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| Vice President Dan Quayle at the moment a reporter informs him that he spelled potato incorrectly. © ROGER BARONE 1992 |
Vice President Dan Quayle
addresses the press after the infamous spelling bee at the Luis Munoz Rivera Elementary School in Trenton, New Jersey.
In this photo, Quayle's eyes focus on a reporter as he's being told that he spelled potato incorrectly. In the background, the letter "O" is ironically juxtaposed against Quayle's head on
top of a blackboard.
The news was transmitted around the world instantaneously. Quayle became the target of late-night comedians and was branded a global fool.
What the public didn't see was a classroom full
of reporters asking each other how to spell potato
as they searched for dictionaries.
addresses the press after the infamous spelling bee at the Luis Munoz Rivera Elementary School in Trenton, New Jersey.
In this photo, Quayle's eyes focus on a reporter as he's being told that he spelled potato incorrectly. In the background, the letter "O" is ironically juxtaposed against Quayle's head on
top of a blackboard.
The news was transmitted around the world instantaneously. Quayle became the target of late-night comedians and was branded a global fool.
What the public didn't see was a classroom full
of reporters asking each other how to spell potato
as they searched for dictionaries.
Later in the afternoon, Quayle walked around the school's neighborhood shaking hands and posing for photos. A young child, wearing a set of Mickey Mouse ears, approached Quayle. A photographer asked Quayle to try them on. Quayle laughed and politely declined the request,
"Oh, No...." Once was enough for the Vice President.
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