As Charles Osgood showed in his popular book Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II, sometimes the most intense situations yield the most unexpectedly funny stories. And few situations are more intense than a presidential campaign.
From FDR to Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail - a place where levity is always welcome. Osgood includes fragments of speeches, interviews, and press conferences, as well as articles written by and about the candidates - no source is left untapped.
Arriving exactly when America most needs a good laugh, this book promises to make the seemingly endless race to the presidency a little more bearable, if not downright enjoyable.
Sorry the election season's over? Charles Osgood gathers the funniest and weirdest moments of post-WWII presidential politics, starting with Harry S. Truman, whom he calls the first sound-bite candidate, and wrapping up with the Bush-Kerry battle of 2004. In between, he takes on high-profile regional races. Norman Dietz reads this collection of quips and flubs with a voice not unlike the ones listeners might have heard on the stump over the years. Listeners who follow politics will find many of the funny lines familiar. Osgood did his research well, but mostly he lets the anecdotes stand on their own, making the book more nostalgia for those who've lived through the campaigns than history or analysis. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House
by Charles Osgood
