Shoe Shine Man (Texas Country Reporter)

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  • Опубліковано 17 гру 2014
  • Robert Williams has been shining shoes longer than most people have been alive.
    Robert Williams
    Front & Beckham Barber Shop
    506 E. Front St
    Tyler, TX 75702
    Phone: 903-593-1321
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    TCR #1421, 11-22-2014
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 121

  • @blastzone2003
    @blastzone2003 Рік тому +2

    These are the types of videos I love to watch on UA-cam.

  • @edbigtruck
    @edbigtruck 3 роки тому +9

    There’s a Whole Generation that could learn from this Man. A Man that takes Pride in doing a good days work. And in a lost art form.

  • @daorsburn8645
    @daorsburn8645 9 років тому +37

    i was born in Tyler and very much remember him when I would go with my Grandfather when he would go get his hair cut on Saturdays for church at Marvin on Sunday. my daddy went there to. when we were down that way he would shine my mary jane's and give me a sucker for sitting still. wow good memories ... so many great memories growing up in Tyler...Great place to be a kid

    • @ricksanchez694
      @ricksanchez694 5 років тому +1

      That sound like very nice memories to have

  • @abcdefghi9
    @abcdefghi9 3 роки тому +6

    Man, the shoe shine guy barely looks 50 years old.God bless people like him.

  • @michael7423
    @michael7423 3 роки тому +4

    I love this old school art, I wish I grew up during these times with Robert!

  • @elijahmill
    @elijahmill 8 років тому +31

    Love this.... if I'm ever in Tyler you best believe I'm going to stop by here n get my boots touched up by this man.. and leave a tip he would never forget. God bless him

  • @allanmayo9616
    @allanmayo9616 3 роки тому +4

    Plenty respect Robert, I enjoy shinning shoe's too. Continued good health to you and your team.

  • @NLINE7
    @NLINE7 4 роки тому +3

    Brings back some memories, we had a shoe shine man at the Palace Barber Shop in McKinney, Tx named Bruce. I grew up getting my haircut there and Bruce use to shine my Dad's boots all the time. He shined mine a few times, but when I was little it was hard for me to keep my foot planted still with Bruce making that shine rag pop. RIP Mr. Bruce.

  • @realasscracka
    @realasscracka 4 роки тому +19

    Much respect for the shoeshine man compared to the corporate PHUKS on Wall Street

  • @gstone1345
    @gstone1345 8 років тому +22

    Super impressive man and great attitude

  • @projekt6_official
    @projekt6_official 9 років тому +18

    ...and here I am counting down the days to retirement... I gotta find something I love...

  • @P.F.3.
    @P.F.3. 2 роки тому

    Skill and humility.
    Grace with a smiling face!
    God bless ❤️

  • @MyMg23
    @MyMg23 7 років тому +5

    This was a great story by whoever did it. More like this should be done.

  • @lolaottinger6976
    @lolaottinger6976 3 роки тому +1

    I love the aroma of shoes getting shined! Shine on!

  • @terlinguakidbriones
    @terlinguakidbriones 9 років тому +13

    This is totally awesome story! Thanks for sharing!

  • @poppiarlin5612
    @poppiarlin5612 7 років тому +4

    Robert my great uncle lived in Tyler. Willie lived into his 80's. He was a very kind person just like you. You and Willie really show what Tyler is about. I enjoyed the story.

  • @kellykonoske91
    @kellykonoske91 5 років тому +2

    I like a man with a passion for his work. Whatever the work. He raised his family shining shoes,I did driving a truck. No different.

  • @MyMg23
    @MyMg23 7 років тому +4

    Robert seems like an awesome guy, who has lived a good life and is very well appreciated. Well done Sir.

  • @maryl1227
    @maryl1227 9 років тому +6

    Whatta incredible story!!!!!! Thanks so much for the trip back in time! A time when the days kinda rolled by. A time when you could visit with a stranger & walk away with a smile from the moment you've just shared.

  • @collinreesejones5525
    @collinreesejones5525 2 роки тому +1

    ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM!

  • @1234loci
    @1234loci 4 роки тому +3

    god bless this man

  • @texasbasementbuilds4543
    @texasbasementbuilds4543 5 років тому +2

    Great words of wisdom from this gentleman. God Bless him.

  • @ning-ningshalom3266
    @ning-ningshalom3266 3 роки тому

    What a wise and wonderful man and such a great shop full of people.

  • @MrDK0010
    @MrDK0010 7 років тому +2

    This video is so oddly satisfying to watch, I love it.What a great group of committed people, bless them.

  • @thadlm2698
    @thadlm2698 9 років тому +6

    Awesome sir, absolutely awesome. Thanks for sharing your story!

  • @susanjolly3295
    @susanjolly3295 2 роки тому

    God bless him, hard working handsome man 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @user-po7iv4ni3o
    @user-po7iv4ni3o 3 роки тому +1

    God bless Robert!

  • @davidchin8347
    @davidchin8347 8 років тому +5

    Good man and a great storyteller.thank you for sharing

  • @kayallennelson1394
    @kayallennelson1394 9 років тому +3

    I love so many things about Tyler!

  • @bye92
    @bye92 4 роки тому +1

    This is amazing!!! So beautiful!

  • @JamesSmith-pc6bh
    @JamesSmith-pc6bh 3 роки тому +1

    A true professional.

  • @RemoVegas
    @RemoVegas 5 років тому +1

    This Man Has Easily Become A HERO Of MINE..!
    Hat's Off To YOU My Broth'a..! - Hats Off.!

  • @truetexas
    @truetexas 9 років тому +3

    Wonderful story!!! Thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @andykeen6219
    @andykeen6219 5 років тому +1

    Makes my heart melt 💕

  • @CesarMartinez-kn2yy
    @CesarMartinez-kn2yy 3 роки тому +1

    Excelente reportaje, saludos cordiales desde Esmeraldas-Ecuador

  • @seanjohn864
    @seanjohn864 7 років тому +9

    Old-school

  • @bigdaddyray100
    @bigdaddyray100 6 років тому +1

    God bless you sir

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon 3 роки тому +2

    This was pure joy................I'd buy some nice shoes and scuff 'em up just so I could go there and enjoy a nice shine.

  • @louicastle2400
    @louicastle2400 7 років тому +2

    Shoe shinning is awesome

  • @vernonsmith9334
    @vernonsmith9334 5 років тому +1

    Been shining shoes for 25 years,started when I was homeless because nobody would hire me. Spent 16 years in a Barber shop till it closed 4 years ago."Shines by Vern"in downtown Oakland California, maybe you'll run into me. I'm the only white shoe shiner in town.😀

  • @naturetrails8357
    @naturetrails8357 5 років тому +1

    A real gentleman

  • @bigst05
    @bigst05 9 років тому +3

    What an awesome story I'm going to have to come through Tyler one day and have this man clean up my boots I will tip him $100 for being such a positive influence and such a good man.

    • @BrazitodeWawa
      @BrazitodeWawa 8 років тому +2

      I will tip you $1000 if you stop mentioning tipping; if you want to go and pay him, just go and be humble. I doubt he needs excessive tipping, at his age he no longer cares about he amount but about your persona.

    • @bigst05
      @bigst05 8 років тому +1

      +BrazitodeWawa you took one of the most positive stories on UA-cam..looked at the newest comment and made something negative about it? Don't give me a dollar eat your words and go give it to the old man and he can pay for his grandkids to go to college.

    • @BrazitodeWawa
      @BrazitodeWawa 8 років тому +1

      +shawn r if you want to give him money, do so with dignity. Don't say how much, just do it.

    • @bigst05
      @bigst05 8 років тому +2

      +BrazitodeWawa wow. God bless you

    • @BrazitodeWawa
      @BrazitodeWawa 8 років тому +2

      +shawn r always here to help show-offs come down to earth

  • @hugeblue
    @hugeblue 2 роки тому

    Great story!

  • @marshalllord554
    @marshalllord554 3 роки тому

    Simple just might be the key to happiness for you and others.

  • @markreynolds3850
    @markreynolds3850 3 роки тому

    Very nice video, so much so ,that I like to go there. Good old Americans .

  • @paulmarks8979
    @paulmarks8979 2 роки тому

    A nice dedicated man.

  • @WhisperingJohn
    @WhisperingJohn 8 років тому +1

    Great barber shops.

  • @patriciafuger2503
    @patriciafuger2503 9 років тому +2

    Spruced up. Top to Toe! Day after Day!
    Cannot fault an honest days work!
    Glory Be! :-)

  • @glloyd711
    @glloyd711 3 роки тому

    Awesome man

  • @carolynbrown6792
    @carolynbrown6792 4 роки тому +1

    I wish you had mentioned his last name, respectfully. I’m youngest of 10 children. My youngest brother when he was probably 16, built his own shoe shine box, & started his own business. He would’ve been 16 in about 1958. I thought he brought home (with tips) about $50.00 $60.00 a week. Not sure but I think he worked bars. Not sure how he got into bars either during those days. He may have set up outside the doors. I’m just remembering it my way. Out of Houston, Texas. It just now made me think of Jesus, the washing of feet. How humbling it must have been. Don’t remember how long it lasted but eventually he became a Carpenter like our Jesus, with our Daddy Funny how the older we get the better we understand & put things together. This is going into my Journaling Stories

  • @grahepo
    @grahepo 8 років тому +3

    my kind of place
    thank you for the upload

  • @GregoryJRice
    @GregoryJRice 3 роки тому

    The world can learn from Texas

  • @Genologic
    @Genologic 9 років тому +4

    6:34 haha i get it SHEAR enjoyment

  • @shaggydude1226
    @shaggydude1226 11 місяців тому

    Bravo robert! (:

  • @MDC2020
    @MDC2020 5 років тому +1

    MERICA!

  • @jimbob2101
    @jimbob2101 Рік тому

    Had a buddy/acquaintance called Quartershine in NYC. He would clean shoes all over alphabet city end of the 80's. He even got in to the nightclubs for free.

  • @dorrellruss5715
    @dorrellruss5715 4 роки тому +1

    When planting a vine you'll expect to be able to eat it's fruits. The vine is called the soul of the Earth. You are the vine with grapes that gives life to your soul. You should try to discover it remembering that God promised the fruits to all those who can plant the vine.

  • @rubey2649
    @rubey2649 3 роки тому

    Ol Beto the shoeshine man

  • @michael7423
    @michael7423 3 роки тому

    Where is this great barber shop!

  • @courtneesdad
    @courtneesdad 3 роки тому +1

    Barber
    shop update: we have closed temporarily due to Covid. Mr. Robert, our
    shoe shine man, has also tested positive for the virus, along with his
    wife. Bob Wheeler will need to quarantine because his wife is Covid
    positive. To keep the other barbers and customers safe we will pause
    our operations for at least two weeks. The shop will be thoroughly
    cleaned and sanitized before reopening. We will keep you updated.

  • @sab605
    @sab605 5 років тому

    Nice story.

  • @edmondlau511
    @edmondlau511 Рік тому

    Is the barber shop still open? Does Robert still work there?

  • @jacobbrock7192
    @jacobbrock7192 3 роки тому

    Tyler texas they talk about this town on pop watch

  • @poorman1ktm990
    @poorman1ktm990 4 роки тому

    wow love this place I have go to this. how much for it all shave hair cut and boots .ps add poolhall I will move in lol

  • @randellito
    @randellito 5 років тому

    Of course 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @OpticalXray
    @OpticalXray 3 роки тому

    Why does this remind me of the boondocks animations lol

  • @wwhs1928
    @wwhs1928 3 роки тому

    AMERICA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @crazyeddie3605
    @crazyeddie3605 3 роки тому

    Spit shine Tommy make your shoes like fucking mirrors 😆

  • @pamularcarter418
    @pamularcarter418 5 років тому

    Shoes looking like new money.

  • @socalrocks9082
    @socalrocks9082 5 років тому

    Imagine going in for a haircut and asking for a fade. I would be scared.

  • @lurkwave
    @lurkwave 7 років тому

    Pause at 1:05
    Like farther like son.

  • @bornagain001
    @bornagain001 9 років тому +26

    Bet he is not a part of the "Hands up, don't shoot" crowd.

  • @angelarroyo9425
    @angelarroyo9425 3 роки тому

    Una boleada asi es como si te dieran masaje en los pies saludos mex

  • @annamariaiannetti9421
    @annamariaiannetti9421 6 років тому

    Would really love to meet these gays

  • @264144253
    @264144253 8 років тому

    No goodfellas shinebox jokes?

  • @sampraz1990
    @sampraz1990 6 років тому +1

    of course they get the black guy to shine the shoes. im not black btw im brown.

    • @ahf5471
      @ahf5471 3 роки тому

      Cool story bro...

    • @bub6871
      @bub6871 2 місяці тому

      What does this even mean? Did you watch the video?

    • @sampraz1990
      @sampraz1990 2 місяці тому

      Yes. I like how he makes money cleaning the shoes of the offsprings of his great grandma's slave master but the man has so much potential to be his own boss. Just saying cucks.

  • @VanHellsing12
    @VanHellsing12 6 років тому

    Clinton Bixby😂

  • @allthesepollitos8891
    @allthesepollitos8891 4 роки тому +1

    I love his attitude but that picture with the three white barbers and a black shoe shiner doesn’ sit right with me LOL

    • @rawbacon
      @rawbacon 3 роки тому +1

      You're obviously a bad person obsessed with skin color.

  • @Dan-sp3xw
    @Dan-sp3xw 3 роки тому

    America has lost its touch

  • @JamesO606
    @JamesO606 8 років тому +3

    He BEEN shining SHOES since jim crow,in Texas. See how the white said , ''he even sweeps the floor lol". Hmmm

    • @bigdaddyray100
      @bigdaddyray100 6 років тому +5

      allways got to play the race card let it go is been years the man looks happy if his happy am happy you guys are gonna die thinking of the same shit that happend fuckin eons ago

  • @wyo112
    @wyo112 5 років тому

    1.22'' KKK starter'' haircut pack....

  • @nauset
    @nauset 5 років тому

    there's something racist here