The Philosophy of Phil Gramm and John McCain?

The first time I saw this 1965 LP it was in the hands of a stranger who'd just purchased it at a garage sale. I was rather shocked at its title. A couple years later I found my own copy and with closer inspection it became obvious that it was merely the tongue-in-cheek title of a satirical comedy LP. Part of me was relieved and part of me was disappointed.

John Barbour was a Canadian comedian that moved to America in the early sixties. The crux of his act, on this album at least, dealt with civil rights issues. His liberal stance endeared him to African-American comics like Dick Gregory and Redd Foxx and both considered him a good friend. Outside of the nightclub world, however, Barbour was making ends meet creating far less relevant material. In 1965 he was a staff writer on the notorious sitcom stinker, My Mother the Car.

I wrote a bit more about Barbour and the album here. Listen to the curio in its entirety:

It's Tough To Be White - The Wit of John Barbour

Comments

[pardo]

fantastic, just a hoot. thanks for this!

~pardo.

John went on to co-host the 1970s classic show "Real People."

Small world, indeed. Who knew he was both Canadian and funny?

[RadioZero]

I have a videotape of a TV special about Ernie Kovacs, which Barbour hosted. (I think it is called "TV's Orginal Genius.") I believe they were friends.

Now we can start a Wikipedia entry!

[John Barbour]

This material is owned by John Barbour and if visitors and if people want to see he work with documentary of Jim Garrison and the JFK assassination or even the entire documentary of Ernie Kovacs please go to www.johnbarboursworld.com. this entire album and others are all posted and available for the world to view.