Speaking Freely: Richard Belzer

[@crazycats535]

Richard Belzer. Artistic integrity at it's finest. 💫 God bless

[@biobelewilliam-west1310]

This man was ahead of his time RIP Richard Belzer

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

He definitely predicted a lot of what's going on 10 years ago

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

@The Woodward Report What kept his reach from growing was he was a bit to cynical and he's blunt with how depressing things are gonna get. But man, he's really what you need to hear sometimes. Garbage like Colbert is just a numbing device, while Belzer wanted you to take things a bit more seriously.

[@frankelepartners]

Sorry to hear he has passed in February 2023. He was always so wonderful to see and listen too. Hope that Richard rests well.

[@playokay]

Unfortunately for me, I don't remember this show being on when it was on. If this particular episode was an example of the quality of the show as a whole, I really missed out. I'm a big fan of Richard Belzer to begin with and he's a great guest on this broadcast. Thank you to whoever shared it. I'm going to subscribe to your channel based on this episode alone.

[@FastNCurious88]

Well said!

[@clydekimsey7503]

I saw him in a small comedy club in san Antonio about 40 years ago. Very talented and funny

[@hecatearadia1959]

Sorry I missed him when he was alive. I knew he was a cool dude, and he was into politics, and now that he is dead, I am catching up of whom he was. I would have really gone to see him if he came to my town, real nice and smooth cool cat. And with brains. RIP

[@alicassidy8913]

I remember his stand up act I guess in the 70's then he appeared on 'Homicide' which I absolutely loved and then followed him wherever he went... He did the best 'cop shows' out there. I thoroughly enjoy him as a human being too... Smart, funny and interesting... I'll always miss you RB.

[@juliepattison6550]

I really like Richard Belzer and he is so intelligent and give out facts that the "Media" doesn't cover but he isn't afraid to tell what he believes from facts and comes up with conclusions that might not be what the mass media people don't cover. some I don't come up with the same conclusions but the ones I do I feel very strongly the same and makes me ........that people don't agree even though facts prove so. I also don't like people to say conspiracy when what is a conspiracy when facts are facts. I don't understand when they say it. When something is not dealing with science when a person looks up and comes up with conclusions isn't everything opinions or and fact. I would love to sit down for a day and just talk and talk to him or should i say listen and have conversations.

[@jacobjones5269]

He’s a smart guy, but the conspiracy theory thing is his weakness.. For example.. I knew Lee Oswald was a cop killer the moment I found out he discarded his jacket that afternoon.. Not only is it incredibly suspicious behavior, but it scuttles all conspiracy theories in the Tippit killing, because all theories involve someone else discarding the jacket found.. Which is hard to believe because there’s zero evidence to support the theory.. But it’s impossible to believe when the main suspect discarded his jacket as well!.. lololol!.. And literally dozens of pieces of evidence at 2 other locations point directly at Oswald as the killer of Officer Tippit.. The jacket just hangs him as a cop killer.. And that’s good enough for me..

[@BassReeves890]

"Rest In Power" Munch. You will be missed. 🙏🏾

[@bernaded_craill]

In love with Richard belzer ❤️

[@eangsyerbic6942]

R.I.P Richard Belzer 😢💔

[@robertafierro5592]

I keep forgett8ng how old this interview is. I better check him out now.

[@zachsimmerock5257]

R.I.P. Man! Funny guy

[@rd264]

RB is too smart for America and too well informed for this interviewer.

[@robertafierro5592]

Beltzer has been around a LONG time!! He's still got all his screws! Articulate focused guy. He always was.

[@JohnSmith-qg5cm]

Homicide, Life on the Street, was the only fictional program I ever really enjoyed watching.

[@OdiousToad]

Its also one of the few shows that holds up years later.

[@Victoria-ni3tf]

Have it all on DVD. Brilliant.

[@iadorenewyork1]

@@Victoria-ni3tf -- I treasure that show. I was especially drawn to Belzer's character, Munch. He seems quite intelligent. I would love to talk with him about the world!

[@tonym994]

the man who once said "if Mick Jagger can't get no satisfaction, I'm a fuckin' mummy."

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

RIP, a great mind

[@thespidermangoblin2416]

Rip John munch aka Richard biezler, A legend never does.

[@JohnSmith-qg5cm]

My favorite stand up comic of all time.

[@SamuelVain]

That went so fast I would swear it was only about 10 minutes long 🤓

[@susanjoycesabo8450]

I saw his stand-up act once on tv. His impression of Mick Jagger was hilarious. He commented that some of these rock stars are so old, they need to take oat bran with their drugs. (That was way back when oat bran was all the rage to fight high cholesterol.)

[@stephensherry7236]

I've got heart disease. I'm on the Quaker oats mill wagon now. Hey, I will try anything if it helps.

[@BCrix1]

Rest in peace, buddy!🌠

[@hedwegg]

🦅🦃Early Comedy! Richard Belzer!🦃🦅

[@madkittyjoey70]

Richard Belzer is a great actor and very silly when it comes to comedy. And he's very, very far from being a dummy!

[@suze816]

Comedy, Yes !.. The first time I saw Richard Belzer was when he was one of the cast of comedian/actos on the night time show "Thicke of the Night" with Alan Thicke. (early 1980's) That show was also the first time I saw Arsenio Hall and Gilbert Gottfried .. They were all hilarious !

[@littlemonkeys4903]

I’m looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked before. 🎶 WHACK‼️ Loved The Groove Tube♥️🥸💩🤡

[@juancervantes4085]

In Godfather 3, Don Luchese says "those who build on people build on mud"! I believe he is saying that the majority of people are too lazy and stupid to fight for what is right and what is true. Unfortunately I think he is correct.

[@doylebrockman8225]

Nice man, and intelligent.

[@hughjazzole2037]

Nixon ignored our troops dying in Vietnam while he worked to open up Communism to supply it w Our Factories. Wall st instructed 3:21 Ronald Reagan

[@scottross9628]

The Mark Lane/Donald Freed novel "Executive Action" on which the movie was based (it began as their original screenplay, which was subsequently rewritten, fictionalized and in my opinion trivialized by Dalton Trumbo) is, unlike the film, extremely good. I wonder who got to the filmmakers... but I think we can guess.

[@stephensherry7236]

He was not as funny as in these videos (on KZbin) when I saw him first with the artist and musician Warren Zevon (Excitable Boy - Album Tour), the rock King close to Jim Morrison of Doors fame, in concert 1978, at Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University Campus, as a opening stand up comic act. He must have been hung over from a prior engagement. But in retrospect, he was amazing. Also his reference to Richard Prior in this video hit a cord with me. Spot on. I was 22 at the time and a lot of his humor kind of sailed over my head. JFK conspiracy, I was 7 years old in 1963 and this has never left my resentment of how the U.S.G white washed the truth. Who really knows the truth? So that date I saw him and Warren Zevon was May 18th of 1978. He died a few days ago at the age of 78. Played an actor on TV police shows with a sense of irony and smarts. Sad history for him for loosing his mother and Father at an early age. He made well by not giving up. Most folks who knew him, said he was a "Stand Up" kind of guy. How and why he died in France I do not know, well this video shows his talent and understaning about the French and their egoism. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYDZip58pd6Zq9U Cheers to Richard and you all! Oh yes, I know the French helped us kick the British out of country during our REVOLUTION.

[@robertafierro5592]

Today young people would call.us paranoid. They don't remember the 60's and the 70's..

[@Flymore25]

Fucking great dude! Loved him on svu !! Belzer is the boss

[@geoffreynhill2833]

For "I have stone" subtitling read "I.F. Stone". He was a great journo and essayist. Read him. Also Gore Vidal.

[@Victoria-ni3tf]

Agreed on Vidal, too.

[@Victoria-ni3tf]

Look up Vidal’s take on OK City bombing, in Vanity Fair years ago. Chilling.

[@TheCynthiahawkins]

RIP, Richard Belzer.

[@bruceules1318]

Richard Belzer was always a social critic. America ( established money ) hates critics. Doh !

[@npmerrill]

Required watching.

[@angelarasmussen1800]

They put it out there and people still won't believe it. Why would this interviewer act like he doesn't know that people do sneaky things to gain power or maintain it. Whether the media, government, or business it can be called criminal, corporate culture, or conspiracy. There are synonymous terms that people need to educate themselves on vs keeping their understanding compartmentalized. Then there are the many who just go along out of ignorance or fear.

[@drguffey]

I missed it, what book were they talking about. He has written several.

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

Not sure if it's a specific book, since the one that came out in 2003 was about comedy. The one he got a lot of flack for and called crazy was "UFOs, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe"

[@PassRush49]

American hero.

[@nickdannunzio7683]

Lenny Bruce changed comedy to a higher level of intelligence, followed by Bill Hicks, after the ice was broken many followed that style as the world was becoming more aware and intelligent...

[@DanielL143]

Truth and comedy are sisters.

[@davidlyttle3139]

I am impressed Belzer talks about the money aspect as the cause behind JFK's death, no one else ever has. But why does he think Executive Action was not a good film.

[@jacobjones5269]

Direct evidence is the key to unraveling the mystery, not wild speculation.. For instance.. Did you know the killer of Officer Tippit discarded a jacket to change his appearance after killing Officer Tippit?.. And, strangely enough, Lee Oswald discarded a jacket that afternoon as well!.. lol.. What does that tell you?.. lol.. And strangely, fiber evidence was found on the inside lining of the jacket found, which the killer discarded, that matched the fibers of the shirt Oswald was arrested in, perfectly.. What could that possibly mean?.. I don’t, better check the financial documents!.. Hahaha!.. You guys are so much fun..

[@tonym994]

also not urban legend is the FACT that the FBI was aware that Bin Laden associates were taking flight courses in Fla.and were watching them .how comforting.I read that (not on the front page)in the BOSTON GLOBE a few days after 9/11.not exactly an underground left/right wing paper for kooks(tho some would argue).

[@daghettoghost5539]

Ya did good munch ya did good rest easy

[@JohnnyBeeDawg]

Wait…he says the Bin Laen story was covered up, but then gives examples of all the media outlets who reported it. Huh?

[@petemiller9404]

The interviewer questioned the comment... What a lame-o.

[@iadorenewyork1]

* Bin Ladin

[@kevtruth]

Covered up by BIG media organizations. CNN and NPR wouldn't be yapping about such damning topics

[@bogosisekhukhuni3350]

dad

[@mattkowal90]

Richard said Mick Jagger performed like a rooster on acid.

[@terry4137]

Smart man. He’s right about “journalists” today!

[@fondrees]

fascists was invented by mussolini and means gov. for the corperation and vice versa. that is exactly what we have now. fascism

[@johnhetherington8830]

what's wrong with his neck?

[@kamrynnhurtado8097]

The thing on the side of his neck? Becuase I feel the same way

[@MMAGamblingTips]

Kamrynn Hurtado Look up belzer / hulk hogan

[@jasonmatthews4449]

Hulk hogan broke it when this dude had a pencil for the neck.

[@montydaniels1054]

Both sides are about the same way...

[@courtneyadams-belzer6046]

I think that comes with age he was 50 something at this time, as well as some permanent injury from the hulk Hogan incident

[@deboraprigge5124]

And the mob and and truly the most evil one...4rd

[@doylebrockman8225]

Was on comedy.

[@b.rocket]

The media isn't liberal comment tells me he wasn't as smart as he thought.

[@manuelkong10]

Belzer talking about the couple shows he lost due to his anti Reagan humor.... I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM TALKING AT ALL ABOUT TODAY'S CANCEL CULTURE and the idea that Richard Pryor is the greatest comic of all time!?!?!? Have you Watched some of his early stuff??? Coked out can barely talk give me a break

[@ivandafoe5451]

Corporate Capitalism has been and still is the main source of "cancel culture" for over a century...but you somehow believe it's something new.

[@1967buickriviera]

Would be strange if he was talking about todays “cancel culture” as this was from 2003

[@clydecessna737]

Fascism is a populist not an elitist ideology. Former Prime Minister John Major was having breakfast with a Bin Laden at the British Embassy in Washington DC on the morning of 9/11.

[@ivandafoe5451]

American Fascism is an elite ideology that uses constant media propaganda to make it seem a populist movement. Most "populist" movements are manufactured and/or used by elites and do not come from the populous. The Bin Ladins are a powerful business family in Saudi Arabia that also had dealings with the Bush Family...but what's your point?

[@TrystonL7]

Exactly what Belzer lays out, is what Trump supporters are mercilessly mocked and destroyed for.

[@ivandafoe5451]

Not even close.

[@TrystonL7]

@@ivandafoe5451 Coprophagy is the wont of the"Fellow Traveler"

[@tacocruiser4238]

He dieded.

[@mannken1]

Lgeo-political genius😮 what a joke. 😅And btw, he is beyond infunny,

[@thefugitivefan]

Lost a lot of respect for Richard Belzer, he bad mouths corporations, but it's those corporations that allow him to print, produce his books, and provide him employment via the entertainment industry . And, to say the media is not liberal - wow that is either total denial or just pure ignorance. Great book he wrote "Hit List", he's a great performer, but clearly he's a typical liberal - slams capitalism, but yet benefits greatly from it - being a talented individual does not mean you have common sense.

[@kevtruth]

The classic liberal from decades ago who was anti-war and defended free speech is damn near extinct

[@hunchofmateus2422]

This dude seemed insufferable.

[@russellziske7385]

Media not liberal. Puhleeze

[@sherrycambridge1531]

'The Media' is OWNED by the RIGHT so get off it already you mediated fool

[@solothis]

Only someone who doesnt watch the mainstream media thinks the media leans left.

[@fondrees]

@Real Life he quotes bill krystal, a former hardcote rightwinger now a mouthpiecw for the far left on nbc. what a joke. even the far right is far left.

[@ivandafoe5451]

Do you even know who owns and controls all of American media? Obviously you don't.

[@elainekerslake6865]

@Hugh Jarse I think he was a foetus. Hes in nappies now.

[@rebal1681]

The press is not left leaning??? HUH???

[@sherrycambridge1531]

OWNED by the RIGHT - HUH ??

[@solothis]

Only someone who doesn't watch mainstream media thinks the media leans left.

[@ivandafoe5451]

Do you even know who owns and controls all of American media? Obviously you don't.

[@craigbatchelor6869]

RB is a nut.