Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 02, 2008
Nothing to do with Baseball

Barbara Walters revealed she had an affair with Ed Brooke while Brooke was the junior senator from Massachusetts in the 1970s. The only reason I bring this up is that one reason Brooke lost his re-election bid in 1978 was a rumor of an affair. That rumor turned into one of the best jokes the Harvard University Band did during my four years there.

The standard halftime show for us at the time consisted of about four songs. We'd start each by spelling out a word while the announcer read something topical. The punchline was the song combined with the word changing while we played. Here's how we finished the UMass show, Sept. 30, 1978 ("Bang" refers to movement on a starter's pistol signal):

(Bang to ED)

ANN: Riding the tide of a primary victory, the Junior Senator from Massachusetts is not yet out of hot water. But Brooke is not the first senator to have political aspirations dampened by a stormy personal life.
(play "How Deep is Your Love", march to TED)

It was subtle enough that some people didn't get the joke until Monday.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:19 PM | Other | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Princeton's band was better, Dave!
You had the better teams at that time, however.

Posted by: Bob Tufts at May 2, 2008 10:19 PM

Princeton's band was the reason the Ivy League started cracking down on shows in 1983. They also wore the ugliest jackets I've ever seen.

Posted by: David Pinto at May 2, 2008 10:22 PM

re: princeton band

memorandum to bob tufts & dave pinto:

princeton may play football but
they have never played The Game
princeton may play music but
they have never played The Band

The Sacred Band of Harvard
That plays at The Game Each Year
Roiling Insults at foe Yale
Suggesting that they have no tail

In this old and ancient dance
Princeton has no real partner
Harvard has Yale, Yale has us
but Princeton is an old maid

--doggerel by art kyriazis, philly

Posted by: art kyriazis at May 3, 2008 06:58 AM

Why does she feel the need to share these aspects of her life? Went whoring with a married man, and the public is supposed to react positively?

Posted by: abe at May 3, 2008 12:13 PM

Abe - even worse, she was a reporter sleeping with a subject/source. Bloggers should rip her for that.
It's not just the kiss and tell, but the violation of accepted media standards.

Rumor has it she will call the NY Daily News team and also confess to having sex with Roger Clemens.

If you want your teen kids not to have sex, have them picture Barbara Walers having relations with Ed Brooke. The image alone is more effective than "Margaret Thatcher on a cold day".

Posted by: Bob Tufts at May 3, 2008 01:40 PM

yeah I still don't get it

Posted by: Eric at May 5, 2008 11:24 AM
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