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I was thinking about Vaughn Meader the other day, so my unconscious appears to be totally in charge now. I won't tell you about my dreams.

Vaughn Meader was one of the most famous people in America, for about a year. In the early 1960s, this 20-something was performing a comedy act in small clubs and bars when it was pointed out that his voice sounded familiar.

Meader, a Maine native, had a distinctive New England accent, and he discovered that by tweaking it just a little, and blessed by a thick head of hair and a familiar profile, he could get some attention as a presidential impressionis...