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Presidential Essentials 2013

AIR DATE: February 18, 2013

Host Charlie Warren takes us on 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.

Witness the antics of The Capitol Steps, Jay Leno, Dennis Miller, George Carlin, Chevy Chase, and John Toomey. Hear Stan Freberg lampoon Washington, 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, Clinton, and Obama, plus The Capitol Steps' version of Bush 2.  Music by Dave Brubeck, Fleetwood Mac, Duke Ellington, Kenny G, Burt Bacharach, and more.



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