When you think of impressionists, you might picture the impresarios on SNL, or the wide array of Elvises with a Vegas residency. But have you ever wondered about who laid the groundwork for those performers to make their living lampooning celebrities? If you have, then you’re in luck - because if a couple of guys made a podcast about one of the very first nationally celebrated impressionists, it would probably sound a little something like this…

Rob teaches Ray about Rich Little’s long career, from his humble beginnings as a kid with a love for doing voices to his one-time stint as host of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; why it’s probably a bad idea to make a sex tape and then give it to your mother-in-law; how to play one-sided Charades; and why even established celebrities should probably pivot if they want to maintain their relevance.

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TEAM

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

ARTICLES

AUDIO/VISUAL

Episode Clips

Rich Little Interview 1985

Rich Little on Judy Garland Show

Rich Little Impersonates Jimmy Stewart on Dean Martin Variety Roast

Rich Little Impersonates Jack Benny and George Burns on Dean Martin Variety Roast

Rich Little Impersonates Johnny Carson on Dean Martin Variety Roast

Rich Little Impersonates Richard Nixon

Rich Little’s “A Christmas Carol”

Rich Little Impersonates Reagan on Huckabee

Johnny Carson Interview Excerpt with Martin Short

Rich Little’s VCR Charades

Rich Little at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Rich Little Impersonates Joe Biden on Huckabee

Rich Little Impersonates Donald Trump

Music & Sound Effects

“The Macarena” by Los Del Rios (Karaoke Version)

“Peppy Pepe” and “Basic Implosion” (Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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