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It’s President’s Day, so let’s talk about some amazing ones… from the past and from fiction! Time travel to save JFK, false teeth made of ivory and screws, a murderous Abraham Lincoln and Obama’s colorful new portrait round out this week’s theme of commander-in-chief. Also, Mike tries to create a game of presidential quiz wiz and fails.
We didn’t know much about the President’s Day holiday before this week, so we wanted to learn a bit more about it. At first we were worried this episode might be dry, but since we decided to keep it a loose “presidential” theme, it became fun really fast! Here are some clips for the movies we talked about on the show this week:
Air Force One
Dead Presidents
11/22/63
Wag The Dog
Independence Day
President’s Day (2010)
President’s Day (2017)
Sources:
- Ambrosia For Heads – ‘Dead Presidents’ Film Released Twenty Years Ago
- YouTube – Dead Presidents trailer
- YouTube – Air Force One trailer
- Amazon – 11/22/63 Book
- YouTube – 11/22/63 Trailer
- Wikipedia – Wag the Dog
- YouTube – Wag the Dog trailer
- Business Insider – Best President’s Day Weekend Sales
- USA Today – 7 Retailers Having Incredible President’s Day Deals
- NBC News – Kehinde Wiley’s Obama portrait controversy proves Americans struggle to engage with art
- Wikipedia – Kehinde Wiley
- The New York Times – Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction