Gov. Ronald Reagan On His Worst Movie | The Dick Cavett Show

[@alexnavas2802]

Fun fact: 'Code of the Secret Service' was the film that made Jerry Parr want to become a secret service agent. He was the secret service agent who saved Reagan's life.

[@Fireglo]

Yeah i'm not buying that one.

[@mt22201]

@@Fireglo It’s true, according to Parr’s obituary in the New York Times.

[@star_blazer]

@@Fireglo www.wnpr.org/post/jerry-parr-secret-service-agent-credited-saving-ronald-reagan-dies

[@mariagrant3706]

Star Blazer - thanks - went to your link - true fact - amazing how their lives intertwined 👍🏿

[@Joanla1954]

That is interesting, thank you for sharing!

[@imonymous]

3:34 Funny to hear this about Hollywood over half a century ago.

[@TS-qq7vr]

Uh that was going on with serials, one-reelers, pulp novels in the 1800s, plays way way before then.

[@sagel0gan]

T S uh nobody asked

[@squamish4244]

People think this is new. Nope. Hollywood's been pumping out endless ridiculous sequels since it existed, and as noted in another comment, since long before that. And hey, sometimes it even works.

[@don312000]

The more things change the more they stay the same!

[@jennifersman7990]

Say what you will about Reagan as President, he was always a good storyteller

[@zhide4]

@dbdevour How?

[@GlueEatingChampion2002]

Shilly Billy never mind tHat clown... Outside of getting almost shot and saying “missed me” this is like the only Raegan footage I have ever seen! He was certainly an excellent orator

[@tobybartels8426]

Well, sure, that's how he got to be President and remained so popular, whether you agree with him or not. Give them a good patter, and they won't notice when you're picking their pocket.

[@jivet3919]

Yep, a quality bullshitter.

[@android82synthwave]

He was an even better president. 49 states reelected him.

[@juanmonge8]

I remember during the 1984 convention people held up signs that said: Bedtime for Ronzo!

[@noahhyde8769]

I remember that, too. Unfortunately for them, 49 out of 50 states disagreed.

[@brothermaynard623]

@@noahhyde8769 Well, Americans were never particularly bright.

[@zhide4]

@@brothermaynard623 you're an expert on that, eh?

[@siddharthsen7035]

@@brothermaynard623 especially the ones today in the blue state

[@brianforbes8325]

@@brothermaynard623 And what a phony online handle! You are flat wrong about Reagan and Americans who voted for him. And I would have to say that the Americans who voted for Barack Obama and especially Joe Biden were not very bright. Many of them now regret their votes for those two clowns!

[@jonshecter8804]

ronald reagan...the guy who kept the hairline he had when was sixteen years old his whole life.

[@poetcomic1]

When Jaxk Warner first heard that Reagan was running for Governor of California, he siad "NO, that's all wrong.... Jimmy Stewart is the governor, Ronald Reagan is his best friend."

[@williamnguyen3052]

A great number of people commenting here on whether they like/dislike him, are probably not even born during his presidency

[@zoluze3745]

You don't need to be alive to have an opinion on the guy as long as you're informed...

[@bigredracingdog466]

@@zoluze3745 Most of those people don't really know anything. They are just parroting the opinions of others.

[@NJGuy1973]

I wasn't alive when James Buchanan was president, but I know he was a failure at the job.

[@solitudio]

Como sempre ouviram a versão mentirosa dos democratas . Ouço falar muito bem desse senhor !

[@TeachAManToAngle]

"Between Two Ferns" with Dick Cavett.

[@exodiasmith7276]

When a film becomes successful Hollywood always makes a sequel-how times have changed. Oh wait

[@aguynamedjames8956]

Man when moving out of California was a weird thing ain't that some food for thought.

[@marianapgar4409]

He was a friend of my father while governor. A very nice man.

[@matthewthomas00]

I'm upset by this interview. Code of the Secret Service is one of my favorite Ronald Reagan movies. I've watched it at least a hundred times.

[@tedtimothy9074]

This man went on to become a two-term President of the United States who won his last election 49 States to One

[@jeshkam]

I absolutely adore you and I miss you, Mr. President.

[@brennanhart8145]

Something eerie- Ron’s costar in Bedtime for Bonzo, Diana Lynn, passes away the day after this aired. Aired 12/17/71, she died 12/18/71. I just thought that was a strange coincidence.

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

No offence but I feel more sorry for Tamba (Bonzo).

[@stephencaldwell252]

5.34 😂😂😂😂 we will be rrrrrrrrght back

[@thatrecord5313]

4:43 Aha, for you AP chemistry nerds, we have an example of equilibrium

[@davefox7516]

We'll be riiiiiiiiiiiiiight back.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Perfect hair. Just perfect

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like the other videos.

[@motownfreak15]

Reagan’s the man.

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

Great man🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@elliottswanson9307]

Actually, Siegel's "The Killers" is Reagan's best (and in character) film.

[@squamish4244]

I agree. He didn't like the role, particularly the scene where he slaps Angie Dickinson, but I've seen it and he managed to be both a convincing heavy and to hold his own against seasoned heavies like Lee Marvin. Particularly as it was his only villainous role.

[@williamblakehall5566]

@@squamish4244 Coburn wasn't in that. If you're thinking "tall, blond, gaunt, steely," you probably mean Lee Marvin.

[@squamish4244]

@@williamblakehall5566 Oops. I get them mixed up all the time.

[@cjvasta8756]

This was a decade before the sequel boom. But it's an apt description.

[@robbratcher4675]

It’s like demons took over everyone since this time

[@sabritebourski9486]

he embodies the actor of the golden age of hollywood

[@Mew_Master]

Anyone else think he should run for President?

[@klovenkane5982]

Lol..

[@kolibrispacestation]

i have some news for you, buddy…

[@venturefanatic9262]

He'd lose to Trump.

[@emmabennett7699]

No.

[@QuintTheSharker]

The best president the United States will ever know.

[@frankpeter6851]

Deluded

[@FRN2013]

Thanks for that confession, Frank. Quint, I'd put Reagan in the top three, with Coolidge and Washington. Maybe Lincoln at four.

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

@@FRN2013 Coolidge, the do nothing ahead of Lincoln, who helped to free a people and save the Union?

[@DeltaFRFX]

The worst actually

[@QuintTheSharker]

@@DeltaFRFX why do you think that?

[@Farrah300]

The Killers was a film in which Ronald Reagan played a gangster, which is very unusual for him because he always played the good guy.

[@thomashowe1509]

Watching that seemed so odd considering he was a decent human being playing a scumbag. NGL the part where he smacks the lips off of his Co star is meme worthy

[@robertriley1569]

@@thomashowe1509Reagan said he regretted making The Killer's.

[@atomicspid2129]

Wish people could keep politics out of this. It literally ruins everything. It’s just future president Reagan talking about films. He was probably one of the best presidents we’ve ever had.

[@heywoodjablome7535]

No

[@atomicspid2129]

@@heywoodjablome7535 Yes

[@RCmaniac1231]

So you said to keep politics out of this and then you preceded to inject politics into it

[@CarlosBacardi]

The issue here is you’re asking for politics to be kept out of it but then give a political opinion.

[@arcanondrum6543]

_"Bedtime for Bonzo"_ was BY FAR, Reagan's best movie. I own a copy. Reagan was FAR more believable as a Chimp than Reagan in a "military uniform". ... unfortunately, starting in 1980, we all became the Chumps. That General Electric, they can REALLY pick 'em, can't they? Looking at you "... Apprentice".

[@ryanellis4474]

The Great Ronald Reagan deserves our respect and gratitude and imitation.

[@tommoyer4697]

please

[@syourke3]

You don’t remember those days, do you?

[@ryanellis4474]

​@@syourke3 - Reaganomics not your bag, Commie?

[@squamish4244]

I was too young to remember Reagan as a politician, but the way he has been usurped by right-wing ideologues is odd. Reagan was Hollywood. He was simply by long exposure privately more tolerant of a wide range of lifestyles than some of his most ardent right-wing supporters want to admit. Also, the fact that people were leaving California back then makes me question the hysteria and attempt to score political points over people leaving California now. This is an old phenomenon.

[@cybertaiga9534]

Ronald Reagan was the most entertaining American president!:-D

[@arcanondrum6543]

_"Bedtime for Bonzo"_ was brilliant, who WAS the chimp? Ron? Ronald Reagan's worst movie was when he pretended to be President but fascists ran the country. People inside and outside of the theater are STILL waiting for the "Trickle-Down".

[@TS-qq7vr]

Ronald Reagan's last 4 public words in a speech before walking outside and getting shot: "Make America great again."

[@timdaugherty4014]

You think The Killers would be his worst movie.

[@mourasantos]

Best President in my lifetime, alongside Trump.

[@donaldthesavage1288]

Linus Pauling Reagan’s amnesty surely wasn’t great but his across the board tax rate reductions and the widespread prosperity they contributed to are probably the reasons this person considers him to be the best president in his/her lifetime. Trump used his personal money to pay Stormy Daniels, he didn’t use campaign funds. There is absolutely no evidence that president Trump ever tied foreign aid to an investigation into Biden. That’s an unproven allegation. Withholding aid is something that happens on a routine basis in American foreign policy, and the fact that he withheld aid isn’t relevant unless you can find evidence tying that to Biden investigations.

[@BMG12366two]

@@linusp9316 chill out lefty. At least agree that all presidents have done some sort of good for our nation. Grow up and stop complaining.

[@heywoodjablome7535]

Both of them were the most corrupt presidents this country has ever had, it’s an absolute disgrace they were ever given the support that took them to the Oval Office

[@RockyRacoon5]

lol at trump

[@linusp9316]

@@BMG12366two Still in love with Donald? Anything change your mind? LOL

[@snuffyballparks6501]

Gore Vidal noted that Ray-Gun read his own speeches with a great sense of discovery. I don't miss Reagan one bit. Very much miss Vidal.

[@Powertuber1000]

Because youre a Marxist subversive.

[@danafern6144]

Maybe a typo? Sniffy balls maybe?

[@bsjeffrey]

his presidency was his worst movie.

[@Powertuber1000]

Carter was the worst president in modern times, and Obama was a Marxist double agent.

[@bsjeffrey]

@@Powertuber1000 we've never had a good president. at the very least they have all been war criminals.

[@stevenqbosell]

PowerTuber 3.0 yes Carter was horrible. Sure Obama sucked. Doesn’t change the fact Reagan was horrible. Truth hurts doesn’t it?

[@mikelabomusic7782]

PowerTuber 3.0 Obama was a pretty conservative president. No one was held accountable for the 2008 tanking of the economy. He golfed and made deals with executives. He bailed out corporate donors. He did nothing to advance anything remotely Marxist.

[@Tom-V]

Why is everyone crying?

[@bsjeffrey]

i have it on good authority that bonzo thought reagan was a idiot.

[@danafern6144]

bs jeffrey Wonder why they call you bs?

[@bsjeffrey]

@@danafern6144 probably because they are my initials.

[@zhide4]

@@bsjeffrey So, sarcasm is lost on you......

[@frankpeter6851]

It is a fact that Reagan was an idiot.

[@zhide4]

@@frankpeter6851 Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

[@ferabra8939]

Reagan had charisma. Sadly, he did so much harm to the world with it.

[@mourasantos]

like end the Cold War. Bastard!

[@eltonsmith1345]

Micro Aggressor like finance third world terrorism, flood the home market with narcotics as a result and take a no-action stand on the AIDs crisis?

[@LaLaGrunge]

Elton Smith Signed off on a 1986 Amnesty for 3 million illegal immigrants that only exacerbated the problem even further.

[@ferabra8939]

@@mourasantos End the "Cold War"? you mean he finally managed to bankrupt a former allied nation with nuclear blackmail? Yes, he sure did... But I was referring more to his absurd and idiotic economic policies...the "trickle down" rubbish...

[@donaldthesavage1288]

Fer Abra President Reagan signed into law an across the board tax cut. The tax cuts were larger for the wealthy only because the wealthy paid more in taxes. However, he never advocated for “trickle down economics” or anything like the policies that liberals attribute to him. Median family income went up by thousands of dollars during Reagan’s time in office, every income quintile saw income growth, 17.9 million jobs were created, inflation fell from 13.5% in 1980 to 4.1% in 1988, the stock market tripled, and people that were in the bottom 20% when Reagan entered office were more likely to have risen to the top 20% than to have remained in the bottom 20%.

[@marcobechere4452]

He had great sense of humor. His only positive thing

[@kobe24OBCity]

Don’t know him too well, but he seems pleasant

[@anarcho-communist11]

A lot of horrible people are funny.

[@klovenkane5982]

@@anarcho-communist11 yes Hitler, Stalin and Mao Zedong we're hilarious..

[@TS-qq7vr]

Republicans have come a long way to get the quality President they have now.

[@noneofyourbusiness1998]

I feel bad for you.

[@mikelabomusic7782]

I really hated that movie where he was president and he courted and empowered the nutty religious right, sold arms to Iraq, armed right-wing terrorists in other countries, armed Osama Bin Laden, overthrew democratically-elected leaders, started the crack epidemic, created thousands of nuclear ICBM’s, empowered wall street and the wealthy with low taxes and loopholes, ran up the national debt, and somehow managed to become the poster boy for a movement that calls itself “conservative.” 1 out of 5 stars.

[@lesviesblanchescomptent]

Youre Brainwashed by cnn obviously

[@mikehall7189]

Reagan was a loathsome chap but what he says about Hollywood and sequels is correct. Even a stopped clock.........

[@Yobbie72]

yeah, he was so loathed he won the Presidency in 1980 with 44 out of 50 states, and then four years later was re-elected with a 49 out of 50 state victory!

[@mikehall7189]

@@Yobbie72 Hitler was also extremely popular with the people of Germany. Not a good argument my friend.

[@Yobbie72]

@@mikehall7189 when in doubt, go for the Hitler argument.

[@mikehall7189]

@@Yobbie72 oh dear you do seem dim, loathsome and loathed are different. Maybe try reading a book, that might help to educate you.

[@Yobbie72]

@@mikehall7189 Loath means reluctant, but loathsome and loathed are the same, meaning 'hated' or 'hateful'. Maybe you should try a dictionary.

[@ThePlayboyLen]

All of his films sucked.

[@BMG12366two]

Lmao

[@thephoenix7090]

@@BMG12366two dude they were just entertaining, and not that many great movies were made in his time

[@BMG12366two]

@@thephoenix7090 all I said was “lmao” not even starting anything

[@DeltaFRFX]

He was the worst actor and the worst president, kinda destiny if you think about it

[@bilbobolsonaro1316]

Bonzo is kino

[@xylfox]

A book in the pocket also saved another president: Theodor Roosevelt 4:20 -5:25 Intersting: Californias population shrink in 1971(and further years?) I allways thought only from beginnig 2000s on