:02:03
He finishes the song, tremendous applause,
then out the door, he's gone.
:02:08
I look at Mr Hart and I say, "What was that?"
:02:11
And he says in his own inimitable way,
"That, my friend, was a gold-mine. "
:02:16
- And then?
- And then it happened.
:02:19
- He became a star overnight.
- That is correct.
:02:23
He has a tremendous talent.
An artist in the true sense of the word.
:02:27
And the next senator from Pennsylvania.
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Seize the day!
:02:32
[Bob]... I spend all my time drunk in a bar
:02:34
I want to be rich, I don't have a brain
So give me a handout while I complain
:02:39
Bob Roberts, fencing enthusiast,
:02:41
poet, folk singer, businessman,
:02:45
senatorial candidate.
:02:47
This controversial
yet extraordinarily popular entertainer
:02:51
appeared on the music scene three years ago
:02:53
with his debut album
The Freewheelin' Bob Roberts.
:02:57
Despite being assailed by the music critics
:02:59
as a corrupt, unfair diatribe against the '60s,
:03:03
the album remarkably soared to number 23
on the Billboard charts.
:03:09
- [Clapping]
- [Terry] Backed by a team of novices,
:03:12
without the support of a major record label,
relying on word of mouth
:03:16
and his team of associates who seem
more suited to a town house than a tour bus,
:03:22
Roberts created a niche in a business
that had contemptuously rejected him.
:03:27
His second album, Times Are Changin' Back,
peaks at number three, an achievement
:03:31
for a journeyman folk singer that Spin
magazine called "a crypto-fascist clown".
:03:37
- You have the wrong pass.
- I don't see the problem.
:03:40
You need to go to the police and get a pass.
:03:43
[Terry] On July 4th,
:03:44
Bob Roberts announced his candidacy
for the Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
:03:49
This documentary chronicles the man
and his quest for election.
:03:53
[Bob] Eight years ago, I had had enough.
:03:56
I had seen the dreams of a generation
squashed by an evil menace,