Word: hairdoed
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Presidential hair raid sirens first went off in 1978 when Gary Hart began his battle for the Oval Office. Only 14 at the time, Hart allegedly got his inspiration for the controversial hairdo from the character of Adam on t.v.'s Eight is Enough...
...made popular by the powerful men who control the economy, press, and official bureaucracy of this nation. The story goes that these men could not wear their hair too long or else it would fall in the soup at exclusive dining clubs they attended. The salient features of this hairdo is that it reveals enough of the forehead to make its wearer look bookish, but not so much that people think he's bald...
MUCH of the plot is caught up in replaying the simple overused stereotypes of country singers and evangelists. While Ron Duvernay (also the show's composer) plays Holly R. Thanthou in the classic style, creating an Anita Bryant-Jerry Falwell Frankenstein with a bouffant hairdo and glass of Consecrated Concentrate for everyone...
Gary Hart beginning to fade unless the tops of his ears appear from under his 1960s mod hairdo. Chuck Robb, Richard Gephardt and Bill Bradley neatly trimmed for maximum political appeal, rising steadily. Sam Nunn consigned to the campaign basement unless the sides and back of his shag are thinned. George Bush ("really great") and Bob Dole ("styled very well") streamlined and sailing smartly into the political winds. Pete du Pont, Al Haig and Don Rumsfeld rightly barbered to take the course should the others falter. Jack Kemp, splendidly styled for football, left in the locker room instead...
Byrne recalls that the punk "attitude and dress and hairdo were kind of fresh and exciting, but the music wasn't as innovative as we hoped. Some of it was difficult to listen to." Nevertheless, it was in England and on the Continent that the Heads started reaching a wide audience. When their first album, Talking Heads 77, was released in late 1977, the record company promoted it as part of a punk package with an ad that declared, GET BEHIND IT BEFORE IT GETS PAST...