I remember watching it when it first aired, back in 1979. I was captivated by it. I attribute my love, my obsessive interest in Presidents, and politics, to this mini-series.
It follows a mother and daughter, both maids who work at the White House, from 1908 to 1961, covering 8 administrations. Seeing it for the first time, I was amazed and awed by it all. Seeing it now...well, it was lacking in quite a bit (seeing it at 45 versus seeing it at 12 makes all the difference I guess) but it was still entertaining.
I fell in love with that miniseries. I bought the book and read it so many times, both the front and back covers fell off. I bought a second copy, and the same thing happened. And just a few years ago, I bought another copy at a used bookstore, but I've only read that one once, and taken much better care of it.
Little (or not-so-little actually) 12 year old Polt, after watching the mini-series, learned the order of the presidents from Taft onwards by memory (13 presidents, in order), and was quite proud of himself. (And I can now name them all from Washington to Obama, forwards and backwards, in less than three minutes)
The mini-series, upon seeing it anew, has the production value and budget of...well, a late 70s tv miniseries, which means it wasn't terribly impressive. But as I said it was entertaining and enjoyable.
it's also more proof that you indeed can not go home again.
POLT
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I think we need to see video proof of you naming the presidents from Washington to Obama forwards and backwards in less than three minutes ...
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