Campaign 2012: President Reagan...The Uncle Daddy Years..OR..The Romney/Gingrich Battle for Bragging Rights to Be The Rightful Heir of The Reagan Legacy and be the GOP 2012 Presidential Nominee and By the Way, What IS the Reagan Legacy Anyway???

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Campaign 2012: President Reagan...The Uncle Daddy Years..OR..The Romney/Gingrich Battle for Bragging Rights to Be The Rightful Heir of The Reagan Legacy and be the GOP 2012 Presidential Nominee and By the Way, What IS the Reagan Legacy Anyway???

Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
From: Paul Fischer
Length: 00:55:31

The Reagan Centennial Year is officially over...but the invocation of Ronald Reagan's name by those claiming to be his ideological soulmate and the rightful 2012 Republican nominee is only increasing in frequency and fervor. This program looks at this phenomenon and the Reagan record thru narration, music and soundbites and is produced by Paul Fischer...an award winning news writer who wrote about the Reagan administration on a daily basis as the political writer of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. Read the full description.

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Playing: Campaign 2012: President Reagan...The Uncle Daddy ...
From: Paul Fischer

Default-piece-image-2 Paul Fischer was the political writer of The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather for more than 20 years, including the Reagan administration years. This program is a stand alone episode of the series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?".

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Piece Description

Paul Fischer was the political writer of The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather for more than 20 years, including the Reagan administration years. This program is a stand alone episode of the series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?".

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
100 Days, 100 Nights	Sharon Jones and The DapKings	100 Days, 100 Nights.	Daptone	2007	03:45
Follow the Yellow Brick Road	Judy Garland and The Munchkins	Wizard of Oz Soundtrack.	MGM	1956	00:30
Daddy's Home	Shep and The Limelites	The Very Best of Shep and the Limelites.	Rhino	2006	02:44
Gone Daddy Gone	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere.	Downtown	2006	02:28
Morning Mr. Magpie	Radiohead	King of Limbs.	King of Limbs.com	2011	04:40
California Girls	The Beach Boys	Summer Days.	Capitol	1965	00:30
California Gurls	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream.	Capitol	2010	02:30
California Dreamin/	The Mamas and Papas	Greatest Hits.	Geffen	1998	00:30
Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication.	Warner	1999	03:20
Home	She and Him	She and Him Volume 2.	Merge	2010	04:40
Crisis 1&2	The Dears	Missiles.	Dangerbird	2011	03:44
Political Science	Randy Newman	Sail Away.	Reprise	1972	00:20
Barbara Ann	The Beach Boys	Beach Boys Party!.	Capitol	1965	00:15
Capital G (edited for radio)	Nine Inch Nails	Year Zero.	Nothing		03:20
Fake Empire	The National	Boxer.	Beggars Banquet	2007	03:25
Written On The Forehead	PJ Harvey	Let England Shake.	Vagrant	2011	03:30
Big Wave	Jenny and Johnny	I'm Having Fun Now.	Warner	2010	03:50
Comeback Kid	Sleigh Bells	Reign of Terror.	Mom+Pop	2012	03:01
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Edited for Radio)	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy.	Atlantic	2007	03:30
Roll On	Dntel ft. Jenny Lewis	Dumb Luck.	SubPop	2007	03:40
Mr. President(Have Pity on the Working Man)	Randy Newman	Good Old Boys.	Rhino	2002	02:48