The New First Family, 1968 - A Futuristic Fairy Tale

Released in 1966 by Verve Records, The New First Family was a comedy album created by the writing and production duo Bob Booker and George Foster. Coming on the heels of their highly successful 1962 satirical record The First Family, which parodied the Kennedy administration, this follow-up attempted to apply a similar satirical lens to the concept of a futuristic presidency. The project aimed to capture the burgeoning 1960s cultural fascination with space travel and science fiction, translating those themes into a domestic sitcom-style format that imagined how a political family might navigate life in the year 2000.

The album features a variety of voice actors delivering sketches that contrast the mundane concerns of family life with the absurdities of speculative technology. While Booker and Foster were pioneers in the genre of presidential satire, this specific record was met with a more subdued critical and commercial response than their debut. By 1966, the political landscape had shifted significantly from the era of the Kennedy White House, and the album's lighthearted futuristic premise struggled to find the same cultural resonance or widespread popular appeal as its predecessor.