"I just can’t get enough of Mammals Eat Coconuts.  It’s what gives me reason to believe that real change is possible.  I want Bob in my cabinet -- preferably the nice roomy one at the end of the hallway.”

   --- Senator Barack Obama

"I am the only candidate who is ready to listen to Mammals Eat Coconuts on Day One.”

   --- Senator Hillary Clinton

"If I am elected, I will have the Marine Band play Mammals Eat Coconuts instead of Hail to the Chief at all official functions.  I will also have Bob sing it live at my inaugural.  And I’m seriously considering having it replace The Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem -- for one thing, it’s much easier to sing.”

   --- Senator John McCain

"Listening to Mammals Eat Coconuts makes me realize that I really should apologize to the entire world for lying about Iraq, condoning torture, ignoring the environment, ruining the country’s standing in the world, blatantly favoring the wealthy, doing the bidding of the neoconservatives no matter how stupid or harmful it might be, and generally for being hands-down the absolute worst president the U.S. has ever had.   Why nobody’s tried to impeach me I’ll never know -- it would have been a slam dunk.”

   --- George W. Bush

"Mammals Eat Coconuts is probably the greatest album ever recorded. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration -- it is probably the greatest album ever recorded by Bob Roden.  The greatest children's album he's done, anyway . . . Of course, it is his first one, but it does have a lovely cover."

   --- Malcolm Quimsted, fictional reviewer

"Its a little long, but that's OK. Live with it."

   --- Nattie, Bob's daughter

"If it makes Bob happy to make these recordings, then so be it."

   --- Sherry, Bob's wife

"Bob should be the next Mr. Rogers."

   --- Dorothy, Bob's mother-in-law

"All this, and he looks just like Tom Selleck too."

   --- Elaine, Bob's mom

"Bob's upper and lower teeth fit together very nicely now, since we did the big bite adjustment."

   --- Bob's dentist

"Even though he had Lasik he is still a great music maker."

   --- Meredith, Nattie's friend