Lyndon B Johnson Funny Phone Call Hem Pants
The Time That LBJ Picked Up His Dog by the Ears - The Real Story
It was a picture that sent shockwaves around the United States when it was first splashed across the front page of newspapers from coast to coast on the morning of April 28, 1964. Before Watergate, there was Beaglegate - the time that President Johnson picked up his 10 month old beagle pups by the ears to "hear them yelp".
But was this an act of animal cruelty? Or simply a proud doggy dad showing off? Using unearthed presidential documents, never before seen photos and - of course - plenty of LBJ phone calls - This is the President is here to dive into the real story on the day that LBJ picked up his dog by the ears.
Fake News 1968 Style
Don't think that "Fake News" is solely President Trump's domain. Oh no….
As we listen in to this weeks phone call, you'll hear TITP fave President Lyndon B. Johnson bitching about news coverage - even suggesting that a reporter be taken out and shot at one point.
Granted, Johnson was having a pretty tough week. This phone call, taken from February 5, 1968, was recorded during a time when Johnson was under a bit of stress.
Just a few weeks prior, the USS Pueblo, and all it's crew, were captured in the waters off North Korea (yean, that North Korea) and accused of spying. Then, just a few days before this phone call, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, immediately dismissing any notion that the end of the war was anywhere near.
Here's an interesting bit of trivia that didn't make it to the podcast - the captured crew of the USS Pueblo later figured out that the North Koreans had no idea what "flipping the bird" meant, so they started doing it in every staged photo taken of them. Here's a still taken from a propaganda film made by the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea of the Pueblo crew….
So take a few minutes in to listen as LBJ rattles on about the press, easily standing up to anything that President Trump has mouthed off about lately. And the best part - LBJ is talking to a reporter! It's like getting to listen in to Trump talk to his favorite news reporters from Morning Joe!
Also, we catch up on some of the craziness in Washington and, of course, we go back and visit Trump in the Amazon.
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The Justice Abe Fortas Pornographic Film Festival
Well, well….and how was YOUR weekend?
Our long national nightmare is now over and we've got a shiny new Bro-Judge installed on the Supreme Court. A "non-partisan" judge who starts waving around conspiracy theories at the drop of a hat (ie: let's all blame the Clintons). Well, this is going to be fun.
But don't worry - we here at This is the President will be right here by your side. In today's episode, we wanted to take a look at another controversial Supreme Court appointment - this one from 50 years ago. It was the summer of 1968 when President Johnson decided to throw his weight behind nominating his pal Abe Fortas as the Head Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Let's just say that the Senate was not amused - so much so to the point that they forced Fortas to testify before them. The first time in history that a judge from the Supreme Court was called in this manner - sound familiar?
Download this episode to listen in on Fortas advising President Johnson on exactly what type of book he needed to take his oath of office on and how the Johnson's walked away with a little souvenir after that fateful day in Dallas, Texas in November, 1963.
We'll also hear from Senator Strom Thurmond with his opinions on Fortas and discuss the Abe Fortas Film Festival that Thurmond threw on the floor of the Senate.
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The LBJ and Yuki Singers
Once upon a time we had a singing dog in the White House. No, we're not talking about the current occupant - the singing dog in question was named Yuki and he was owned by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Yuki, a terrier mix, was found by the president's daughter in Johnson City, Texas on Thanksgiving Day in 1966. LBJ's daughter, Luci, presented Yuki to the president as a a gift and the two became inseparable. LBJ danced with Yuki at his daughter's wedding and even wanted to include him in family photos, before the first lady put her foot down.
The excerpt of LBJ and Yuki singing comes from an odd record entitled "Dogs Have Always Been My Friends" an album full of dog stories from LBJ.
1968: LBJ's Worst Year Ever
To put it mildly, 1968 was a bad year for LBJ.
The Tet Offensive, the North Korean seizure of the USS Pueblo, assassinations of MLK and RFK, a supreme court battle, riots in the streets during the 1968 Democratic convention and a duplicitous Richard Nixon were just among the few issues he faced in that fateful year.
In this special episode, we're joined by noted scholar and author Kyle Longley, author of LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval to discuss what made 1968 such a not-that-great of a year. We'll touch on all of the bad points of LBJ's 1968, Kyle's pick for best LBJ phone call and what LBJ and the current president have in common.
Harmon is out in New Zealand, but you can still to pick up a copy of Harmon's new book, Meet the Deplorables, now available on Amazon.
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Yelling LBJ - The Real Story - TITP Excusive!
Happy 2018 everyone!
Here at TITP we're starting the year off with a bang by presenting you with an exclusive!
In this week's episode, we'll delve into the real story behind one of the most famous political photographs of all time, which you can see over there to the right and we here at TITP have dubbed Yelling LBJ. A picture that does such an amazing job of catching a specific moment in time that it is now in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The place is Amarillo, Texas and the time is November 3, 1960 - just a few short days before the 1960 presidential elections. US presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and his running mate Lyndon Johnson make a brief touchdown in the Texas panhandle on a whirlwind campaign stop. They'll be speaking briefly at the Amarillo airport before jetting off to their next engagement.
The Kennedy campaign team, always planning ahead, ensured that flight traffic would be stopped long enough for the candidates to make their brief speeches. What they didn't realize, however, was that some of the pilots of the waiting planes weren't exactly the biggest Kennedy fans. So they made their displeasure known and tried to harass the candidates with the loudest tools at their disposal - their jet engines
The result? Well, you'll be able to hear for yourself when you listen to our episode where you can hear - for the first time ever - just how loud those engines were! Also - Harmon brings us the latest Trump news from that famous shithole, Brooklyn, and tells us about his latest book, Meet the Deplorables, now on Amazon.
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Episode 17 - Trump Tweets and Lone Star Beer
Happy 2017 Everyone!
In keeping with the New Year theme, we dug up this call from President Lyndon Johnson to Lone Star Beer magnate Harry Jersig on January 1, 1964 to get your year started off right.
But don't think that's all we've got for you - oh no!
In addition to such popular segments as the "Whether or not Weather Report" and "Harmon's Presidential Impressions" we're introducing what we think is going to be our killer new feature - Presidential Tweets!
That's right, in each episode Harmon and I read out and analyse our favorite tweet from the soon-to-be 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump!
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Episode 12 - The Original October Surprise - Part 2 (Small Wonder Redux)
Be sure to check out Part 1 of the podcast here!
The revelation of the "grab 'em by the p***y" tape from presidential candidate Donald Trump might have stymied his chances for election when it was leaked this month, but it's not the first time a candidate has been blindsided by what's become known as the October Surprise.
The history of the October Surprise goes all the way back to 1964 - the same year that the Beatles landed on the U.S. shores - when one of President Johnson's closest aides was caught getting "friendly" with another man in the basement of a Y.M.C.A bathroom in Washington, D.C.
Luckily for history, the ensuing telephone calls among the White House staff were all caught on tape and preserved for history - and this podcast.
I originally did this as a video for Vanity Fair, but thought there was some good stuff that got left out, so I've packed it into a podcast with a couple of extra tidbits.
And, yes, that's a Small Wonder reference as in the TV show Small Wonder with the little girl who's a robot from the 1980s. Believe me, it makes sense.
Episode 10 - Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number
On September 22, 1965, President Johnson picked up the White House phone to make a call to President Khan of Pakistan. His goal was to help ease any tensions between India and Pakistan that had resulted in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.
The only problem was that, even in the 1960s, the White House had no direct line to Pakistan and had to rely on standard overseas telephone companies for connecting the parties. In this phone call, we hear President Johnson wrestling to be understood by the overseas operator and bewildered by the communications snafus. For trivia fans, this phone call is also where we get the title of the podcast.
It's an interesting little peek into the day to day problems of being the President and trying to place an overseas phone call circa 1965.
In this episode, I'm again joined by Harmon Leon, a comedian here in town for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival performing, appropriately enough "Harmon Leon's Big Fat Racist Show."
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Episode 9 - The Other N Word
On August 18, 1967, President Johnson placed a phone call to Baltimore Mayor Theodore McKeldin asking him to come and help out in the Federal government in Washington. During the call, he also asked the Mayor to help him find a "young, able, negro" to take a place in the government as well.
This short phone call highlights some of the country's thoughts about race at the time and also shows firsthand, the "Johnson Technique" that LBJ would use to grind down his opponents.
For the first time, I'm joined by special guest Harmon Leon, a comedian here in town for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival performing, appropriately enough "Harmon Leon's Big Fat Racist Show."
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Episode 7 - President Johnson's Drunk Bunghole
Up in this episode we have one of the most infamous of the presidential phone calls, yes, it's LBJ's Bunghole.
You've probably heard or seen it floating around online, but if you haven't, you're in for a treat. If you have heard it, I've thrown in a few historical trivia bits to make it worth another listen.
We've also included another one of our favorites, LBJ talking about drinking and driving. LBJ's bunghole is from an August 9, 1964 phone call, while Drunk LBJ dates from November 8, 1964, just a few days after he was (re)elected as President.
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Episode 1 - Of Mice and Steinbeck and LBJ
Originally thought this episode was lost, but it looks like we've uncovered it.
Another pretty interesting fly-on-the-wall moment. In this phone call, we have President Johnson calling the author John Steinbeck - yes, the Of Mice and Men guy - to get his opinion on one of Johnson's speeches.
There's some kind of weird thing going on with the podcasts showing up in iTunes. We'll see if maybe this fixes it.
You can download the link below or check it out on iTunes!
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