Presidential Pants

Jesse Walker | January 19, 2011

On August 9, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson called the Haggar clothing company and ordered some pants. The call was recorded, and the recording has become a bit of a cult item, partly because it's sort of odd to think of the president of the United States spending his time like this but mostly because of the part where LBJ starts talking about his balls.

Tawd Dorenfeld has now made an animation to illustrate the recording. Enjoy:

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.

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Max|1.19.11 @ 10:07AM|#

Thanks, Jesse, for sticking to stuff that has nothing to do with right-wing libertarian dogma or with much of anything.

|1.19.11 @ 10:14AM|#

Thank you Max, for sticking to trolling these threads without saying anything worth reading.

|1.19.11 @ 10:18AM|#

Please don't feed the troll.

Max|1.19.11 @ 11:40AM|#

ARFARFARFARFARFARFARFARFARFARFARF!!!!!!!!!!

|1.19.11 @ 10:10AM|#

I've heard that LBJ used to make senior cabinet officials brief him while he was on the toilet. With the door open. Alpha male at his alphaist.

|1.19.11 @ 10:21AM|#

Churchill got briefings in his bed, but he resisted being bothered while potting. At one point one of his military aides showed up for a briefing while Winston was in mid-poop. He yelled "I can only take one little shit at a time."

Tim|1.19.11 @ 10:43AM|#

The pants that almost conquered Vietnam.

ChicagoSucks|1.19.11 @ 10:45AM|#

I'm picturing a tabloid cover depicting LBJ speaking, open-mouthed, into an upside-down phone with one of the following headlines:
- "LBJ buys pants just like normal people!"
- "LBJ's ball-pants conspiracy"
- "LBJ's incredible battle with testicular cancer!"
- "Shocking truth about LBJ's balls...were they really there?"
- "Revelation reveals LBJ from the 'pants are too small' party"

Warty|1.19.11 @ 10:59AM|#

He said "bunghole". How about that.

|1.19.11 @ 11:01AM|#

There are thousands of hours of tapes wherein I describe and praise my testicles that will be released to the public upon my death.

Warty|1.19.11 @ 11:02AM|#

Do they make your pants like riding a barbed-wire fence?

|1.19.11 @ 11:06AM|#

Just wait for the tapes, twitchy.

|1.19.11 @ 11:25AM|#

Didn't know he was so concerned about trou...stories had him running round the place chasing nekkid secretaries all the time...or was he nekkid?

Rocker|1.19.11 @ 11:42AM|#

FREEBALL!

|1.19.11 @ 12:01PM|#

ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING!!!!!!!

Anonymous Coward|1.19.11 @ 4:51PM|#

Wow, that call was odd as hell.

"Hey, this LBJ. You made me some pants before and they were great, but I need some new ones, preferably with a little extra space in the waist, a few inches on the leg to take up and let down, deeper pockets for my keys and knife, and some extra space in the crotch because my balls are freakin' huge!"

Clive Bixby|1.19.11 @ 8:57PM|#

Hey, hey LBJ, how many slacks did you order today?

imhotep|1.19.11 @ 9:47PM|#

Best. President. Ever

|1.20.11 @ 12:28AM|#

He said nuts, belched and then said bunghole. Interesting that his weight varies 10-15 lbs. a month! yikes!

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