A comedy about selling out.
Plot
America: A Call to Greatness, relates the story of the American Nation from its founding through it's rise to greatness. It reflects the historical roots of the United States as the program tugs at the nation's heartstrings. This patriotic special features many distinguished hosts as well as notable political figures from both sides of the political aisle also appear. Fourteen large-scale patriotic music numbers are showcased. Gene Autry, former cowboy, businessman, film and recording star makes a special appearance. In what was to be his final performance, Autry introduces the first song since his retirement in 1994. Using heavily researched historical re-creations, special moments in American history are captured with the look and feel of the period. A careful analysis of original period sculptures, drawings, photographs and paintings, helped create a 3-D "likeness" of each individual portrayed in the production. Through the magic of film and prosthetic makeup, important Americans from John Adams to Clara Barton are created for film. Highly experienced character actors expertly bring their roles to life on the big screen.
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His conduct during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little.
Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer put it, "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength." Coolidge praised the achievement of widespread prosperity in 1928, saying: "The requirements of existence have passed beyond the standard of necessity into the region of luxury." Some later criticized Coolidge as part of a general criticism of laissez-faire government. His reputation underwent a renaissance during the Ronald Reagan Administration, but the ultimate assessment of his presidency is still divided between those who approve of his reduction of the size of government programs and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating and controlling the economy.
Amity Shlaes (born September 10, 1960) is an American author and columnist from New York, who writes about politics and economics. She currently serves as director of the 4% Growth Project, a key economic initiative of the George W. Bush Institute.
Amity Shlaes graduated from Yale University magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1982.
For the past five years, Miss Shlaes has been writing a syndicated column for Bloomberg News. The column appears weekly both on Bloomberg terminals and websites, and in papers such as the Orange County Register, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Miss Shlaes also writes a print column for Forbes Magazine, rotating with Lee Kwan Yew, David Malpass, and Paul Johnson.
She is also a regular contributor to Marketplace, the public radio show. She has appeared on numerous other radio and television shows over the course of her career.
Prior to writing her column for Bloomberg, Miss Shlaes was a columnist for the Financial Times for five years, until September 2005. Before that she was a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, specializing in economics. She followed the collapse of communism for the Wall Street Journal/Europe and in the early 1990s she served as the Journal's op-ed editor.
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Glenn Edward Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. He formerly hosted the Glenn Beck television program, which ran from January 2006 to October 2008 on HLN and from January 2009 to June 2011 on the Fox News Channel. Beck has authored six New York Times–bestselling books. Beck is the founder and CEO of Mercury Radio Arts, a multimedia production company through which he produces content for radio, television, publishing, the stage, and the Internet. It was announced on April 6, 2011, that Beck would "transition off of his daily program" on Fox News later in the year but would team with Fox to "produce a slate of projects for FOX News Channel and FOX News' digital properties". Beck's last daily show on the network was June 30, 2011. In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Beck on its Digital Power Fifty list.
Carlos Irwin Estevez (born September 3, 1965), better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.
His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith, and Bud Fox in the 1987 film Wall Street. His career has also included more comedic films such as Major League, the Hot Shots! films, and Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television, Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, earning US$1.8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.
Sheen's personal life has also made headlines, including reports about alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems as well as allegations of domestic violence. He was fired from his role on Two and a Half Men by CBS and Warner Bros. on March 7, 2011. Sheen subsequently announced a nationwide tour.
[Intro Instrumental]
[Intro]
It's Calvin Coolidge.
Sawyer on the beat.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Verse 1]
We made it, it's been a long time 'comin.
Cops on my ass, been a long time 'runnin.
Thinking 'bout the past and we're all like "fuck it", 'coz we'll never get it back so it all means nothing.
I know we're I've been.
I don't know where I'm headed.
Don't know where this all ends, but I know I won't regret it.
Everything you say means nothing to me.
All we ever had was a blunt and a dream.
And it's okay if that dream gets dumped, 'coz shit, atleast I still got my blunt.
I'll never get the chance to do it again, so I keep my family and keep my friends.
And if they'd been here from the start, even better, they'll be here when it ends.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Verse 2]
They say life is what you make it, but I say life is how you take it.
I'd rather change my situation, than to waste all my time 'complainin.
I swear, I'm dieing for the life and it kills me inside.
Ironic 'coz your dream is what keeps me alive.
We're just 'strivin to find the part we play.
But, at times like these it's hard to say.
Destined to see how far we go.
It's nothing to you, but it's all we know.
So stand in the way of the dream of the team, and I'll swear you'll see how hard we go.
To be perfectly honest, I don't plan on finishing college.
I only got one shot, in my rifle's cot, from a rifle's spot right at the top.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Intro]
Yeah, it's Calvin Coolidge
You better stand next to your wife
We're living that executive life
Yeah…
They wanna know who I do it for
[Solo 1]
Bitch I do it for my (hometown)
I switch up by my city
That means when I blow up I'm taking all of you with me
My first name ain't Byron but I'm the only one left
Which means Imma do it till I die in my death wish
Is to kill the mic and my years make me scarier
This man for a smile do not grill me
Because I will release the bear on ya
Truth for me, you better get used to me
I got an ice-box where my heart used to be
And you can fill it with Coors
And it'll get cold as the Rockies
So when I sip it it's consistent to replace my old heart beat
Flippin' shit and I still smoke motha fucka
So what? It's like I came up on a wheel chair I'm just tryna roll up
I don't know about make up but bro you better cover
Girl, 'cuz if I get the chance I'm gonna take her to another world
I might endanger her but there is no sustaining her
So when she gets in the back of my jeep... I'm gonna 'Wrangle' her
[Chorus] (x2)
We hustle in this bitch mid-night to mornin'
From dusk til dawn and you're poor and we're yawnin'
So you can keep on and keep hatin'
We're gone and we on and we on and we on and we on.
[Solo 2]
A hundred forty milligrams got my head spinnin'
Feels like I've been writin for two hours and it's been ten minutes
There's not too much to do around here except for raps
We stay true and spit the facts and if we lose we gon' give back
It's only the beginning and in the end we will be winning
Haters want us gone but we ain't leaving like a sit-in
I got so much shit to say it'd make no sense for me to rap slow
Even though I know sometimes I go like way too fast for the tempo
I had a dream I got money, fucked hoes, and rode planes
… I woke up and nothin' changed
So the day that I blow, Imma grab the world and take it home
[Chorus] (x2)
We hustle in this bitch mid-night to mornin'
From dusk til dawn and you're poor and we're yawnin'
So you can keep on and keep hatin'
We're gone and we on and we on and we on and we on.
[Outro]
Yeah… It's Calvin Coolidge
Don't fuck with the Executive Branch
[Intro Instrumental]
[Intro]
It's Calvin Coolidge.
Sawyer on the beat.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Verse 1]
We made it, it's been a long time 'comin.
Cops on my ass, been a long time 'runnin.
Thinking 'bout the past and we're all like "fuck it", 'coz we'll never get it back so it all means nothing.
I know we're I've been.
I don't know where I'm headed.
Don't know where this all ends, but I know I won't regret it.
Everything you say means nothing to me.
All we ever had was a blunt and a dream.
And it's okay if that dream gets dumped, 'coz shit, atleast I still got my blunt.
I'll never get the chance to do it again, so I keep my family and keep my friends.
And if they'd been here from the start, even better, they'll be here when it ends.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Verse 2]
They say life is what you make it, but I say life is how you take it.
I'd rather change my situation, than to waste all my time 'complainin.
I swear, I'm dieing for the life and it kills me inside.
Ironic 'coz your dream is what keeps me alive.
We're just 'strivin to find the part we play.
But, at times like these it's hard to say.
Destined to see how far we go.
It's nothing to you, but it's all we know.
So stand in the way of the dream of the team, and I'll swear you'll see how hard we go.
To be perfectly honest, I don't plan on finishing college.
I only got one shot, in my rifle's cot, from a rifle's spot right at the top.
[Chorus]
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
It goes on and on, we're doing this 'til the day we're gone, and if I die then play this song, and put me up where I belong.
[Outro Instrumental]