Frost/Nixon

In the weeks before David Frost's interview with President Nixon in 1977, he spoke with Mike Wallace about what viewers could expect from the interview, and what the former president hoped to gain.

[@cirrus8791]

0:55 Didn't know Will Ferrell was on Nixon's staff.

[@tompetroff]

cirrus well it is a comedy

[@lennarthagen3638]

Well he is right wing

[@johnvastola7748]

Nixon defeated McGovern in a landslide . He was in no danger of losing. Given this, the level of his paranoia was incredible.

[@dennile_7355]

Everyman has there faults and Nixon’s paranoia was infact that. His time in the Oval Office dealing with certain figures in the government only amplified such a thing. Truely one of the more interesting presidents

[@San_Deep2501]

Nixon can described in three words: Flawed, Paranoid, Brilliant. Definitely one of the most complicated and interesting presidents

[@BenjaminNavillus]

I think the paranoia thing is a bit exaggerated with regards to Nixon. He was surrounded by an almost entirely hostile media and the Senate and Congress was heavily Democratic. He’d lost the 1960 election , quite possibly due to corrupt practices in Illinois and West Virginia and was deeply scarred by the experience. Add to all that, the Anti-War movement, and the Cold War in general, I think he was partly justified in being mistrusting of the political environment around him.

[@dr3putt62]

He got the candidate he wanted to face by dirting the Democratic waters

[@TheLachsta]

@@BenjaminNavillusno he wasn’t, his mistrust bordered on redneck, oh no were the hippies gonna get him? The commies? Stop trying to justify for him, like Bush and Terrorism, he used the exact same reasons you did. The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement and Anti-War movement was not and is not an excuse. He was a paranoid man, end of story

[@anotherdrummingenigma2882]

This guy was an unknown talk show host from the UK, not a journalist. Nobody expected this guy to get anything out of Nixon or be tough on him. Truly proved them everyone wrong.

[@Hack_The_Planet_]

Definitely wasn’t unknown

[@azapro911]

Actually, Frost was very well known on both sides of the Atlantic, but mostly as a satirical comedian up to this point. Turned out the reason he was so good is that he had a genuine interest and talent for serious political commentary.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Not unknown. With his ever present clipboard, Frost had a talk show in America that started around '69, '70, that lasted a number of years.

[@adinakruijssen3056]

​@@azapro911so he was sorta a John Stewart type?

[@dennissettlemyre917]

I thought Frost did an excellent job with the interview. As Nixon said, “He was tough but fair”. I agree. He let Nixon answer the questions without interruption. He called him out on the contradictions and discrepancies between what he said & the tapes, etc.

[@hamzayazidbelkhiria2626]

0:35 did you know about Kevin Spacey in Frost staff though ?

[@isadorasarto5887]

A cascade of candor! Amazing!

[@wesgleeson]

Watching videos from the 70s just shows how the world has dumbed down since then

[@melmot99]

Yes I thought exactly that too.

[@ciararespect4296]

Amazing David Frost was supposed to be a playboy??? If he can any man can 😂

[@azapro911]

Nixon's people obviously told him he'd be able to run rings around "the British guy who hosts comedy shows". Little did they know that Frost could turn on the serious as well.

[@Mrst3lios89]

He had already interviewed Nixon in 1968 so Nixon obviously knew who he was. Don’t let a Hollywood movie fool you. It’s not documentary, it’s only entertainment. Ofc, he must have also undermined him to a certain extent because of the enduring political turmoil this caused him.

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

"A cascade of candor" That's some alliteration right there!

[@dizzypalpitations]

cascade of candor 0:29

[@stevebbuk]

Could we see the interviews themselves and not this second-hand stuff so we can judge for ourselves?

[@amenle6604]

شفت فلم عن نكسن وفروست والمقابلات بينهم

[@lucerodelavega8117]

Pk. No bueno .pero esta rntrevista fué arreglado por un grupo malvado. Todo lo que decia kenedy de estos seres malvados ocultos esta ahora.

[@lucerodelavega8117]

Lie

[@shelleychadwick4336]

Tucker., you got schooled. No comparison to David Frosts 1977 interview with Richard Nixon.

[@MattieBennett]

…and wigs!

[@tardisman4210]

Ahh yes, back when the public could acknowledge someone's mistakes and let them continue on to get better rather than demonizing them every second of the day and thinking they deserve to get their way of putting food on the table taken away

[@shelleychadwick4336]

At keast David Frist had a strong team and was well prepared for his 1977 interviews with Richard Nixon.

[@kamuelalee]

Swifty wouldn't say...so sad!

[@ronwilsontringue6574]

The Nixon interview would have been much different if Frost had been replaced with a real prosecutor who would have held Nixon to the questions and not allowed emotions to control his "answers".

[@thesolipsismdilettante6498]

Why has KZbin banned the climatic exchange where Nixon said a president isn't bound by law

[@chuckyboigaming]

Can't wait till a series of interviews like this happens with Trump

[@kamuelalee]

They'll be the dumbest interviews ever on TV

[@ririambarsari7262]

I want to see this video because I want to see Macthadyen Matthew Macfadyen..it seems like at that time not all were aware that Matthew was very charming...his eyes, his smile, his charisma, his talent, his voice...it's all amazing gifts

[@randymagnum143]

And a sense how thick and inarticulate frost was.

[@ng2603]

@Pete S Yeah you’re probably gonna want to spell “you’re” correctly when you’re trying to insult our country’s collective intelligence. You need that “e” at the end, as in “You’re probably an uneducated piece of Euro-trash.” Also btw - he’s probably NOT a yank, as we don’t generally use the word “thick” to mean unintelligent over here. We just say “dumb,” or “stupid,” or “from Europe.” Just a lil’ language tip from your bffs across the water! Sincerely, The United States of America

[@petropeso7911]

N G you’re lame

[@denisepollitt1021]

N G. I'm English, and your comment has to be one of the best I've read.

[@ng2603]

@@denisepollitt1021 Ha thanks. We have to throw a little shade at each other sometimes, all in good fun

[@RylanForever]

N G I know that you sat back after typing this and thought you were a genius.

[@hoytbullock4504]

Knowing what I do NOW, about main stream media, I would not believe a thing coming from CBS or others about the Frost interviews with Nixon....especially Wallace.

[@CoastersBolts]

How well does that tin foil hat fit on your head?

[@guyinthechat9533]

You sound like the kind of person that gets news from Facebook memes.

[@nakmario]

^Get a load of this simp

[@sosaji-ov1zv]

That's not what simp means.