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- David_Frye abstract "David Frye (November 21, 1933 – January 24, 2011) was an American comedian, specializing in comic imitations of famous political figures, most of whom were based on notable Americans, including former U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew and Nelson Rockefeller, Senators Hubert Humphrey and Bobby Kennedy, as well as film celebrities, e.g., George C. Scott, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson and Jack Palance, and media figures, e.g., William F. Buckley Jr. and Larry King.However, as eerily accurate and subtle as his impersonations were, the comedic narratives spoken by those depicted by Frye were outrageously à propos as well as politically savvy and temporal. For example, in one narrative, Frye had newly elected Nixon and his wife visit the White House just prior to assuming residency there in 1969. The incumbent Johnson answers the doorbell, oblivious as to the identity of his unannounced visitors, misidentifying them even after introductions have been made:[Doorbell rings]Johnson: \"I'll get it, Lady Bird! Who's there?\"Nixon: \"It's Dick and Pat.\"Johnson (shouting): \"It's Pick 'n Pat!\"Nixon: \"No, it's Dick and Pat: The President Elect ... and Mrs. Elect.\"Johnson: \"I understand.\"Johnson (shouting back): \"Company, Lady Bird! Beautify yourself!\"Another, from a February 1971 appearance on NBC's Kraft Music Hall, had him appearing in two segments. In the first, he portrayed Humphrey as a drug store owner (harkening back to Humphrey's original vocation) being interviewed by show host Eddy Arnold. The latter segment had Frye impersonating Nixon, William F. Buckley, Jr., George Jessel, Truman Capote and Liberace at a Valentine's Day party. Frye's Nixon often keyed off the President's own catchphrases (\"Let me make one thing perfectly clear\", \"Let me say this about that\", etc.)In 1973, Frye's album, Richard Nixon: A Fantasy, which dealt with Nixon's Watergate troubles, developed marketing problems when all three network affiliates in New York City (WNBC-TV, WABC-TV and WCBS-TV) rejected commercials promoting the album, citing questions of taste. In addition, the Woolworth's department store chain decided not to stock the record because, in their words, \"some of our customers might be offended.\"Though his heyday was in the 1960s and early 1970s, when his Lyndon B. Johnson was definitive and he vied with Rich Little as the premier Nixon impersonator, Frye continued to create masterful new impressions and evolve old ones. His 1998 album Clinton: An Oral History featured riffs on Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Pat Buchanan, and John McLaughlin, plus that of an older Nixon (complete with pauses and phrasing more typical of the ex-President as he sounded in the 1980s and 1990s).".
- David_Frye alias "David Shapiro".
- David_Frye birthDate "1933-11-21".
- David_Frye birthName "David Shapiro".
- David_Frye birthPlace Brooklyn.
- David_Frye deathDate "2011-01-24".
- David_Frye deathPlace Las_Vegas.
- David_Frye deathPlace Las_Vegas_Valley.
- David_Frye deathPlace Nevada.
- David_Frye deathYear "2011".
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- David_Frye wikiPageLength "8405".
- David_Frye wikiPageOutDegree "105".
- David_Frye wikiPageRevisionID "704578188".
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- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Al_Gore.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Clinton.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Billy_Graham.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Dole.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Boris_Karloff.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Brooklyn.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Cardiac_arrest.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Category:1933_births.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Category:2011_deaths.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_impressionists_(entertainers).
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_stand-up_comedians.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Brooklyn.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Clark_County,_Nevada.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Comedian.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Dan_Rather.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink David_Brinkley.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink David_Susskind.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Don_Rickles.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Eddy_Arnold.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Edmund_Muskie.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink F._W._Woolworth_Company.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink George_C._Scott.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink George_Jessel_(actor).
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink George_McGovern.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink George_Wallace.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Gregory_Peck.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Fonda.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Kissinger.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Howard_Cosell.
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- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Impressionist_(entertainment).
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- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Jack_Nicholson.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Jack_Palance.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink James_Cagney.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink James_Mason.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Jesse_Jackson.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Jimmy_Carter.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Jimmy_Swaggart.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink John_B._Anderson.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink John_McLaughlin_(host).
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Kirk_Douglas.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Kraft_Music_Hall_(TV_series).
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Larry_King.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Las_Vegas.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Las_Vegas_Valley.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Liberace.
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- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Marlon_Brando.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Muhammad_Ali.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Nelson_Rockefeller.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Nevada.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink O._J._Simpson.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Pat_Buchanan.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Pat_Robertson.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Jennings.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Raymond_Burr.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Rich_Little.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Burton.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Richard_J._Daley.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Nixon.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Robert_F._Kennedy.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Mitchum.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Rod_Steiger.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Ronald_Reagan.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Ross_Perot.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Sammy_Davis_Jr..
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Spiro_Agnew.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Ted_Kennedy.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Tom_Brokaw.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Truman_Capote.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Valentines_Day.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink WABC-TV.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink WCBS-TV.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink WNBC.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Walter_Cronkite.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Walter_Winchell.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Watergate_scandal.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink White_House.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink William_F._Buckley,_Jr..
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLink Wolfman_Jack.
- David_Frye wikiPageWikiLinkText "David Frye".
- David_Frye alternativeNames "David Shapiro".