and i feel very much patrick oliphant is his art form's version of george gershwin.e is a major american phenomena. and the fact that we're going to enjoy his way of seeing life and our time is a privilege believe me. i remind you for example of thomas nast who is the one who really put old boss tweet down finally. and tweed summed it up perfectly, as you may remember. he said, my constituents don't care a straur for what you write in those newspapers, most of them can't read. it's those damn pictures that get me. and then of course there was bill maul din in our time and to my mind surpassing them all is our honored guest today patrick oliphant. where are you, patrick? he's right at work. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> very generous of you. >> thank you very much. if you'd let me get on with my work. >> go ahead. i want to preach a little more. >> havy got any johnson stories? >> i think the phenomenon of the human face is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the human brain. when you think there are very little differences from one face to another, may newt, fra

i feel very much that patrick oliphant is the art for version of george gershwin. he is a major american phenomenon. the fact that we are going to get to enjoy his way of seeing life and seeing our time is a privilege, believe me. i remind you, for example, of thomas nast, the one who really put old boss tweed down. tweed something up perfectly, as you may remember -- you said, my constituents don't care a straw what you write in those newspapers. most of them can't read. it is those damn pictures that get me. [laughter] then of course, in france -- to my mind, surpassing them all, is our honored guest today, patrick oliphant. where are you, patrick? [laughter] he is at work. [applause] >> thank you. that is very generous of you thank you. now if you would let me get on with my work. >> go ahead. i want to preach a little more. >> do you have any johnson stories? >> i think that the phenomenon of the human face is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the human brain. when you think that there are very little difference is between one face and another minute, fr

. >>> next cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten presidential caricatures for an audience at the artlery. during the presentation david mccullough discusses the presidents and their most memorable qualities. this is about an hour. >>> i'm delighted to play the part i've been asked to do today with patrick. and president solovey, thank you very much for being here and

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws memorable presidents. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> tonight on c-span we remember a few of the celebrities who died in 2014. we begin with actor and comedian robin williams, who died in august at the ainge of 63. in july of 2000, mr. williams did a stand-up comedy routine at a fundraiser honoring bill clinton this. is almost 20 minutes. thank you, thank you very much. yes it does. bill opened up a can of whoop-ass, yes, sir, he did. you saw right there he was tighter than a hot pant in a power dive. al, you were possessed. people throwing down things saying i believe. people walking forward going yeah sweet power. so much for that charisma bullshit huh? even stevie wonder is back stage going i hear good things. [laughter] things are going well. here we are. we got everybody moving. even the people in the $500,000 seats are going oh, yeah, got to move now. whoa. thank god for that barbecue. let it out. whoo. works through you quick. that is an e-contingent. come on through, barbecue. design

. >>> next cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten presidential caricatures for an audience at the artlery. during the presentation david mccullough discusses the presidents and their most memorable qualities. this is about an hour. >>> i'm delighted to play the part i've been asked to do today with patrick. and president solovey, thank you very much for being here and