Reply To: Kenesaw Mountain Landis – And other jokes I didn’t get
It does make it a lot clearer, and was what I speculated was the joke.
I did actually live in the US for 3 months, and visit often (well once a year or so, one of my brothers lives there), so I am quite up on American culture, just not these specific references.
I agree that the BBC is quite high brow (as a very sweeping statement), but believe me, we have the contrast here too. I can’t stand commericial radio for the very reasons you outlined about most American radio stations (I’ve listened to it when I was over there).
I guess if I just imaging the song is about someone like John Humphrys then I guess I’ll be on the right track.
On a side note, I actually think Terry Wogan is a good happy medium, he is who I wake up to.