1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,280 Speaker 1: Get guys. 2 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 2: I often think about how I've said this on error 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: in different shows. I often think about how various historical 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 2: figures would react to social media or the ubiquity of 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: communication devices. And in this classic episode, I learned that 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: I would never want Lyndon Johnson to have my phone number. 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: Na man, like you ever had you ever got? I mean, 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: you know, this day and age, a phone call is 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: almost an active aggression, you know, or it's like we 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: try to keep it to text, but I don't know. 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: You ever have the unfortunate situation where someone called you 12 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: and you realize because of the echo or something, or 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: just you hear a little PLoP. Are you? Are you 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: on the toilet? Bro? Like, what are you doing to me? 15 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: That's not cool? What's that tinkling sound? 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 3: Nah? 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Man, that's not okay. We actually recently talked about Louis 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: the fourteenth and his you know, lack of bathing or 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: personal hygiene. He often and those in his court at 20 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: Versailles take meetings while on the commode. They didn't have 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: a telephone, but you know who did was Lyndon Johnson, 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: and he had one in his boudoir and would often 23 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: take calls while dropping a deuce. 24 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 2: And he installed telephones in multiple locations in the White House, 25 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: which already had phones, by the way, and in his 26 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: branch in Texas. Also adding to the creepy vibe, our 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: buddy Lindy recorded pretty much every phone call he had, 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: including the ones where he is trying to brag about 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: the size of his Australia while he's getting the tailor 30 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 2: to redo his pals mis Johnson. 31 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I'm not mistaken. I haven't listened back to 32 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: this one as of yet, but I think we have 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: a clip in it that is a delight. And he's 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: talking about making room for his his bunghole around his 35 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: but he uses the term bunghole, which I've never heard 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: outside of Beavis and butt Head until this particular exploration. 37 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: And we'll also learn about his notable sidekick. 38 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: That's right, Jumbo, let's roll the footage. 39 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: Ridiculous History is a production of iHeartRadio. 40 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: O man, oh man. 41 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: Okay, So let's start today with the very crass, a 42 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 2: crass intro to the subject of our show. Let's set 43 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: the tone, all right, Yeah, agreed. So, once upon a time, 44 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: there's this guy who urinates on a secret service man 45 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: who is shielding this guy from public view. 46 00:02:59,560 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: Go on. 47 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: The secret Service man is horrified because you know he's 48 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: in the Secret Service, and therefore we're gonna go out 49 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: on a limon say. He's not used to people peing 50 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: on him. The person the subject of today's podcast, when 51 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: he sees this shocked expression of horror on this guy's face, 52 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: he only says, that's all right, son, it's my prerogative. 53 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: It's my prerogative. 54 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 2: Hello, everybody, thank you for tuning in. 55 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: My name is Ben, my name is Nol. And the 56 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: shoe pesser in question is none other than Lyndon Baines Johnson, 57 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: the thirty sixth President of these fair United States and 58 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: notorious shoe here. 59 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, Out of all the presidents, he is the 60 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: most notorious when it comes to the high crime of 61 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: shoe pen or at least the eccentric behavior. This is 62 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: the president who took the oath of office on November two, 63 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: twenty second, nineteen sixty three, almost immediately following the assassination 64 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: of President Kennedy. 65 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: It's true, and on that day, when he assumed his 66 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: new job as president and took residence in the White House, 67 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: he immediately set to overhauling the telephone system in the 68 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: White House in a very very big and dare we 69 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: say ridiculous way? 70 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: Oh we dare we do? Dare my friend? Because this 71 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: was just baffling. So the first thing he did was 72 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: that he had phones installed everywhere, beneath dining tables, coffee tables, 73 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: in tables and bathrooms, on windows sills. And you can 74 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: find in the oral history for the LBJ Presidential Library 75 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 2: by James Jones, the argument that the president led the 76 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 2: construction of a wired mobile phone network using phones as 77 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: call relay points, just so wherever he went in the 78 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: building he would never have to get off the phone 79 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: unless he wanted to. 80 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was a notorious multitasker. He would often take 81 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: several calls at the same time. I'm trying to picture that. 82 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: It's like, did he have handlers that would pass him 83 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: the phone and then say, excuse me, the President needs 84 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: a minute, and then he would get another one, and 85 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: then he would have another one passed back to him. 86 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm confused. We do, however, know that he was a 87 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: big fan of the power move and he apparently liked 88 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: to use the phone as a tool. It was even 89 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: said as a weapon. Because he could bully people very 90 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: easily on the phone, Like he was so comfortable with 91 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: it that he had it down pat and could essentially 92 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: get people to do what he wanted by speaking to 93 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: them in a certain way. And the beauty of this 94 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: is you don't have to depend on our word for this. 95 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: Because he also recorded like every conversation that he had, 96 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: which I think there are nine thousand tapes around that 97 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: you can actually get your hands on, and he had 98 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: them transcribed, and in his evening reading materials for the day, 99 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: his handlers would slip him the transcripts so he could 100 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: go over the day's business. And it wasn't all pure paranoia, 101 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: right Ben. I mean, it was to kind of show 102 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: that he had gotten things done. But also he could 103 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: call people out on things, couldn't he. 104 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, And he used this method often if there 105 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: was someone in the press that he felt had misquoted 106 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: him in an interview, he would go back and check 107 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: the transcripts. If there were another member of Congress or 108 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: another politician who was waffling or backing away from something 109 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: they had agreed to on the interview, Johnson had no 110 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 2: compunction whatsoever about going public with it. But there's another 111 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 2: thing you could find here, nine thousand tapes. That's a 112 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 2: lot of tape. He would signal to his secretary with 113 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: like a little wave of his hands his finger in 114 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: a let's roll circle to turn on the recorders, but 115 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: his staff sometimes forgot to turn them off. So you 116 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: can also hear him having these very strange, mundane conversations. 117 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 2: There's one where he's trying to get a guy to 118 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: come cut his hair for free as the president. And actually, 119 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 2: can we play a clip of this casey and I 120 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 2: talk to you. 121 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 3: Now about getting in the paper and getting it advertised. 122 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: I give you my solemn word. 123 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: I'm a poor man. I don't make much money, but 124 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 3: I got a wife and a couple of daughters, and 125 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: full five people had run around with me, and I 126 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 3: like the way you make them look. This is your country, 127 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: and I won't see what you want to do about it. 128 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 3: When do you want me to come? Well, as depends 129 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: first on how much it'll cost me. 130 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: Okay, so a notorious multitasker, shoe pier and cheapskate. 131 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: Well, he liked he liked a deal. But it's interesting 132 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 2: to us in a time when phones were known thing, 133 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: but they weren't as ubiquitous as they are today. It's 134 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 2: strange to us that his mission was to make every 135 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 2: place where he spent any sustained amount of time essentially 136 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 2: one big telephone office. And this didn't stop at the 137 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: White House, did it. 138 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: Now he was a native Texan, as you can probably 139 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,119 Speaker 1: hear from his drawl, but he had a ranch house, 140 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: like a really sweet, sprawling ranch house in Austin, Texas. 141 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: So on this property he had a giant oak tree 142 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: wired with a telephone jack and a thirty five foot cord. 143 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: And that wasn't it. I mean he had I think 144 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: he was probably the first president or maybe human that 145 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: had a phone installed next to a hammock. So you 146 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: know he was getting his R and R. But if 147 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: an important call came down, he was going to take it. 148 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 2: And you have to wonder was he a hammock swinger 149 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 2: or was he just laying there because you'd wonder about 150 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 2: the cord. He also had at least fifteen local and 151 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: long distance lines at this ranch, which became known as 152 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: the Texas White House. Do we mention that part yet? 153 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 4: No? 154 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, the Texas White House. And he had seventy 155 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: two handsets. Here's one that I thought of when we 156 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: earlier mentioned his notorious multitasking. One of these handsets was 157 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: built to handle twenty four calls at one and it's 158 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: a single handset to was this conference calling? Was he 159 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: switching back and forth? Was it just a cool gadget 160 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: that he felt a man of his station deserved. 161 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: Well, He certainly was an innovator, at least in unreasonable 162 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 1: requests that led to technological advancements, because before we had 163 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: anything approaching cellular phone service, he had phone operators go 164 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: with him on air Force one so that he could 165 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: stay in contact with the Texas switchboard. And just to 166 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: give you a sense of his daily telephone call workload, 167 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 1: it's estimated that he took somewhere in the neighborhood of 168 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: between forty and one hundred calls a day, and that 169 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: includes like ones that he took at the same time. Again, 170 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: I'm picturing him with one phone on one ear and 171 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 1: one on the other, like a cartoonish absurd thing. I 172 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: don't know, but it didn't stop on the phone. He 173 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: was a maximizer. He liked to make the most of 174 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: every single second, and he did not like to stop talking. 175 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: There are tails in addition to to urinating on secret servicemen, 176 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: where he would force people to follow him into the 177 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: bathroom while he dropped trow and or adduce and continued 178 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: talking to this reporter and or head of state even right, Yeah. 179 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: The Johnson treatments. He would get in people's faces as well. 180 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 2: He would follow them into the bathroom and harangue them 181 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: while they were while they were peeing. But uh, Noel, 182 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: absolutely right. He was also fond of making people follow 183 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: him into the bathroom and lecturing them, continuing in his 184 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: lecture rather while he was using the restroom, and if 185 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 2: he were defecating, he would just leave the door open 186 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: so he could still stare at them. That's uh, it 187 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 2: was just cartoonish. I mean, what kind of like Austin 188 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: Powers Mike Myers sort of joke as that. 189 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: You know, that's a little creepy if you ask me. 190 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: And he was, you know, very much a very much 191 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: a creep and a philanderer. He also you can snippets 192 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: of him. We didn't think he was being recorded talking 193 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: about stuff like this on the phone. He was notorious 194 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 2: for cheating on his wife, Ladybird as she was popularly called, 195 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 2: and we came to find that his staff was also 196 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: involved in this, because again, he's always wired, right, He's 197 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: always about building these contraptions, these phone networks. He built 198 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: something else. 199 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: He's talking about the buzzer. 200 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you know the one. What's happening with the buzzer? 201 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 2: What's the buzz about the buzzer? 202 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:27,599 Speaker 4: No? 203 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's you know, it was a button that 204 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: he had his staff install in the Oval office so 205 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: that his handlers and secret service protectors could give it 206 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: a good buzz. It would be connected to his office 207 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: if his wife was cited, because he was notorious for 208 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: hiring pretty young things to work in and around him 209 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: in his office, and you know, more than a few 210 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: rumors about him possibly getting a little attention on the 211 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: side when old Ladybird was not around, right right, you know, 212 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: buzz buzz buzz. We know Lady Bird's been sighted, you know, 213 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: pants on, I guess. 214 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: Which fits unfortunately with his character. While we're doing the 215 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 2: crass Johnson facts, we should admit that he was probably 216 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: out of I don't want to say he was the 217 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: most likely out of all presidents, but he's definitely in 218 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 2: the top five presidents most likely to send someone a 219 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 2: dick pic because he was fond of showing both men 220 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 2: and women. His genitals is Johnson. He named it also, yeah, 221 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 2: he apparently named it Jumbo. 222 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, so at least by his own admission, well 223 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: endowed fella. 224 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 2: I just why would this guy be allowed in public restrooms? 225 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: Why would he be allowed in public He seems like 226 00:12:52,679 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: a nightmare. And speaking of pants, yes, yes, yes, I'd 227 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: love to hear another clip. This one is a conversation 228 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: between President Johnson and his tailor, where he describes to 229 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: him the tailor, some particulars about the measurements for these 230 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: custom slacks. He needs some extra room in certain areas, 231 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: shall we say. 232 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 3: Misser Joager Joe is your father, the one that makes clothes. 233 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: You're altogether. You all made me some real light weight slacks. 234 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: Now I need about six pairs for some aware. I 235 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 3: want him half inch larger in the waist than the 236 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 3: where before, except I want two or three inches of 237 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 3: stuff left back in there so I can take him up. 238 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: I bury ten or fifteen pounds a month, all right, 239 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 3: So leave me at least two and a half freat 240 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 3: inch in the back rock and let him outter take 241 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 3: them up. 242 00:13:59,320 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. 243 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 3: Now, another thing that crutch down where your nuts hang 244 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 3: is always a little too tight. So when you make 245 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 3: them up, give me a ach that I can let 246 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: out there, because they cut me. It's just like riding 247 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 3: the wire fence. These are almost the best that I've 248 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: had anywhere in the United States. But when I gained 249 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: a little weight, they cut me under there that you 250 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 3: never do have much margin there. But see if you 251 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 3: can't leave me about it? An age from the ware 252 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 3: the separate pms around under my back to my bunghole, 253 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: so I can read it out there if I need to. 254 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: Ah, yes, the old Johnson bunghole. Yes, it's true. 255 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: That is indeed the thirty sixth president of these fine 256 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 2: United States. 257 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: Hey, you know what we've got going on today? It's 258 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: not too far off right. 259 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, what if Johnson had Twitter? 260 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: I can't imagine. My favorite part is where he says, 261 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: you know, Dann, where the nuts hang, And he does 262 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: have he does have e a compelling accent. He was 263 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: known as a gifted vocal communicator despite the aggression. It's 264 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: interesting because he came from a poverty stricken community. He 265 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: grew up impoverished with oral storytelling background, and he always 266 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: knew that he wanted to be a politician, right because 267 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: after they lost the family farm, his father became a 268 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: politician instead. But he never lost this focus, the central 269 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: focus on the power of communication. And although he recorded 270 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: so much of his phone correspondence, he still adhered to 271 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: rules once articulated by Earl Long, who was Louisiana's three 272 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: time governor, and it reads the following, don't write anything 273 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk face 274 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: to face. Don't talk anything you can smile. Don't smile, 275 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: you can wink, don't wink anything you can nod. So, 276 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: because of his reliance on the telephone, despite the energy 277 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: he put into, you know, having face to face communication 278 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: over written correspondence, these recordings become better sources than documents 279 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: for tracing what he actually did. And you can see 280 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: sort of the let's say, the edges of the unrecorded 281 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: conversations he had, Oh yeah, where he was dragging people 282 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: into the bathroom. Oh no. It's a highly highly teachable 283 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: moment of being really able to see the way a 284 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: very powerful man like this actually conducted business because apparently 285 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: in a lot of his public addresses he was a 286 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: lot more stiff and more formal, and you know, we're 287 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: dinging this guy for a lot of things that are 288 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: very ding worthy, right so, rightly so. But you know, 289 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: he also had some problematic policies. It wasn't he wasn't 290 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: just you know, not the best president because of you know, 291 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: his tendencies to flash and urinate on people. He also 292 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: had some real problematic attitudes towards the US involvement in Vietnam. 293 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: Isn't that right, Ben? 294 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, It's commonly seen by historians as a huge misstep 295 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: for his administration, perhaps indeed the chief misstep, and that 296 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 2: would be the escalation of the war in Vietnam. You 297 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 2: can read an article about this on CNN called how 298 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 2: LBJ Wrecked his presidency. That should just give you a 299 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 2: taste of where people are coming from here by Julian Zelzer. 300 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: I love that name. Those are two z's very strong name. Zelizer. 301 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: It's interesting because again in these recordings, we find that offstage, 302 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 2: when he wasn't grand standing to the public, he was 303 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 2: conflicted and deeply so, about what the hell they should do. 304 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: He calls it a mess. He can't see a way 305 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: out of it. 306 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: Sure, and and the guy was not without his strong points. 307 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: He did sign the Civil Rights Act of nineteen sixty four, 308 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: which was the US labor law that outlawed discrimination based 309 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 1: on religion, sexual orientation, origin of birth, or race. So 310 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: you know, that's a pretty big step. So got to 311 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: give credit where credit is due, I guess. And you 312 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: do hear some of his more tender side, I guess 313 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: in some of these phone calls as well. Obviously was 314 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: a very big caricature of a personality. But in this 315 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: call where he's talking to Jacqueline Kennedy after the assassination 316 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: of John F. Kennedy, he's very kind to her. 317 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 4: In other words, the. 318 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 3: Government would be represented by Bobby and Peddy and Chief 319 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 3: Justice and Rush. They're going to be over there anyway 320 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 3: that he wants to go with you with be whoever 321 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: you want to take in your own party, And if 322 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 3: you'd like to do that, you just let me know 323 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 3: and I'll have it all set up for you and 324 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 3: it'll be at your disposal whenever you own it, for 325 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 3: whatever time you own it. Was n No, it's not 326 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 3: at all. It's very important to us, very important to 327 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 3: the country, and you you just let me know how 328 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: you feel that if you have a chance to think 329 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 3: about it. You know, I'm saying anything. 330 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: Thing I ever heard of. 331 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 2: And additionally, under his administration he passed one of the 332 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 2: most important and influential acts in recent history, and as 333 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 2: the Voting Rights Act in nineteen sixty five. We have 334 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: a clip there as well. 335 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 4: There is no constitutional issue here. The command of the 336 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 4: Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong, 337 00:19:53,160 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 4: deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow Americans right 338 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 4: to vote in this country. 339 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: And there you're kind of getting that slightly more stilted 340 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: speechy written part of his personality. And it's really interesting 341 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: to have the opportunity to kind of weigh those two 342 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: sides with these candid recordings of his phone calls versus 343 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: his public persona, because as far as we know, other 344 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: than Nixon and I don't think anyone's getting their hands 345 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: on those tapes anytime soon. Not a lot of presidents 346 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: did this, and they certainly are not accessible to the 347 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: public in this way. So good on Johnson. 348 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 2: I do want to say, there's a great quotation by 349 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 2: Nixon which reads, people sat by language was bad. But Jesus, 350 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 2: so you're sort of heard LB dre there you go. 351 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 2: So I hope you like that bootleg Nixon. 352 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: That was good. You you had the mumble Josh right burn. 353 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 2: Ra for some reason we were doing it that it 354 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 2: reminds me of the old school, Uh Tim Curry anywise, Yeah, 355 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: when he's making when he's like scaring the kids, you 356 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 2: have Prince albarda. 357 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: Con rop rop rop. He's kind of Nixon. 358 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 4: Yeah. 359 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: Wow. 360 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 2: Now there's another thing that you and I talked about 361 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 2: off air that I've always seen as a very clear 362 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: indication of Johnson's character, and that's his favorite car prank. 363 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: This is a good one. 364 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:22,239 Speaker 4: Uh. 365 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: There's a fantastic article from our buddies over at Mental 366 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: Floss called LBJ the President who marked his Territory. I 367 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: think we know what that refers to. But yeah, he 368 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: would do this thing where he would take visitors to 369 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: his Texas ranch for a little car ride, and he'd 370 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: drive him down a big old hill towards a lake 371 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: and act like he was losing control of the car 372 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: and yeah, all the brakes are out, we're going in, 373 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: We're going in. And then what happened? 374 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 2: And then they would indeed hit the water and they 375 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 2: would float and he would continue steering the vehicle because 376 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 2: you see, it was not an ordinary car. It was 377 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: a type of amphibious vehicle called in and thip car. 378 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: And it was apparently the only one manufactured for civilian 379 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: use ever. And it's funny. I actually a couple of 380 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: weekends ago, I went with my daughter to a place 381 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: here around Atlanta called Stone Mountain, and they have this 382 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: thing called Ride the Ducks where you get to take 383 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: a ride in this thing called a duck boat, and 384 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: it looks like a van, but it's like a boat 385 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: and you ride it just like this. You literally, he 386 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: does the same thing. Even the driver was his name 387 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 1: was Professor Hollywood, and he was wearing these real kooky 388 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: starglasses and telling us all these great tales about movies 389 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: that were shot around Stone Mountain and stuff. And about 390 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: the time he and a group of school kids encountered 391 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: Dwayne the Rock Johnson who came out of his Hey, 392 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: a different Johnson, but yeah, he hauls ass for this 393 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: lake and you just go right in, make a big 394 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: old splash, and then before you know it, you're floating along, 395 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: you know, the Lazy River. Pretty cool, but we knew 396 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: it was we knew we knew it was coming, though, 397 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: so not mean spirited in the way that the Johnson 398 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: was Hollywood. 399 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: Didn't pull a fast food on you, Professor Hollywood, Professor Hollywood. 400 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 2: He didn't go to Hollywood Academy for nothing. 401 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: Hollywood University. 402 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, yes, they're in Hollywood, California, or one of 403 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: the many other towns in the United States named Hollywood. Indeed, 404 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: so we're giving a brief overview of a contradictory character. 405 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 2: And it's clear that his administration enacted some incredibly profound, important, 406 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 2: and beneficial legislation for the American public. But also it's 407 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 2: clear that most historians agree there were numerous missteps along 408 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: the way, both in his political and in his private life. 409 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 2: One thing that we found interesting here is that a 410 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 2: lot of people don't talk about the emphasis he had 411 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 2: on technology as an early adopter. I mean, what he 412 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: was doing really was a pioneering work, for sure. 413 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,959 Speaker 1: Like I said, all based on some sort of outlandish requests. 414 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: But what is technology if not trying to fill a 415 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: need that may seem outlandish at the time but will 416 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: ultimately become the law of the land when people realize, 417 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 1: you know, how could we ever have done without this? 418 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: You know, I mean not to say that I have 419 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: fifty telephones installed in my house, but you know the 420 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: fact that you can be untethered. He was essentially trying 421 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: to create the circumstances that we have with a cell phone, 422 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: but with the limitations of being wired in. He wanted 423 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: to never be any less than arms reach away from 424 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: the phone. And it makes me think of our old office, 425 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: Ben in Buckhead. It used to be the former headquarters 426 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: of La Face Wrecords True Stories. You know about a 427 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: baby Face more known as a producer and songwriter for 428 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: like Madonna and stuff. I think he had a couple 429 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: of hits on his own. Oh yeah, but there was 430 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: this weird bathroom. I'll let you tell it, Ben, it's 431 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: your story with It's this weird bathroom that always kind 432 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: of struck us a little odd, right. 433 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, So in the old office that our company 434 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 2: used to well in had a strange executive suite all 435 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: its own. A little bit less than half of the 436 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 2: entire office space was taken up by what we believe 437 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 2: was Babyface's office himself, and it had an executive washroom. 438 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 2: This washroom had a very very low commode that was 439 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 2: directly opposite a full length wall mirror, so that it 440 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 2: was unavoidable to if you were sitting on the commode, 441 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 2: it was unavoidable to not see yourself and directly to 442 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: the right of this commode, if you picture yourself sitting 443 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 2: here again very low to the ground. There was a 444 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: red telephone, a red landline telephone like. 445 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: Batman style, like would it glow? Do you think you know? 446 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,479 Speaker 1: I hope? So it rang once and I never answered it. 447 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: No way. 448 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was outside of the restroom. I didn't like 449 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 2: to hang out in there. It was kind of creepy. 450 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: Are you messing with me? No? 451 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 2: It rang damn, So we have to wonder who has 452 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 2: the phone number to the leface bathroom. 453 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: Let us know. You can write to us at ridiculous 454 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: at HowStuffWorks dot com. You can check out our new 455 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: Facebook group, the Ridiculous Historians. You want to be a moderator, 456 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: you like that kind of stuff, shoot us an email 457 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: at that aforementioned address and we will look at your 458 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: credentials and see if you've got the stuff. We will. 459 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: We will go through your transcripts. You probably do. You 460 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: probably just the desire is enough. 461 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: Well, if you're listening to this show, you have impeccable 462 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: taste and thank you so much for listening. It's pretty 463 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 2: clear that the three of us find President Johnson a 464 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 2: fascinating character. We'd like to hear some of your Johnson 465 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 2: President Johnson trivia as well. We'd also like to thank 466 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 2: Julia Layton, our regular contributor, who wrote an article about 467 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 2: lbj's phone usage for how stuff works, And of course 468 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 2: we can't say it enough. Super Producer Casey pegram, I'm. 469 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: Gonna hang on. 470 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 2: I'm going to lean back and make eye contact with him. 471 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: Thank you. You're great. That was a really tender moment 472 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: you just had with Superproducer Casey. And just just to 473 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: throw out there too, we call him super producer Casey, 474 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: but what that entails is he edits the show. He 475 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: also does all the cool sound design, any of the 476 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: little bumpers and all that stuff. That's him And of 477 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: course he's a contributor vocally. We're gonna try to twist 478 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: his arm and make him do that a little more often, 479 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: but well, we'll see how that shapes up. 480 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a foot in the door a little bit 481 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: at a time. 482 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: He also gives us great life advice, oh big time. 483 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: He's like sort of a life coach slash super producer 484 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: we'd also like to thank our composer Alex Williams, who 485 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: wrote our theme and uh, I don't thank you again, 486 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: Ben for just being you and such a handsome devil. 487 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 2: Hey, thank you, you know what. Thanks to both of 488 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 2: us for not going around peing on people. Neither of 489 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 2: us are perfect, but we'll always. 490 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: Have that, I think so. So. 491 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 2: You can find us on Facebook. You can find us 492 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 2: on Instagram. You can find us on Twitter. My trusted 493 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: co host has disclosed the email address. 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When Nola and I get 503 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 2: into an eggnog. 504 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: Ryot, is that like a zoot Suit ryot? 505 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 4: You know? 506 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 2: The backbeat's a little bit different. Where should I say 507 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 2: a whisk? Do we use whisps with eggnog? 508 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: I haven't nogged a little less saxophone. Maybe oh yeah, 509 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: yeah yeah, okay cool, goodbye everyone. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, 510 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen 511 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: to your favorite shows.