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About using troops, directly facing the demonstrators, which i felt could lead to direct confrontations and conflicts. and so it came to me, why dont we do what john wayne did, lets just circle the white house. with buses. not wagons but with buses. which is what we did. >> so did you want to be on the side of jane fonda or john wayne? my parents chose john wayne. and therefore, they were for nixon and nixon was on the side of law and order. ♪ nixon now ♪ more than ever ♪ nixon now ♪ mor...

You were kids? build a fire? cook something? drink sake? >> masa: always, always we did that. smoked cigarettes. >> anthony: yeah. back then did everybody know that you were not going to stay? like, when you were in high school did you talk about, "when i get old enough im going to america? im not staying here." >> masa: yeah, we did that. [ speaking japanese ] yeah, i told them. >> anthony: now, you werent dressed up like john wayne or anything right, when you went to school? no cowboy boots. >...

Us, its descendants of slaves and free people of color, and it deals with the food and the music. and the catholic church is a big part of it too. >> dave lemelle: trail rides and horseback riding is just a way of louisiana now. you know its been going on for so long.m1> herman fusiler: the music was always part of it, but the music got to be more of it, and then slowly but surely became a party, where, you know, kind of this social scene. >> anthony: theres a lot of pieces coming together. youv...

>> when there was talking in films, thats when you got a chance to really start to fall in love with these figures that were cool. the way they smoked their cigarette, the way they drank their cocktail. >> in the 1930s and 40s, as americans poured into movie theaters, they would have been hard pressed to find a movie star who didnt smoke. thats because two out of every three movie stars had cigarette endorsement deals. >> when the cameras stop, john wayne takes time out to enjoy his favorite cig...

He was quoting marlon brando in that movie. he had this real anger at the failure of leadership. i think he wanted to be a clear cut leader. when we got into iraq he said we are with this thing. he wanted to be a real leader like john wayne with heroes we grew up. he wanted to be that kind of hero leader. he had that romance. and it was very clear cut. he wanted to be the hero. he wanted to be president. he ran, should have won. he was winning in south carolina until they destroyed him, went aft...

And roll explosion was going on was country music. these acts were putting out good music, they were touring constantly around the country, and building up a fan base. ♪ blame it all on my roots i showed up in my boots ♪ ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got fri...

This is proof that the world actually does need more cowboys, its preposterous. the other thing, when you are a part of a school and they say the world needs more cowboys or they say where did you go to school, what was the mascot. >> the bantam. >> were there male bantams and female bantam. ms? like the wolverines. >> they had a good response, they like the idea if people respond to cowboyses on john wayne and the marlboro man, white males, they would be surprised if they opened up and realized...

In love with these figures that were cool. the way they smoked their cigarette, the way they drank their cocktail. >> in the 1930s and 40s, as americans poured into movie theaters, they would have been hard pressed to find a movie star who didnt smoke. thats because two out of every three movie stars had cigarette endorsement deals. >> when the cameras stop, john wayne takes time out to enjoy his favorite cigarette, camel. >> and the tobacco industry was just getting started. >> think for yourse...

Chance to really start to fall in love with these figures that were cool. the way they smoked their cigarette, the way they drank their cocktail. >> in the 1930s and 40s, as americans poured into movie theaters, they would have been hard pressed to find a movie star who didnt smoke. thats because two out of every three movie stars had cigarette endorsement deals. >> when the cameras stop, john wayne takes time out to enjoy his favorite cigarette, camel. >> and the tobacco industry was just getti...

>> hes been described as a cross between john wayne and mick jagger. hes got the looks of a cowboy and the moves of a rock n roll star. >> it sounded like rock n roll. guitars and big drums, and everybodys singing along. thats what everybody liked about rock shows. >> as the acts became maybe less twangy in their way, that really just expanded their audience. artists like george strait or brooks & dunn, plenty of acts worked their way up and became massive. >> over the last two years, country mu...