Caption: Everybody is watching...and listening!, Credit: C. Warren with Whitehouse.gov photos
Image by: C. Warren with Whitehouse.gov photos 
Everybody is watching...and listening! 

Presidential Essentials 2012

From: Charlie Warren
Length: 00:58:07

A chronological trip through 13 U.S. Presidencies from FDR to Obama, plus Washington and Jefferson, told through the music, comedy, sounds, and voices of presidential history. For Presidents' Day Weekend or Washington's Birthday. Read the full description.
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Witness the antics of Jay Leno, Dennis Miller, George Carlin, Chevy Chase, and John Toomey. Hear Stan Freberg lampoon Washington and Jefferson, James Whitmore play Harry Truman, and Rich Little impersonate Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.  Hear Ronald and Nancy Reagan in the movies, the voices of FDR, Truman, Eisenhhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, and Clinton, plus quotes from Bush 2, and audio from President Obama.  Music by Dave Brubeck, Fleetwood Mac, Duke Ellington, Kenny G, and Burt Bacharach, and more.
                                                

55 MIN. VERSION
- See information under "Timing & Cues" to shorten the program to :55 minutes

Broadcast History

KUCB, Unalaska, Alaska, Montana Public Radio, Missoula, MT; North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY; KWIT Sioux City, Iowa; KMXT, Kodiak Island, Alaska; WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Albany, NY; Spokane Public Radio, WA.

Timing and Cues

(OPTIONAL BREAK #1 - OVER BRUBECK'S "TROLLEY SONG") ANNCR: "This is Presential Essentials. I'm Charlie Warren" (18:38)
(FADE UP BEFORE 21:31)

(OPTIONAL BREAK #2 - OVER FLEETWOOD MAC'S "EVERYWHERE")
ANNCR: "Presential Essentials...a lighthearted look at White House history. (PAUSE) Fleetwood Mac for Bill Clinton." (45:46)
(FADE UP BEFORE 46:40)

55 MINUTE VERSION
To shorten the program to approximately 55 minutes, you have the option to cut or fade out after the BREAK OUT CUES, and fade out the program's final instrumental. You have my permission to edit the announcer BREAK #1 or #2 OUT CUES or INTROS to facilitate the the move.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

As we celebrate (Washington's Birthday, Presidents' Day, or similar depending on your state) this weekend you'll hear in the hour ahead, that each U. S. state or commonwealth honors our presidents with a holiday designation of its own choice. Here in (your state) listen now as we take a novel look at our nation's presidential history on (your station).

OUTRO:

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
We Like To Be In Washington, DC Heller-Ferguson Singers & Orchestra single. Heller-Ferguson Inc. 01:45
Washington Crosses The Delaware Stan Freberg Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America. Capitol 0 04:38
All In The Family (Those Were The Days) Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton TV Toons Presents All-Time Top 100 TV Themes. TVT Records 1971 00:44
Caravan Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Greatest Hits - Legends Series. Sony Music 2002 03:00
The Trolley Song Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits. Sony Music 1997 03:03
Gerald Ford Chevy Chase NBC's Saturday Night Live. Arista Records 1976 01:50
What The World Needs Now Is Love Burt Bacharach Burt Bacharach: Reach Out. A&M Records 1967 04:00
11 O'Clock News: The News Roundup George Carlin single. Little David Records 1972 01:02
Parade Sequence The United States Air Force Tactical Air Command Band Ceremonial Music. US Air Force 00:26
Hello Ronnie, Goodbye Jimmy Herman Silvers & Cornel Tannassay single. Pulse Records 1980 00:54
The Big Game Rich Little The First Family Rides Again. Boardwalk Records 1981 03:17
Continuous Sequence Dennis Miller The Off-White Album. Warner Bros. 1988 02:07
Everywhere Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night. Warner Bros. 1987 02:00
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence Stan Freberg Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America. Capitol 06:23
Loving You Kenny G Kenny G's Greatest Hits. Arista 1997 01:00
Ruffles & Flourishes And Hail To The Chief U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command Band Ceremonial Music. US Air Force 00:44

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