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Comment by Wesley Fryer on March 20, 2009 at 8:45am: Great job on this video, Travis!!! Sorry it took so long to approve it. This wasn't a reflection on you or your video, just a busy schedule by our COV administrative team.

I really appreciated learning about Will Roger's early history in Argentina and South Africa. He had a fascinating career.

One thing I had learned about him previously that you didn't mention was that he was ultimately not successful making his own movies. I think this had to do with the politics of movie distribution in Hollywood.

Will Rogers was definitely an amazing Oklahoman and I'm so glad to have this story of his life added to our project website. Thanks so much for taking the time to both create and share it!