Ken Flach
Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach (born May 24, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Wimbledon and 2 US Open), and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (1 Wimbledon and 1 French Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso. Flach reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.
Flach played doubles on the US Davis Cup team from 1985–1991, compiling an 11–2 record. He was also a member of the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.
During his career, Flach won 36 doubles titles (34 men's doubles and 2 mixed doubles). His final career title was won in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona.
Prior to turning professional, Flach played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he won the NCAA Division II singles championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983, and teamed-up with Seguso to reach the 1983 Division I doubles final.
Since retiring from the professional tour, Flach has devoted himself to coaching. He guided Vanderbilt University to its first-ever NCAA tournament berth in 1999. In 2003 he led the team to Vanderbilt's first-ever NCAA championship finals appearance in any sport. He has also played in seniors events, and won the Wimbledon 35-and-over men's doubles title in 1999 and 2000.
Podcasts:
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by Sesame Street
Kin Folk
by: Sesame Streetspoken:
Ernie: And now, we'd like to do a song about our roots.
Bert: Ernie, we're gonna sing about trees?
Ernie: No, Bert. By roots I mean family. Or, as we say here in the country, kin folk.
Bert: We say that here in the country?
Ernie: All the time, Bert. Sometimes we sing about it.
Bert: Wow! Yippee tay ay, Ernie! Okay, here we go!
sung:
Both: Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Just a way of saying family
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
Ernie: There's Auntie Sue who sells sea shells
Down by the sandy shore
Bert: That's easy for you to say.
And Uncle Peter Piper
Who picks peppers by the score
Now who else?
Ernie: Well there's cousins Kim and Slim and Mim
And some I've never met
Bert: Hey, and Bernice is just like family... for a pigeon
Both: They're all your
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Just a way of saying family
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
Ernie: Why, you know, Bert,
My Auntie Ernestina used
To live on Sesame
Bert: I remember her. Hey, how about:
My favourite Uncle Ollie
Runs an oatmeal factory
Ernie: And you won't believe this:
But my father's uncle's mother
Was my great-grandmother Bea
Bert: Uhm... Do you mind running that by me one more time, Ernie?
Ernie: Sure, Bert.
Both: They're all my
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Just a way of saying family
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
spoken:
Bert: Hey, watch it, Oscar!
Oscar: Move over, 'cause it's my turn to sing! We grouches got relatives too, you know. Only we don't call them kin folks, we call them can folks! Heh heh heh.
sung:
Oscar: There's Rotten Ron and Nephew Nat
Who always sings off key
Isn't that beautiful?
Bert: Well, it's different...
Oscar: And Dirty Dan's my kinda man
He's into trash like me
Ernie: Oh, Oscar! (giggles)
Oscar: And Sloppy Joe's the grouch to know
His best friend is a flea
Bert & Ernie: Sounds like you've got quite a family
Oscar: I like 'em!
All: They're all your
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Just a way of saying family
Kin folk (kin folk)
Kin folk (kin folk)
Come meet the kin folk on my family tree
Come meet the kin folk on my family tree-ee-ee-ee