Lyndon B. Johnson's person has been shown or mentioned in various forms of media and popular culture.
Referenced in the anti-war song "Super-bird" by
Country Joe & the Fish, and "
Lyndon Johnson Told the
Nation" by
Tom Paxton.
A snippet of a
Johnson speech is used for the opening of "
Killing Floor" by the
Electric Flag.
English band
Enjoy Destroy named a song
LBJ with the chorus containing the slogan,
Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?
Steven Stucky's work
August 4, 1964 to be premiered in
Dallas in celebration of the
100th anniversary of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's birth. The piece focuses on two events that came to a head on August 4, 1964, events that defined Johnson's presidency and defined that time for many
Americans — the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers and the
Gulf of Tonkin Incident(s).
The musical
Hair includes the song "Initials (
L.B.J.)", that is sung by the
Tribe.
The band Garfunkel and Oates in their song "Blandjob" that quotes "I might never know how to HJ your LB Johnson".
The band
Electric Needle Room wrote a biographical song about Lyndon Johnson
.
In the popular television series
Seinfeld, Lyndon B. Johnson was considered by
George Costanza to be the ugliest world leader of all time
. In the third season episode, "
The Boyfriend",
Kramer believes
Michael and
Carol's baby girl looks like Lyndon B. Johnson. In addition, after George Costanza's boss,
Mr. Wilhelm, gave him orders for a special project while sitting on the toilet,
Jerry stated that he had "pulled an LBJ" because, according to
Jerry, Johnson was known for making his aides follow him into the bathroom so he could continue giving orders while relieving himself
.
In the animated television series
King of the Hill,
Hank's boss and businessman
Buck Strickland is based on Lyndon Johnson, both in appearance and personality. Hank's dog is also named
Lady Bird after Johnson's wife.
On the
Futurama episode
All the Presidents' Heads, Lyndon Johnson's head appears in the
New New York Head Museum along with most of the other former
US Presidents. In the episode,
Zoidberg drank the liquid from his jar, which took him, as well as
Professor Farnsworth and
Amy Wong, back in time, to the
1960s.
In the sketch comedy show
The Whitest Kids U'Know Johnson is portrayed by
Sam Brown, and is shown encouraging the assassination of
John F. Kennedy.
In an episode of
Wizards of Waverly Place,
Alex is talking to her aunt about "sticking it to the man", and being involved in the
peace movement, to which her aunt replies: "No way LBJ!"
In an episode of
The Venture Bros., Johnson and his wife "
Lady Hawk" appear as super villains.
Johnson appeared as an animated caricature of himself in an episode of
The Flintstones entitled, "Shinrock
A Go-Go", that originally aired on
December 3,
1965.
In the Netflix series
House of Cards, Lyndon B. Johnson was used as a source of themes and issues addressed in the series in relation to the series protagonist
Frank Underwood played by
Kevin Spacey. A photo of Johnson with
Richard Russell, Jr. and references to their political relationship can be seen in the first episode of season 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_in_popular_culture
- published: 06 Nov 2015
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