Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Dave Beck Jr. stands on a stage and holds out sheet music labeled The 5th Amendment. His father, Dave Beck Sr., looks around the edge of the stage and says his son is a chip off the old Beck. On the other side of the stage, an usher changes the sign telling what act is onstage. He removes a sign for The Becks and prepares to replace it with a sign for the Bakers Union. The U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument appear in the stages background. The Senate Investigation Committee sits in the orchestra pit. Head Investigator Senator McClellan slams his hand down on a piano and tells the Becks to git, and that he is going to ask Congress to put them in jail. Senator Robert Kennedy, on drums, says that tune needs new lyrics. Senator Mundt holds his nose closed, as though smelling something bad. Public and Uncle Sam sit in the audience. Uncle Sam says he is tired of the Becks making a parody of his song (the Constitution, and the 5th Amendment in particular); Public agrees and says he is disgusted. The Becks refused to cooperate with the investigation committee by invoking the 5th Amendment, which protects people from self-incrimination. Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977; Uncle Sam (Symbolic Character); Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Beck, Dave Jr.; Beck, Dave, 1894-1993 Image Access WideTEK 25 The Becks to Teamsters. Next the Bakers Union. Take your music and git. Im writing the Congress to book you all into Leavenworth. Well Im sick and tired of them making a parody of that song of mine. Me too! Im disgusted. Public. Senator Mundt. Senator McClellan, Head Investigator. Conductor, Senate Investigation Committee. Like father, like son! Am I his son--?? Hee hee ha! Jr. The 5th Amendment. Words and Music, Uncle Sam, the Constitution. A chip off the old Beck. Sr. That tune needs new lyrics. Senator Kennedy. [in margins: The Likes of Which Killed Vaudeville!! Evansville, Indiana, Courier Thursday 6/6/1957. June 1. 6 1/2 inch.]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3479
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects:	Politics Recreation National Affairs Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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