My father, Jim Whittaker… was the first American to summit Mount Everest. My father was really good friends with the Kennedy family and with Bobby Kennedy. In fact, I’m named after Bobby. After Bobby was shot, my father was a pallbearer at his funeral. I was never allowed to have squirt guns or toy guns as a kid because of that. When I was in high school in the ‘80s, I’ll never forget my dad walking into my room, where I’m listening to Wasted Youth or whatever, and there on top of the stack was the Dead Kennedys record. I felt horrible. Here I am—Bobby Kennedy is my namesake—and I have this sacrilegious record. That was a tough one to explain away

Mi padre, Jim Whittaker, fue el 1º americano en subir el monte Everest. Mi padre era buen amigo de la familia Kennedy y con Bobby Kennedy. En realidad., fui nombrado después de Bobby. Después d eque Bobby fue disparado, mi padre estuvo es su funeral. Yo nunca estuve permitido a tener armas de juguetes por aquello. Cuando estuve en el colegio en los 80. nunca olvidaré a mi padre andando por la habitación, donde yo escuchaba wasted youth o whatever. o Dead Kennedys. Me sentía fatal, aqui estoy, escuchando esa fatal grabacion.