Iron Eyes Cody

[laughs]

Behind Andy's head we see a poster of Chief Iron Eyes Cody.

This poster was part of one of the most famous Keep America Beautiful public service campaigns ever.

The centerpiece of the campaign was an elaborately produced television commercial featuring Chief Iron Eyes.

And so we had Thanksgiving at the inn.

And one of the passengers on the bus was Iron Eyes Cody.

Oh.

Oh, wow.

He did the, he did the Native American with the tear when he was looking at all the pollution.

Uh-huh.

Um, and he, he played, he, he was, uh, he played, he played his Iron Eyes Cody character, and at some point we, he, they say, "Well, you can all stay here.

Please join us for Thanksgiving." And Iron Eyes said, "I don't know.

You think? We never asked questions, but we went to her house a lot for parties, and there were always interesting people at her house.

Uh, it's where we met Iron Eyes Cody.

Oh, wow.

Uh, which was a trip.

He drove it around, dressed up as Chief Mad Wolf.

I get the idea he's a lot like Iron Eyes Cody, who lived like an Indian, dressed like an Indian, wrote Indian books, but was full-blooded Italian.

I kind of got the idea Wayne was kind of like that.

And then while he was in California, Glancy attended a Pontiac meeting of the Oakland and Pontiac dealers on February 23rd, 1926.

However you want to frame that.

So you talk about the crying Indian and the make America beautiful and all those anti-litter.

I remember that growing up.

That was a huge thing.

What's the matter with you? 'Cause we have these people who are just...

Anyway, it was Iron Eyes Cody.

Iron Eyes Cody.

He was Sicilian.

He was Sicilian.

was very popular.

Yeah, it was called The Crying Indian.

And it was just like, I'm using quotes to say that.

And it was just, it was rough.