The President is in the Next Room

We were young, looking for IDI AMIN, and...he was unfortunately otherwise engaged.

Where is the tape? "We" know where.

EQUIPMENT: Ma Bell wall phone, alligator clips, Belden cable, SAE Equlizer, Roberts 7 inch analog tape recorder, Phase Linear 400, Altc Lansing 15" speakers, Altec Lansing 811 high-frequency horns [Loud, very loud, spies].

WH: "White House switchboard."
BW: "Is Jimmy in?"
WH: "Uh, yes."
BW: "We'd like to speak with him."
WH: "I'm afraid that's not possible."
BW: "Aw, c'mon, there's a lot of people here, and we all voted for him."
WH:"We're glad to hear that, but the president is busy."
BW: "Doing what?"
WH: "Pardon me."
BW: "Doing what?"
WH: "He's, uh, he's in his study."
BW: "Well, we're a bunch of college students, and we got to vote for the first time. We like Jimmy, and we want to talk to him."
WH: "Oh. Well, hold on."
[click]
BW: "Kiddo! [Hughes] They transferred the call!"
H: "We're aware of this, Willie."
......

WH: "Good evening, Oval Office dork."
BW: "Hey! We wanna talk to the president!"
[Ambient Noise rises--party! party!]
Oval Dork: "He's, he's...who is this?"
[Repeat: "We're students who voted" schmaltz]
Oval Dork: "He cannot be disturbed."
BW: "Why not?"
Oval Dork: "What?"
BW: Why not?"
Oval Dork: "I have orders not to disturb him."
BW: "Aw c'mon, we'd all really like to talk to him."
[LC I&II din rises. "Jimmy! Jimmy! We want Jimmy!"]
Oval Dork: "What is going on there?"
BW: "We're having a party, and we want to talk to Jimmy."
Oval Dork: "I'm sorry, I cannot...
BW: "Aw c'mon, we love the guy, we all voted for him, etc. etc. etc.
Oval Dork: "I have my orders."
BW: "What is he doing in there?"
Oval Dork: "What?"
BW: "What's he doing in there?"
Oval Dork: "Reading. He's, uh, reading."
BW: "Reading what?"
Oval Dork: "He's, he's...I don't know, he has directed that he not be disturbed."

Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy!

[You know how it ended, don't you? Hostages? What hostages?]
To the aviation beat!