For Ian: It’s a reference to Ted Nugent, a hard rock act. He started with The Amboy Dukes (“Journey to the Center of the Mind” in the 1960s) before going solo with hits like “Cat Scratch Fever” in the ’70s. He fell off the map in the ’80s before a brief resurgence when he joined Tommy Shaw (of Styx) in the supergroup Damn Yankees. He’s known mostly these days for being a warm-up act for nostalgia acts (I saw him open for KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd this century) and as a contrarian conservative.
The joke is slightly meta in that he used to perform wearing nothing but a loincloth, and he was arrested at least twice for “wardrobe malfunctions” after his shows.
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For us non-americans, what did Teddy say last time please?
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Lots of things. But I don’t think there’s anything specific. The joke relies entirely on the irony of comparing a quotation about comparison.
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And of course, it’s a bogus attribution
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/02/06/thief-of-joy/
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For Ian: It’s a reference to Ted Nugent, a hard rock act. He started with The Amboy Dukes (“Journey to the Center of the Mind” in the 1960s) before going solo with hits like “Cat Scratch Fever” in the ’70s. He fell off the map in the ’80s before a brief resurgence when he joined Tommy Shaw (of Styx) in the supergroup Damn Yankees. He’s known mostly these days for being a warm-up act for nostalgia acts (I saw him open for KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd this century) and as a contrarian conservative.
The joke is slightly meta in that he used to perform wearing nothing but a loincloth, and he was arrested at least twice for “wardrobe malfunctions” after his shows.
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And I just realized Ian was asking about Teddy Roosevelt, not Ted Nugent! I came to share the meta bit and got distracted.
D’oh!
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And the name Ted Nugent carries a particular association for me, as I once studied with a Comp Sci professor named Todd Nugent.
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