RIP Grits Gresham

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Didn't see this posted anywhere.

Grits Gresham passed away

Natchitoches, Louisiana (AP): Grits Gresham, a noted outdoorsman, writer, author, and television personality, died Monday after a lengthy illness, his family said. Gresham was 85.

Gresham, who died at his home on the banks of Cane River Lake here, served as field host and producer for ``The American Sportsman'' television series on the ABC network.

He was also host of ``Shooting Sports America'' on the cable television sports network ESPN, was shooting editor of Sports Afield magazine for 26 years, and was published in various magazines, including Sports Illustrated and Gentleman's Quarterly.

He authored eight books, but may be best known for his role in a series of commercials for Miller Lite beer. Gresham was the fisherman among the athletes who made ``Tastes Great, Less Filling'' marketing buzzwords for more than a decade.

Gresham's affable personality and love for the outdoors combined with his trademarks, a driftwood hat and white muttonchops, to make him a recognizable figure around the world. Entertainers such as Bing Crosby, Burt Reynolds, Jonathan Winters and Andy Griffith joined him on hunting and fishing trips as did Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner.

Born Claude Hamilton Gresham Jr. in 1921 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Gresham served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

A tireless worker for conservation, Gresham was one of the first public voices bringing attention to the loss of wetlands along the Louisiana coast, an area where he did much of his graduate work while at Louisiana State University.

Gresham's books include ``The Complete Book of Bass Fishing,'' ``Fishes and Fishing In Louisiana,'' ``Fishing and Boating in Louisiana,'' ``The Sportsman and his Family Outdoors,'' The Complete Wildfowler,'' ``Grits on Guns,'' and ``Weatherby: The Man, The Gun, The Legend.''

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

I only remember this guy because of the Miller Lite commercials, unfortunately.

RIP.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Just 4u Lyman

 

[terrier]

But does the one with Grits and the lumberjack exist on YouTube?
LUMBERJACK: I worked up a mighty big thirst when I was cutting trees in the Sahara Forest.
GRITS: I thought that was the Sahara Desert.
LUMBERJACK: It is now!

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

Just 4u Lyman

Thanks, Orv. That's the one ... feel like I'm 12 years old again, wondering what all the fascination with beer was about ...

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Just 4u Lyman

Thanks, Orv. That's the one ... feel like I'm 12 years old again, wondering what all the fascination with beer was about ...

Presumably you figured it out?
God, I loved those ads.

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

Just 4u Lyman

Thanks, Orv. That's the one ... feel like I'm 12 years old again, wondering what all the fascination with beer was about ...

Presumably you figured it out?
God, I loved those ads.

Still working on it. ;)