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I really enjoyed some of these. Hearing Richard Nixon making fun of his own political disgrace is oddly charming, given the current state of things. And hearing
by peteforde 3y ago
I really enjoyed some of these. Hearing Richard Nixon making fun of his own political disgrace is oddly charming, given the current state of things. And hearing Truman Capote's real voice again sent me down a rabbit hole thinking about how much I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman.
It's funny how others simply do not retain any clues of why they were once funny. Steve Martin's clip is bewildering, for example. Many years ago, I was excited to find an early Robin Williams standup LP from 1980 or so. I remember listening to the whole thing, and getting almost to the end before realizing that I hadn't come close to laughing even once. The audience was laughing like it hurt; combine that with my expectation that Robin Williams is always-on funny, and my brain just sort of waited for the drug to hit without ever getting satisfied.
It's simply true that political comedy ages like fine milk.
- tunesmith 3y agoI think those are impersonators though, aren't they? Maybe it's the tape quality but some of those voices don't sound anything like the actual people.
- version_five 3y agoI'd say the fact that Popeye has one is a dead giveaway
- jtbayly 3y agoI assumed they were impersonations. But if they aren’t, it could be the real person who did the popeye voice, so not a giveaway after all.
- peteforde 3y agoI'm only half embarrassed that this somehow didn't occur to me. My initial read was that there's probably some personalities who would have gotten a kick out of recording a message... but it (sadly) doesn't make a lot of sense that Richard Nixon would make fun of himself in such a casual way. Still, I appreciate how a lot of these make me feel. Simpler time!