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Political humor and gag writers shape 1968 campaign jests
The piece surveys how candidates from Rockefeller to Reagan acquire jokes and use humor in politics. It notes outside gag writers and entertainers fueling quips, cites Kennedy Nixon Humphrey Johnson and Goldwater connections, and recalls Coolidge era satire. The tone mirrors a presidential campaign snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
John Lindsay
New York City
American Legion
Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
Wallace
Syracuse University
Reagan
Washington
Humphrey
Hubert
Phoenix
Johnson
Europe
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Buttram
Nixon
Paul Keys
Dean Martin
Goldwater
Bob Hope
Norman Sherman
Frank Mankiewicz
Marx Brothers
Dick Drayne
Ted Kennedy
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Calvin Coolidge