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I just Googled it and, what do you know, this is what JFK claimed to be, which got some laughs at the time. What a difference one word can make. No, Mr. President, you're not a donut. "Mr. Khrushchev, tear-down-this-wall!" might have worked better.
A trip back to 6/26/1963 ...
And speaking about donuts - The word donut reminds me very, very often of the announcement of Madonna´s "Like A Virgin" in Solid Gold:
Jun 26
Wednesday John and Paul compose `She Loves You' at their hotel room in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
www.dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1963Their only German Hot 100 hit composed on the same day as JFKs speech.
Then, With The Beatles (and A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector) were released on 11/22/63.
"Solid Gold" Episode #5.21 (TV Episode 1985)
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Episode #5.21: Directed by Louis J. Horvitz. With Rick Dees, Lee Greenwood, David Hasselhoff, JULIAN LENNON.
Julian, John, JFK, David Hasselhoff, Disco Duck, Madonna, Lee Greenwood, Louis J. Horvitz, Donuts.....it's a small world. And We Are The World was recorded five days before the release of this very special episode of Solid Gold.
A lot to unpack here.
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/madonna-prince-world-snub-1985-093055417.html#:~:text=They%20wanted%20voices%20that%20really,by%20documentary%20director%20Bao%20Nguyen.
Per below, Michael Jackson had NOTHING TO DO with Madonna and Prince not being on We Are The World. Yeah, okay.
The musical performance of "We Are the World" on Jan. 28, 1985, was one of the biggest nights in music history – and now its being retold.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, "The Greatest Night in Pop" documentary director, Bao Nguyen, explained the decision process that led to Madonna and Prince being left out of the legendary musical performance.
"The film explains it really well," Nguyen began. "[Producer] Ken Kragen and his staff, [producer] Harriet Sternberg – Harriet wanted Madonna. Ken didn't want Madonna because he thought that Cyndi [Lauper] sort of served the purpose of being the female pop icon at that time, and it was as simple as that. They wanted voices that really were distinct from each other and that represented their genre."
Madonna and Prince's snub from the 1985 "We Are the World" performance is explained by documentary director Bao Nguyen.
The 1985 performance of "We Are The World" – written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie – was produced by U.S.A for Africa to raise awareness and funds for a worldwide hunger relief program.
Bao told Fox News Digital that this process led to Kenny Rogers' role in the performance and Lionel Richie representing the pop genre.
"You have a generational icon like Ray Charles, like everyone had a distinct voice," Nguyen continued. "I think Ken, just from what I've learned in researching, is that at the end of the day, [he thought] ‘I can just pick Cyndi over Madonna.’"
As far as Prince being snubbed from the legendary night – which aired March 7, 1985 – Nguyen explained that he had conversations with Sheila E., a close friend of Prince at the time, who explained she couldn't convince Prince to be a part of the performance.
"He wouldn't work well in that room. That's basically what happened, and it was just the environment that he wouldn't feel comfortable in," Bao explained.
Nguyen explained that he was surprised by rhe role of Sheila Escovedo – known as Shelia E. – in the production and how she felt "used" leading up to the musical performance.
"I think for me, the most, maybe not the wildest thing, but like, an eye-opening thing was definitely Sheila E's role and trying to get friends to be part of it," he began.
"As she says in the film, feeling that she was being used to get Prince."
Nguyen continued, "Again, to Lionel's credit, he had no comments about that scene. Again, it's an honest story and that's Sheila E.'s perspective."
Hey it makes perfect sense. As long as Ray Charles, Willie Nelson and the Blues Brothers were represented, who needed the two hottest pop stars in the world? So Africans can eat a little less. We got Aykroyd!