike those who decide it be better to kill the baby or leave it to the mother. He is a better man then you and I.
You never know until you've grown up how much your parents have done for your family.
m3rrys0ngstr3ss his dad probbally beat the shit out his kids
So? does that invalidate what he did for his kids? lol
+YodaWithASoda
okay and?
Too tru
It's different for everyone. Some people's parents were rough on them simple because they weren't ready to be parents or had no idea how, for someone like Samuel, it was just tough love, and by the sound of it, his dad wasn't violent because he knew how to get his children to respect him without forcing it out of them.
Children never truly grasp the hard work blue collared father do to support the family. 10-15 hours work days so they can house, feed and take the family on vacation. Its rough.
And still people in america think unionisation is a bad thing.
That's why parents should at least explain that to them
They won't know from the birth ffs
@@k3kboi665 More of an issue that some of the unions themselves become as corrupt as the corporations they go against.
@@commanderknee3821 Parents expect too much of their kids, so what do you expect?
@@strangerdanger1135 I dunno. I but I think mine did a pretty good job so I will just try following that.
I just lost my dad a few weeks ago.
He was a 40 year Carpenter.
He was a master craftsman and could build or fix anything.
He whipped me when I needed it and hugged me when I needed.
He built our family home from the ground up and had a reputation in our town as the man who could be counted on to get the job done and done right.
There were over 400 people who attended his funeral.
And I've seen grown men cry over his passing.
My dad was and will always be my hero.
I feel lost, like my soul has been ripped from my body.
I don't know what I did to be blessed with the Dad I got but I couldn't have asked for a better man to lead, mold and shape me into the man I am today.
Every time we spoke he made it a point to say I love you son and I always told him I love him
That was the last thing I told him when we talked on the phone the night before he died.
I miss you dad.
Thank you for all you did for me
I love you so much.
Bradley Selk whenever my paw says I’m gonna be a great man and how much he’s proud of me I tear up he is my hero
Bradley Selk Judging TH-cam comment sections this is fake
Bradley Selk I lost my dad a couple years ago, he served in the Vietnam War, then started a job of fixing airplanes and yeah.. he was the best dad ever
The bitch whipped me....
and I liked it
Blank Picture it’s long, and comments like these, are usually fake, and just want likes... you can really tell
The store must trust him to allow credit. And he seems trustworthy.
It was a common practice. Instead of outright buying groceries, families would have the items marked in a ledger, and pay at the end of the month. My dad had this in the rural he area he's from, but I didn't know urban stores had this system.
To be fair I think these relationships were more common a couple decades ago. Credit and debit cards were new/not available yet and store owners had it in their best interest to keep product moving (especially since things like milk go bad, better to sell it and lose 25¢ selling it for less or on credit than to lose the whole 1$ if it went I bought) corner and grocers were also more likely to be locally owned and run, no supervisor or CEO in another state to breath down management’s neck about the numbers
@@713Calm And this helped people feed their families as soon as possible while giving them an opportunity to pay for it later.
The emotion in Samuel's voice at the end of this shows the deep love and utter respect he had for his father. Rest peacefully, John.
"Momma can i have a dime"
"no"
LOL
This is copied
Yeah it is
@@n7kie269 bro fuck off with that shit, this is a nice video, and alot of people are bound to find the same thing funny.
@@n7kie269 wow what a superhero
This reminded me of my dad. He never hit me or yelled at me, he was always stern but made it a point to say "I love you". He works long hours and always comes home aching from the hours he put in, through all of that he made it his routine to ask us how school went and what was happening.
I love you, dad.
11 kids??! :-O
Man, talk about a numerous family.
Also, the father is not just impressive. He's built like a damn titan!
Ikr? His wife must be tough as bricks to withstand him and have 11 kids.
Stranger Danger was that comment really necessary? On the other comments you just said to someone that they aren't part of their family because your but your ass is so hurt about it, and comment after comment is just unnecessary and disrespectful shit, ngl, it's just edgy at this point.
But you do you I guess.
Those are my cousins.
@@eltrapoemo0011 I mean I was just kidding but okay Karen.
Stranger Danger How old are you? 12? 13? Stop being so edgy, kid. You are just annoying, not funny.
This really hit me hard. My dad used to be a trucker and I remember watching him laying down in the bed doing tired and I doing the same thing the kid does in the animation. He didn’t ask me to rub his feet since truckers don’t usually work standing up but sitting down and driving for hours on end. He asked me to rub his lower back since he was always in pain. I remember every night him leaving at 3:00am and seeing him again around 6:00pm. What parents would go through to provide for their children.
this video hits diffrent now that yt is just packed with fake story channels that get 3-4x the views of one of these quality videos
It’s the kind of shit where I’m thankful for the “backbone of America” to remain a relevant thing. My dads a scrapper/demo worker ever since he was too old to be in the army after 9/11. It’s why I think the army is a great option if me becoming a chef or whatever else I do fails. I make MREs for the military, hell maybe even create a MRE so good and nutritious, it’ll be remembered like the K Ration from WWII to some degree. That’ll be amazing. That’s how I can serve my country.
This reminds me exactly of my dad. Most of my family were immigrants from other countries, I remember kids always messed with me because of my race and my color and still today they did, but my dad always been there for me teaching how to be strong and stand up even if things were hard. He help me with homework, taught me valuable life lessons, teach me manners, and discipline me and my siblings well, he'll also sometimes talk to me how hard it is in the past when he lived back in his country. He had a rougher childhood than mine and I know it. He switch jobs to a harder and much more dangerous job, I didn't barely see him that much after that, but he did it to support our family by being pay more. Each time he comes home he looks exhausted and the more I want to do everything or anything for him. But when he goes back to work walking out the door as me and my siblings hugs him wishing him goodbye it kills me when he says, "I love you." Before he walks out the door. The more it happens, the more I miss him. I'm afraid something bad might happen to him and I wasn't there to be with him.
"had to get it right that time and that time only."
I just really love that phrase.
My dad works ten hour days and has a two hour drive each way. He also runs two businesses. Even when he’s home he doesn’t quit until he sleeps. Fathers go unthanked
This is a good example of how children need their fathers.
I am SO appreciative for Story Corps! Lessons can certainly be learned here & wonderful examples may be utilized in everyday life. I'm definitely grateful for the sacrifices my mother made on behalf of my siblings & I. She loved us & just wanted to make our lives better. Keep up the good work Story Corps.
Feath.
The dad must’ve been a mountain of a man with a heart of gold
I like when the mom said no...gave me a laughing break from the tears.
When your dad only has two give you a look or you see his shadow, that's more than just a disciplinarian; that's a true man with values!
This story evening reminds me of the poem "Those Winter Sunday's"...love it !
3:06 the bag disappeared
oh my god
:O
N A N I
2:15 is were it originally disappeared
M A G I C
A lot of old farmers in my area including my grandfather have passed. The stories that could be told about them are endless.
Thanks for your note! We do caption our animations, but there was a technical glitch with this one. We'll have this resolved as soon as possible.
This just goes to show you that Dads are important to us in this world
These stories are filled with lots of emotion behind it. Sadness, Happiness, Heart-felt feelings that just... Come on like a wave of upbringing.
Honestly, Storycorps is by far one of the best channels here on TH-cam.
it's always amazing how massive brutes of men are often the most gentle, like you see them built like bulls but they wouldn't harm anybody
Now this is a great man and father
Ok
now that a good dad right there I love hearing stories about father like this man
“Mama can I have a dime”
“No”
Damn
@@survive4life lol
Not to bash on the other artist working for story corp, but i hope that they all follow this art style.
Best part was his mom saying "no", it defiantly meant the lesson would be cemented and not undercut by a reward. Also didn't have to yell at him to make him know he was in the wrong. A class parents.
sounds like an awesome dad
"Mama,can I have a dime?" "No." LOL :D
This touched my heart
Great, now I want to hug my dad.
You did the Right thing, pal.
- "Stealing can cause a lot of wee Problems... And Sorry for your Father."
im glad i accidentally stumped onto this, its actually mad sweet, im sure my ppl can relate.
Used to listen to story corps like 8 years ago, saw this one again after such a long time.. absolutely love them, and the little connection you make with people and their families, with their emotions. We all live in the same world after all.
BEAUTIFUL STORY!
11 KIDS *LORD HAVE MERCY ON THERE SOULS*
Did anyone else get this in the recommended 8 years later
i tell you why because you watched an old video that's why you get recommended by old videos now you know?
My grandad passed away when i was 9 but durring those years when he was alive he would always play with me and we'd always take walks, we would always talk about lots of things and he told me stories when he was in the navy, he always liked old western movies and we watched those a lot, when my mum and dad werent home, he and my grandma were always there, i learned so much from him and he was a great man, we would always talk about him, the great times we had with him with my dad and make a toast for him, there were times when we would salute to each other and he would always jokingly say yes sir, every time i see his picture i always salute at him and say yes sir with both a bit of sadness but also with happiness, for those good times we had.
Many layers of honor and love. Wholesome.
Kids these days need to be grateful for their lives and their parents that would sacrifice anything for them to have a better life than them.
Teach kids to be grateful then
Leave me alone, I'm a family man, If you push me too far I just might.
I am very lucky to have a father like my father. He works at the airline control in Brusseles in Belgium and I live in Finland with my mother. When I was a kid I used to live there but the school where I was wasn't the place for me, so me and Mom moved to Finland where we're from while Dad stayed in Belgium because of his high-paying job. He is always supporting us from there and visits us every month for a week or more. I can't express enough how much I love and respect my old man. I love you.
Most of us lived this story with our parents and now I get to live it again with my family. My husband works in oil refineries across the US. We had our daughter just before the pandemic hit and he was laid off. It was hard but it was our blessing. He was able to stay home with our baby while I worked. For that little over a year he was able to bond with her. He now spends more than 3/4 of his time traveling around the US for work. He rarely sees us but I make sure my baby knows his extreme sacrifice for his family. She went through a cancer diagnosis and he had to work out of state the entire time she went through treatments. What our men do for their families is indescribable because they feel like superheroes to their families. Mr. John Black and men like him all over the world should be celebrated every single chance we can. They literally miss life as they work to provide for their families. I’m crying as I write this. It doesn’t seem fair, but very necessary. ❤❤❤
Animation looks smoother, great job! As for these stories, every single story has been incredible. These stories always have been the best part of these animations. Whether the animation is good or bad, the stories will always be amazing. :)
this is my favourite story :)
A good father , I wish I had someone like that in my life.
Why do I just start violently sobbing basically every time I get even 1 second into these videos?!
This story illustrates , in a nutshell, the need for strong fathers!
Credit= the equivalent of saying "put it on my tab" at a store you are on really good terms with.
These are the story channels we need, not those clickbait fake story channels we got now.
A damn good father
I wonder if my friends are okay, now...
Solid StrangeDew 2 years
@@staticshotaop561 6 years now, wonder what happened
6 years...they prolly doin alright
The only people who disliked this has to be racist, there’s literally no other reason I can think of.
This story has an actual emotional effect, charm and good animation behind for being made in 2012.
Or animated snobs. If it’s not Disney level high frame rates where everything looks super smooth, and they’re able to animate swooshing camera angles spinning around the characters showing scenery of 10,000 tiny minute details. Honestly though, some simpler designs work better for parable like stories, or something like this that allows you to focus on the verbal story.
Not everything is about race though man, it’s not the only dimension to focus on in life.
Can you shut your stupid ass up? It’s not your damn business. All you see in an outside world is hate and race war, but you come here, to a video remembering someone else father on a same hateful bullshit. FOH
You are the only racist I see.
@Peter Pen So listening to someones story about their father, enjoying it and saying that it’s idiotic that people would dislike this and the fact I couldn’t imagine someone disliking this story without it being race related is just some awful bigoted idea...... despite the fact it’s the opposite way around.
Also, I’m not the one bringing up race wars and saying people are being hateful when there not, now maybe you can’t read because you’re at a second grade reading level but still my comment isn’t hard to understand without throwing a hissy fit.
@Neo DC Yes I’m a racist...... despite the fact I’m black myself, and it wouldn’t make sense for me to hate another black man specifically because he’s black........ idk maybe you’re just a sheltered racist who can’t stand a black man having a positive opinion about another black man.
This reminds me of my dad he always comes home after 12 hours of work and he goes to sleep right as he comes home and these videos actually tell me why he talks to me so much because he never learned how to be a man because his father left his family not sure why and he ended up going down the wrong path but after his divorce with his previous wife he turned it around he worked harder longer. For his new family and people tell lies and steal from him due to his skin color and his old tired face and his eye color but he is a great man when he was a boy he tinkered with electrical trains , planes , etc and God helped him push through and he supports his family pays the rent , bought the food and clothed us and I so proud that he is my father and he is the best father anyone could have in this GALAXY but God is the best father in the whole universe
wow i just randomly stumbled upon this gold. i love it
I always love these!
K
@Cheese Fries I do this to troll but this man was a real good man
Wow...that was amazing
Reminds me so much of my papa. He was a man of few words, but you knew when you made him mad. XD I miss you Papa Bear. So does Gramma and Mom.
the only community sourced story channel i apriciate.
“Mama, can I have a dime ?”
Mom: “I only got 8”
I REMEMBER THOSE DAY, I IDN'T HAVE A FATHER AROUND THE SHADOW I NEEDED, BUT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR GOD ON MY SIDE!
My dad works 3 jobs to put bread on the table.
Three 12-hour shifts at the hospital a week
Military reserves
And pest control.
Gotta respect the man for doing all that to keep his kids fed and living a nice life.
R.I.P John Black. He was an Old School Gangsta who taught younger generations that hard work and sacrifice kept families strong.
This shit better than the fake story time channels
Dad:next time you need money u ask your mother
Boy:ok...momma can I have a dime?
Mom:No
That's adorable!😂
When i was younger and i would miss someone or something,
My Parents would always tell me just remember the good times spent with them
These stories make me believe that humanity is worth saving. Thank you to StoryCorps and all of the people willing to share their most personal stories!!
Goddamn TH-cam algorithm making me 8 years late
I guess you could call him...
A *FAMILY* _GUY?!?!_
Tears ran down my face.
my dads the same and i am thankful for him
how do you create such beautiful anime?
Must take crazy amount of work
+Anaiysha Chhabra This isn't anime...
Holy shit aNIME???
Shows that animation doesn't make a good anime, story does.
Anaiysha Chhabra anime is Japanese
Weeb
some real gangsta stuff right here man
aw i get so excited for these videos, and they never let me down. thank you.
Family's are beautiful :3
I love my father and my beautiful mother
Every household should have a strong Father and Mother just like here.
Love what you all do.
Classic...I love it!
Touching, sorry for your lost
Loss*
this video litterally hit me in the chest with being relatable and heart felt. my farther is an dallas dart mechanic and work almost 20 something year of his life trying too support my family. I always tell him "if he need help, I will get an job" but he keep refusing and tell me to go to collage. To get an easy life an a good job. now im nineteen and just recently started community collage,hoping to give my farther in the future, something for all the things he habe too put for supporting me and my siblings.
I knew my heartstrings wern't made for this. Spent probably half an hour pacing my house reflecting on my life and my dad off this story. I'm grateful he's still alive, and I have to brace myself knowing it won't always be true. I can't say I'm ready, but I hope I will be. I hope one day I get to tell his story too.
I hope I get to talk about being little, speeding down texan backroads in that old silver chevy with his punk tunes on the casette player. He knew the verses, and I waited so giddy to shout the chorus because it's the only part I could remember. He's wise and well read, and we talk for long evenings about Dostoevsky, Vonnegut, and Kirkegard, but also strong and sturdy. He's funny enough to make silly refrences to bad 80s movies no one has ever heard of, and yet caring enough to surprise you with a gift even you didn't know you needed.
And most of all, I have never known a man that walks so calmly above it all. I've watched his marriage break, and I've watched his world fall down around him. Even at the peak of his hell, his only worry was for the example it would set for my siblings and me. In any trouble, any fear, any danger, he's the first to calmly figure what's the most good and happiness we can do with what we got. He truly thinks we're all loved, that all of life is a gift, and that to be joyful is our responsibility.
I feel bad for the world that won't ever get to know my dad as I do. That of all the lives that I could have lived, I get to bare witness to his.
I am the son of a joyous and good man.
I could die in a car accident tomorrow and it wouldn't change a thing. The world could end, you could take everything, you could burn it all down. It wouldn't matter.
I have known a good, loving, joyous life, in no small part thanks to him.
My last breath will be rejoicing, just like every previous one.
Love you, Dad.
I love the music in the intro.
Great story! Great parenting too.
Finally. An actual REAL story time animation.
great story, Story corp is a great program, I feel privileged to have been able to hear this story.
Just love these stories.
Beautiful reminder of how much our parents have done for us💜💜💜
Oh this made me cry so bad, but in happy tears. Let this story live on 😭😭😭😇
Love this story!
That was awesome!
Dads are the best. I lost mine when i was 14, and i would wish i would've had him for a little longer. He was the best person i knew :) He had many flaws, and for years he couldn't show real affection for me and my brother. Later on, i asked my mother why dad was like he was, and why after their divorce, he had become such a good dad. Appearently he had never been given fatherly love, and was very shy of conflicts, but when he was left with me and my brother he turned around and became the best!
I may not have grown up super poor I grew up Comfortable, but my Mom worked at a steel mill grinding rail 12-15 hours a day 5-6 days a week and that job was rough on her body and still she bought my sister and I presents for Christmas and everything. I appreciate everything she sacrificed and gave to make sure my sister and I have achieved what we have. This makes me appreciate that even more