It’s night time in the big city
The server is down
The parakeet is restless
“You know what happens every Presidents' Day, stores have big sales. They gotta clear their shelves and we’re gonna do the same thing. We’re gonna go through the Theme Time Radio supply closet and pull up some of the old stock and songs we didn’t have time for in our other shows while we celebrate all of the years presidents.”
“You know a lot of early blues and folk songs have lyrics that are passed around from performer to performer. Each one putting their own spin on it, with the lyrics kinda floating from person to person."
“...singing with a whole lot of enthusiasm. Nowadays you hear all these singers that are too cool for school. No such problem with Miss Rhythm. She was a fellow disc jockey hosting Public Radio’s 'Harlem Hit Parade.' I always enjoy playing a fellow disc jockey. ”
“They Might Be Giants might sound like a odd name for a band, but it was actually taken from a film starring George C Scott called The Hustler.”
“Doesn’t have anything to do really with James K Polk, but it was a good excuse to play it.”
“We’ve played a Wynonie Harris a few time in the past, but sometimes I think we should be playing him every show.”
“A song about our tallest president”
“He wasn’t just a Calypsonian, he was a politician!”
“The only hit I know written by a Vice President, though I hear Dick Cheney is working on a folk rock record.”
“It’s President’s Day here at TTRH as you know, that’s when we pass the savings along to you, the listener.”
“Frank always liked powerful men…He performed at fundraisers. Is that the kind you shave with? That’s a fun razor. This was a fundraiser; you have to pronounce the “d“. Anyway Sinatra went back and forth between day-time democrat supporting Kennedy and a nighttime full of rat pack, booze, broads and crime.”
“We’re emptying out our closets in honor of President’s Day.”
“Here’s a group that took their name from Mao Tse Tung and Stalin. No wonder they never had a hit.”
“I wouldn’t want to be on the other side of that fist.”
“While we’re talking about presidents, lets talk presidents everybody loves. Those’d be dead presidents. The ones that jingle in your pocket or you carry folded up in your wallet.”
“He’s surprisingly well-read”
“He was the oldest person ever to serve…but that’s not what I like most about him. What I like most about Alvin Barkley is that he was 71 years old when he married his 36 year old girlfriend. I understand they gave birth to a son named Charles. I don’t know if it’s the basketball player, but it’s not that common a name.”
"Fall guy"
(First single to ever go platinum)
(Made Washington’s birthday a holiday in 1885)
(Known as “The idol of Ohio” who put this country on the road to world power.
“I wanna remind you, while we’re talking about all things presidential, that this is election year. Get out and vote. Go make a difference before they change the rules and just appoint the president for us. It’s getting pretty close".