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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail by Charles Osgood

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail is an audiobook by Charles Osgood: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released June 30, 2008, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Norman Dietz
Released
June 30, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781400177523

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail as an audiobook?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail is narrated by Norman Dietz.