The First Family
Vaughn Meader (1936–2004) achieved instant fame impersonating President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) in The First Family, a record album that playfully spoofed the Kennedy clan “as though they might be anybody’s next-door neighbor,” Meader explained. The recording sold 7.5 million copies in the year before Kennedy’s death. Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978) celebrated the album’s welcome within American culture: “This making fun of people in authority is very healthy. It is the difference between democracy and tyranny.”
Vaughn Meader (1936–2004) achieved instant fame impersonating President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) in <em>The First Family</em>, a record album that playfully spoofed the Kennedy clan “as though they might be anybody’s next-door neighbor,” Meader explained. The recording sold 7.5 million copies in the year before Kennedy’s death. Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978) celebrated the album’s welcome within American culture: “This making fun of people in authority is very healthy. It is the difference between democracy and tyranny.”