In the introduction to The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, Robert Kimball writes "Over the years (Berlin and I were telephone friends for nearly twenty of them), people often asked what he was like. The restless energy I had encountered when I met him in 1962...was one of the first things that came to mind. He was down-to-earth and easy to talk to, smart, funny, shrewd, curious, enthusiastic, volatile." In this, his 2nd lecture of our Festival, Robert shares his 20 years experiences of Irving Berlin the man.