Watergate | I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies #96

In this episode, the team discusses the Watergate scandal with distinguished journalist, best-selling historian, and author of the new book, "Watergate: A New History", Garrett M. Graff.
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[@FitzyyLives]

Am I the only one fixated on the sun slowly enveloping the Nixon sign on the wall

[@montegriffo24]

No, it made me wonder how long they spent on the interview. The Sun seemed to move a long way in an hour.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

One imagines it wasn't the sun moving so much, but something outside reflecting it and moving in a regular motion. It went over the sign many times. If Jack's still reading these -- can you invite the guest back to do an episode on what it was? Would love to know the answer to this mystery

[@jackpot5115]

I live in the same apartment building as this guy I think he lives on the 28th floor it’s just the reflection from the building across the road

[@kristianleisegang7926]

000q900

[@mr.goodcat582]

It’s probably late autumn, so the sun moves really fast.

[@marshalledmundson4851]

Who knew that Tony Hinchcliffe was that smart?!

[@nickr.9607]

Don't Kill Tony

[@derheadbanger9039]

Ah, when scandals were actually treated as such and not just like another Monday... and had consequences.

[@jefffoy530]

Jim, if you read this, please know that you’ve been a huge part of my life for years. I used to identify with your comedy shows and specials and appreciated so much the way you put words to the things I felt. It’s been great watching you evolve and grow over the years. To this day, through all the growth, I still feel the connection I felt when I first heard you. It would take me too long for a KZbin comment to tell you everything I’ve wished I could tell you, how much you’ve helped me.. Thank you.

[@jefffoy530]

This is his daughter and he is really fat, jiggly, and his stomachs name is Gerald.

[@jefffoy530]

And I'm not lying, seriously

[@lameSHlT]

Jack, trick Jim in to doing a 23andMe, and make the next topic the Nugent Family. Scott can be the guest.

[@christinamartell11]

I support you guys on Patreon because this is my favourite podcast ever but I watch on KZbin because I love Jim's ad reads. Keep up the great work guys!!

[@jacobalan9109]

Did Jack transition to Jill?? Love the haircut

[@wesleybush8646]

Really surprised John Dean, a White House counsel, wasn't mentioned. He gave that famous, "We have a cancer within, close to, the presidency, that is growing" line to Nixon. He is still alive and appears on television once in a while.

[@dash-x]

Ben Stein wrote Nixons apology letter. Always found that interesting. Also Rodger stone was proudly brought up during the hearings as being involved. Also, we only found out about Felt because he got Alzheimer’s in his older age and started talking 😹🫶🏻

[@AtypicalPaul]

I don't care about Watergate but still listened to entire thing. Why? Jim and the crew can make anything entertaining :)

[@oldrrocr]

Now that we know (re 33:20), we should NEVER honor Nixon for ending the war. LBJ had it almost DONE when Nixon arranged in 1968 to have the peace talks de-railed. Half of our Viet Nam casualties occurred after that act, because we kept on fighting.

[@markcarey67]

I love how when the guest was being introduced Jack had that "what have I done with my life?" look on his face

[@MrPancake777]

Don’t we all to be honest

[@dinsdaleseven1627]

Nerdy fact: I have an original copy of the congressional record of the Watergate Hearings.

[@user-yr8rt9yl3o]

Deep Throat was in regular theaters. The past was wild : )

[@JCResDoc94]

*1:12:40** thats a lot. almost as if a dept dir at FBI was running both side.* it is just amazing. -JC

[@backseatgamer7367]

When and if you come back to Australia I would love to see you on the GMAT pod cast.

[@onecrak]

lol, Australia had a Utegate scandal in Ipswich QLD😂😂😂

[@Thomas-qn4hj]

Hey Jim, interesting fact, Deepthroat was shown in regular theaters, in fact I believe it was this movie that caused the creation of the G, PG, R, X movie rating system that we use today.

[@lynxfx]

Oh I don't know about that. The ratings were established before Deepthroat came out. They went through quite a few changes over the years. The X rating which the MPAA didn't officially use until they adopted it in 1970 before Deepthroat. In 1990 they created NC-17. Movie ratings would be a good episode actually.

[@bnsymons3437]

You should do an episode with someone who flew air force one

[@seanbatiz6620]

Dental “torture”[work] is such a miserable experience but, tooth/teeth PAIN is SO MUCH WORSE! I too was one of the lucky one’s that had no ‘wisdom’ teeth; had my share of root canals & other such nightmares tho

[@JonasCraftUltimate]

I had to take 4 out through 3 surgeries, they were complicated so had to go to an oral surgeon over a dentist. Good times

[@SkateSka]

Apparently some people like me can just have wisdom teeth and just use them, as far as I know most people pull them out but they fit on my bulky head just fine. Maybe if you're a normal sized person there's no room for them.

[@seanbatiz6620]

@@SkateSka Idk.. i have wondered about that tho. Probably similar to a tonsillectomy, as “back in the day”, we all got’m yanked out, regardless of problems or not. Maybe one out of every ten wisdom teeth removal, DIDN’T need the procedure

[@resolecca]

My mom was born with no wisdom teeth I had all 4. I must have got them from my dad 🤷🏻‍♀️ or maybe I just devolved lol 😆. Only one ever came down though the other ones just stayed where they were, none of them bothered me. I did have to have the one wisdom tooth removed just coz there wasn't enough space in my mouth. But it wasn't impacted or anything like that. But literally everyone I know has had to have them removed because they were impacted.

[@campbellmackay6694]

God damn it man just answer a bloody question

[@hocarey]

Who else has been watching the window of sunlight time-shift?

[@4Everlast]

All that chaos with Watergate, yet the entire US is tapped and bugged by the NSA and who got jailed?

[@oldrrocr]

🤣🤣🤣 good one! the NSA and the federal government doesn't give a sht what you're doing... unless someone notified them that you're committing a crime.

[@4Everlast]

@@oldrrocr They're after money, no crime. They don't give a F what we do to one another. But they are tapping into all of our phones as Snowden explained, listening to you, listening for key words that if you say it enough times gets you place on a list of potential dangerous folks.

[@I_love_music_n_cheese_n_music]

I am not smart……where is the merch store?

[@drgonzo1971]

49:50 they had crazy bugs 30 years before Watergate, look up "The Thing (listening device)" on wikipedia

[@gart9680]

I still have my wisdom teeth. Never been removed; never been a problem. My mummy told me I was special...

[@pqrstsma2011]

i honestly thought Deep Throat the porno was released after the scandal; seeing as porn movie titles are usually parodies of real-world events or mainstream movies

[@borlach_]

The bay of pigs show just needs to be filmed in the bay of pigs in Cuba, don't need to change the name then

[@gusgus8134]

I don't have a little toe nail!

[@DrBojanglez105]

Deepthroat? No reference to X-Files....

[@jenniferbaker4765]

Woohoo. I TOO am evolved and lack both wisdom teeth & 16 year molars.

[@BraniusBalki]

Why dose every one need their wisdom teeth out?

[@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals]

I, unfortunately, had five wisdom teeth. The fifth one came in years after the first four had been removed.

[@christinamartell11]

Whoa, that's fucked up. I didn't know they could grow back in.

[@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals]

@@christinamartell11 maybe it was just waiting in the wings for there to be room?

[@christinamartell11]

@@PleaseDontEatTheAnimals fuck I hope not

[@garettjames6349]

Too bad they couldn't get Norm MacDonald to be the expert for this one. Ha actually knew everything about Watergate / Nixon and obsessively listened to the Nixon tapes. He had some wierd obessions.

[@carlwarmuth5037]

Jack, what's Jim's favorite Australian band?

[@craigroaring]

Portal?

[@MBAus-bo2ym]

The shit c***s

[@DaveWhoa]

Bananarama

[@bartgertsen6181]

Hilltop hoods?

[@scottrendle2313]

indisputibly it is equally Splitenz and Crowded house, closely followed by Men at work and cold chisel. Incubus mught get a mention.

[@mr.christopher8671]

HBO new series the white house plumbers, excellent show. Wonder if the guy Jim is talking to had anything to do with its creation. Check it out, interesting af!

[@paulh8078]

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

[@resolecca]

Yes the good old divide and conquer, different day same 💩

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Ah ... Johnson wouldn't have been advocating that, just so you know. That quote is likely something he was saying in support of his Civil Rights actions

[@SmilinBastard]

Why does jack like he/her is transitioning?

[@randylong2622]

Texas sucks I Was in bred and born there I lived there for 48 years of my life

[@camb8722]

Please get rid of Forrest.

[@Studeb]

I can honestly say that I have never had a wank in the office I work at, or the bathroom or any place like that, really don't see why you would want to.

[@andrewthompson6908]

In winter you go skiing

[@BraniusBalki]

No she did not...

[@jefflabbecomedy]

Is Jack wearing makeup?

[@dragorocky]

Stopped watching during advert. Fix that

[@LiveLo0t]

Love Jim but he should strip some microphones (and people) out of this studio. Guest talks for 10 seconds and then Jim cracks a joke (as comedians do) but the problem comes when his subordinates come in to try and get their "look at me I can be funny too" moment and it takes 4 minutes to get back on topic. Jim + Guest + Forest should be all that is needed IMO. THEN maybe they wouldn't need a Patreon to fundraise for all that other dead weight.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Disagree, for what it's worth -- I love this dynamic, and I don't think I'm the only one. I used to find Jack cringe, but now every time he pipes up it's either funny or interesting.

[@DwasTV]

This guy talks and comes off a lot like a far right republican. Is it just me that's getting that feeling?

[@resolecca]

I wasn't paying enough attention no notice if he was far right or not but he definitely seemed liked a republican or just a Nixon apologist

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

How? He just stated facts -- and I'm very left wing. Nixon didn't know about the break-in at the time, and he did the the EPA and other popular things. But this guy also points out that, not only do the cover-up that scorched his career (including firing everyone investigating him), he also brought up the little-known fact of Nixon's treason in 68! What kind of apologist is that?! What are you guys smoking?

[@paulclissold1525]

Political ok so just to recap Nixon Reagan Bush 1 Bush 2 Trump Bunch of moral crusaders there.

[@oldrrocr]

🤣🤣🤣

[@WEAPONX4S]

Good morning Morocco 🇲🇦.

[@robertclary8774]

Jim is all about no wisdom.

[@JK_Clark]

I only knew about Watergate from Forest Gump and a few references on American movies, but I didn't realise it could be made so boring. Worst episode ever.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Really? I find Watergate fascinating, but this was still an interesting way to learn even more about it

[@JK_Clark]

@@Matthew-ve7uv I'd completely forgotten this episode. Horses for courses, I guess.

[@dash-x]

Omg, it’s soo funny because I was born without wisdom teefers too and I’ve always made the same joke, I also don’t have other vestigial muscles 😹 As an anthropologist I like to add a twang 🫶🏻