The Lady Bird Diaries

When is the musical coming out?

I saw Lady Bird on a re-run of the Dick Cavett show and was blown away by her intelligence, dignity, and beauty. My favorite first lady.

She had the honour of being portrayed by Patti LuPone.

Great clip here: Lady Bird tour of the W.H.

" Beautify Americuh."

But why?

I just finished watching it. What a terrific documentary. It was fascinating seeing all these very famous, and some less famous, moments of the 60s from a different perspective. Some were new for me. I didn’t know about the Walter Jenkins scandal, for example, or Eartha Kitty’s interaction with Lady Bird.

Kitt, not Kitty, of course.

I do wonder what it will have to say about the Eartha Kitt incident.

Plant a tree, a bush or a shrub.

I watched it, it was great. Lady Bird’s memoir was also based on these tapes.

I found her willingness to support and comfort Walter Jenkins and his family after his arrest interesting-everyone, including her husband, told her not to contact them but she did anyway.

The Kennedys come across poorly.

r10=Fannie Flagg

Did they include the part where she found Mamie Eisenhower's stash of 12-inch black dildos?

Lady Bird is a legend here in Austin and this is just one part of her legacy:

For the gays 'into politics'.

She was worth 100 of Jackie onassistance.

I have heard that story about Jackie being a bitch to Lady Bird at RFK’s funeral before, but it is still compelling.

What did the Kennedys want from LBJ? Did they want him to not run in 1964 so RFK could run instead? What was he supposed to do in their opinion?

I never understood why he was so resented by Bobby and Jackie in particular. He got JFK’s legislation passed; he went out of his way to honor him, like changing the name of Cape Canaveral; and he let Jackie stay on in the White House for a few weeks after JFK died. Did they think he was sullying the image of Camelot?

June 16, 1966

Dear Diary,

During renovations of a small bathroom on Third Floor, one of the carpenters found a manila envelope wedged behind the cabinet beneath the sink. Liz (Carpenter) brought it to me immediately after she opened it. Inside were three photographs of Mamie Eisenhower, wearing a black teddy with garters and stockings. But no panties. Her carpet not only matches the drapes, but it has the same little bangs across the top. No wonder Ike drank.

October 24, 1967

Dear Diary,

Truth be told, I can't stand wildflowers.

December 8, 1967

Dear Diary,

Tonight, I have "the talk" with Lynda Bird.

Lynda Bird must be a moron, she was 23 and married to Charles Robb in 1967, after fooling around with George Hamilton the year prior.

These monthly accounts of the Johnson presidency are a great resource. I believe June 1966 is the first of the series, which continued until January 1969, the end of his presidency.

I'm guessing that Jackie didn't want to play the role of gracious lady at a funeral. She was close to Bobby and Bobby and LBJ had a very difficult relationship (which doesn't really come across in this special). I feel bad for Lady Bird, but she knew things were complicated.

R23, the strained relationship between RFK and LBJ is made pretty apparent in this documentary.

OP- I prefer the

THUNDERBIRD Diaries

[quote] after fooling around with George Hamilton the year prior.

Hamilton was into anal. No condom. No babies.

Jacqueline Kennedy went through a lot, of course, but nearly every story I hear of her makes her seem like a thoroughly dislikable person. She seemed to look down on everyone

R27, and so do Dataloungers!

R22. There are some bathing suit shots of Lady Bird in that program!

I want to know everything about Jumbo

Like Clinton and Roosevelt he seems to have married a woman he found intellectually suitable with the expectation he would seek sexual excitement with other women.

R27: Jackie, like many people, had many sides to her. She was well-liked at Viking. She was smart with the Kennedys--making alliances with Joe, avoiding touch football and those "toothy" Kennedy girls. She was a snob when she was young. She seemed to get along with Lady Bird in her later years.

R31: Better than being like Eisenhower, marrying a frump and seeking pleasure with his driver.

Still waiting for the Jumbo info

DL needs to find vpl pics of LBJ asap! He was very similar to Forrest Whittaker in physical type, Forrest is the cute one though!

^^^sorry Forrest Tucker (weird autocorrect) you’d think the auto correct could surmise that Forrest tucked it in his sock

The Kennedys were snobs who treated the Johnsons like dirt. LBJ sized them up correctly and rightly loathed them. Johnson, meanwhike, was a visionary who got business done. Lady Bird graduated from high school at age 15 and went on to get a first-class education. Much smarter than professional whore Jackie on Assistance.

Between the Johnsons and Ann Richards, Texas has produced some of the coolest Dems around.