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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on January 29, 2011, 03:39:24 PM

Title: RIP David Frye, Nixon imitator extraordinaire
Post by: RGMike on January 29, 2011, 03:39:24 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/29frye.html?ref=obituaries

So, 2 comedians in 2 days... will there be a third?  Watch yer back, Joan Rivers!

Title: Re: RIP David Frye, Nixon imitator extraordinaire
Post by: Wayback on January 30, 2011, 08:15:43 PM

My dad bought his "Radio Free Nixon" album in '72, I loved it's concept: Nixon, tired of battles with the media, dreams of his own radio station, so can broadcast what he wants. Frye & Co do all the voices of the politicos of the day* airing news, sports, talk, ads, farm report, etc.  (*= Nixon, LBJ, Nelson Rockefeller, William F. Buckley, Spiro Agnew, Billy Graham, Hubert Humphrey, Truman Capote, Jimmy Stewart, Howard Cosell, George C. Scott, etc).  I got it a few years ago on CD, a two-fer that also includes his 1970 "I Am The President" LP: http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-President-Radio-Free/dp/B000BR6DDK

NY Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/29frye.html

Title: Re: RIP David Frye, Nixon imitator extraordinaire
Post by: RGMike on January 31, 2011, 07:40:40 AM

Quote from: Wayback on January 30, 2011, 08:15:43 PM

My dad bought his "Radio Free Nixon" album in '72, I loved it's concept: Nixon, tired of battles with the media, dreams he owns his own radio station, so can broadcast what he wants. Frye & Co do all the voices of the politicos of the day, airing news, sports, talk, ads, farm report, etc.  I got it a few years ago on CD!
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-david-frye-20110130,0,7839063.story

Great stuff -- I bought a Frye CD reissue  back in the '90s too. "I take responsibility -- but not the blame." Priceless.