[78-L] Presidents on radio/McCarthy

[Taylor Bowie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:41 PM
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> Originally (and for a sadly short time), this album was intended as a
> sardonic comment on how totally JFK and his image had taken over
> popular culture...! Neither Eisenhower nor Truman had such an easily-
> recognizable "audio image"...?! As well, JFK's notable "accent" made
> it quite easy to parody his speech patterns; OTOH, virtually all of the
> previous presidents had the hopelessly-bland sound of the "midwest"...?!
>
> The really odd thing is this...there was NEVER (AFAIK) a comedy
> recording based on the speeches, usw.
> of "Senator Joe" McCarthy...?!



1.  I guess Steve is thinking of the hopelessly-bland midwestern sound of 
the voice of FDR?

2.  The Stan Freberg Capitol record of   "Point of Order" pretty well took 
care of McCarthy from a comedy perspective.



Taylor