Jeebus! Look at Bryan Cranston prepared for his role as Lyndon B. Johnson:
Hide the beagles!
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Unless you actually knew they were the same actor, you'd never figure that Hal from Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White from Breaking Bad were being played by the same guy.
So while Walter White is one of the most iconic character's in TV history, he's almost separated away from Bryan Cranston not only in terms of memorably but also physically.
That's unlike the late James Gandolfini, whose Tony Soprano was just as memorable a character, but far more in line with the actor's real appearance. So in post Sopranos roles, you couldn't help separate Gandolfini from Tony Soprano no matter how hard you tried.
Bryan Cranston's one hell of a versatile actor, ranging from the comedic to the dramatic.
A lot better than Liev Shrieiber from The Butler. The Butler was a decent movie but probably had some of the worst casting of historical figures I can remember (James Marsden as JFK? John Cusack as Nixon? Lafayette from "True Blood" as MLK? 
)
And I love all those actors but in the butler.... Horrible!
Now that's a pretty obscure, and funny, reference. 
Now we need to see the scar and the telephone by the toilet.
What a mixed bag he was.
You can still see BC in there but that is just really a fine job 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
#2. I will have trouble watching this.
I hated LBJ with a burning passion for the VietNam War and the closed coffin deaths of two of my close friends.
I protested and screamed in the streets,
"Hey~Hey LBJ. How many babies did you kill today?"
Looking back, it shocks me today to realize that LBJ was our last Liberal (I'll say Democratic) President,
and certainly the most Liberal President of the last 1/2 Century.
(Man, I'm getting old.)
Significant Great Society Legislation:
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned housing discrimination and extended constitutional protections to Native Americans on reservations.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (launching the War on Poverty)
Job Corps
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA
Community Action Program
Head Start
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Higher Education Act of 1965
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968
Medicare
In 1966 welfare recipients of all ages received medical care through the Medicaid program
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
Department of Transportation.
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
Highway Safety Act of 1966 were enacted, largely as a result of Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed.
The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Child Safety Act of 1966
The Wholesome Meat Act of 1967
Clear Air, Water Quality and Clean Water Restoration Acts and Amendments
Wilderness Act of 1964
Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966
National Trails System Act of 1968
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965
Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of 1965
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Aircraft Noise Abatement Act of 1968
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
Best of all:
[font size=1]LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act 1964 with MLK looking over his shoulder.[/font]
That was back when Doing the RIGHT thing was much more important than Political Convenience.
note: LBJ said that signing this bill would cost the Democratic Party the South for a generation.
THAT "generation" is OVER.
It is time to reclaim The South.
LBJ's were so big he looked like the Tejas version of Sister Bertrille!
