He is absolutley on point when he says that language and History should be taught from the 1st grade
@MrRobster1234
29 күн бұрын
I know a Canadian girl who went to school in the US. She is only 23 now, so this is not ancient news. She is in the top 5% intelligence wise by I.Q. In Florida they taught her that no Americans were killed at Pearl Harbor and that the Vietnamese people were so depressed before the arrival of the Americans that the walked into the sea to kill themselves.
@bawbtherevelator6445
Жыл бұрын
Terrific. If you didn't know this was made in 1991 you'd think it was about the end of 2022
@Johnconno
Жыл бұрын
Because History was cancelled after Gulf War 1.
@subversivelysurreal3645
Жыл бұрын
If anyone wants to hear Gore Vidal speaking on a *’wit-a-thon’* listen to him address the Washington Press Club.
@chokkan7
6 ай бұрын
I've long been a fan of Mr. Vidal; it was refreshing to hear him speak up for his fellow Americans a bit as he did here. Having spent years as an expat myself, I can vouch for the maxim 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'...he is sorely missed.
@stevegasparutti8341
8 ай бұрын
When you find someone so well educated and erudite - you feel you need to read the books they have written.
@jadezee6316
Жыл бұрын
one of a kind...i sure miss Gore Vidal.....
@julies2633
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your channel. Gore Vidal was one of a kind. Erudite, educated and completely accessible. From 🇬🇧.
@musmus-culus
4 ай бұрын
I'm happy to say I consider myself to have had the kind of education Vidal describes. Thank you, Finland!
@user-kf8wb2cq4f
8 ай бұрын
These were Television times when people actually talked & discussed. Where there was more genuineness.
@kingy002
6 ай бұрын
Blame the money for that.
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
And not playing silly games and being made to do outrageous things. 😢
@Ryan-on5on
9 күн бұрын
Let's not kid ourselves by pretending this breed of grownup, erudite discourse was ever commonplace on American television. There's a simple reason not a single one of Cavett's network programs ran for more than a decade. Unlike Carson, Griffin, or Douglas, Cavett steadfastly refused to sacrifice genuine realness for the manufactured whimsy, spectacle, or sensationalism that has characterized the television talk show since the genre's nascence. Yes, this commitment to such high standards put his talk show head and shoulders above others in terms of content sophistication, but it also put it in a precarious position as far as longevity is concerned by largely ensuring he would never achieve the high Nielsen ratings that made Carson and, to a lesser extent, Griffin, perennial network darlings. The raw fact of the matter is that commercial television was never meant to be a forum for anything other than the advertising of products for sale. The genuinely cultured content that has been produced on TV over the past seventy years is but a happy fluke in a system designed only to improve the profit margins of advertisers each season. In truth, the podcast is a media format far better suited for mature and in-depth public discussion unhindered by commercial influence than television ever was, a fact proven by the migration of both established and up-and-coming media personalities from television land to the digital world over the past decade.
@zovalentine7305
Жыл бұрын
Rest in powerful peace 🙏 Gore Vidal 3 October 1925 ~ 31 July 2012⚘
@harrylazard805
Жыл бұрын
As a kid watching these talk shows I thought Vidal was ridiculous and anti-American. Lots of what he said makes sense to me today and still applies......
@captur69
Жыл бұрын
Just the government is anti American....not the people..
@ttacking_you
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but he IS pretty damn theatrical with the cynicism. And cynical with the theatrics 💮❇️💢🔆🛑
@jadezee6316
8 ай бұрын
who could listen to the truth without some humor...@@ttacking_you
@jeffearle8172
8 ай бұрын
Very pompous and self absorbed but I agree with him about the CIA….
@harrylazard805
8 ай бұрын
@@jeffearle8172 What about the School system, look how far we've come from what he describes his ideal would be. The children graduating today have been transformed into woke antisemites....
@scottross9628
Жыл бұрын
This has long been my favorite of all Vidal interviews. Thanks for posting it.
@robertwilson214
9 ай бұрын
One of the last candles in a dark world has gone out,and chomsky will leave us soon as we descend into an asylum.
@sitcom1971
3 ай бұрын
Excellent conversation!
@andrews2471
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@JohnnyHolidaySings
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant honest and well informed through a lifetime of research. Amazing man and the last great man of literature which is now dead in America
@calebchapman-smith3052
Жыл бұрын
I wish Gore Vidal had been an American President, or at least that he’d gone into politics really and been influential there. We needed that influence…
@proletariatprincess1
Жыл бұрын
he tried. He ran for office in New York. For the Senate, I think. He didnt do too well...
@user-kf8wb2cq4f
8 ай бұрын
Vidal was too intelligent and sharp and knew how politics were truly run. "They" would Never have allowed him political success. Also, probably the sexual orientation "thing" which rattled people..and still does.
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
@@proletariatprincess1He ran for Congress same year as JFK ran for President. Didn’t win. Then he ran in the primary for Democratic candidate for the Senate in ‘83 (?) and was beaten by Jerry Brown, who lost to the GOP candidate.
@dengelke
Жыл бұрын
This channel has truly been Christmas come early. Thanks for the uploads.
@MaxMTTpm
10 ай бұрын
The thumbnail has me thinking they were gonna have the most intriuging telepathic conversation
@_artorical_
10 ай бұрын
😂
@nejuw
9 ай бұрын
If I could resurrect one man it would be Gore - for his humour alone.
@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt
6 ай бұрын
This, as an Anarchist, concur completely !
@rsr789
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time and effort for posting the videos! It's greatly appreciated.
@philpryor7524
Ай бұрын
Any sourness can be viewed beautifully from well back watching my screen, seeing sharp and relevant conversation, with acid wit, deeper intuition, some warnings and guides, some laughs and some focus.
@ukrandr
Жыл бұрын
Coming upon this channel I feel as though I have struck the Mother Lode. What a treasure, and this conversation was particularly entertaining. Thank you so much for making these available. I am always struck by these coincidences - i am currently reading a biography of Harold Nicholson and of course Eddy Sackville West, Harold's brother- in- law, appears throughout the book. And here Gore drops Eddy's name. What are the chances?
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
Wow.👍
@MissPerriwinkle
Жыл бұрын
alwys the voice of sanity.....much thx.
@deansellsbooks485
Жыл бұрын
Hello! There are several Gore Vidal videos I too am in search of: 1) One involving Enoch Powell; 2) One involving a debate with Father Morton Hill; 3) Several full length talks with Bill Maher. I appreciate what you're doing finding and uploading this content. Keep up the good work!
@agorevidalarchive5782
Жыл бұрын
Hello, I'll look around for any Vidal-Powell appearance. I've tried uploading his talks on Bill Maher but they were copyright striked and taken down. I've found the Father Morton Hill debate, but sadly because I don't own a film company I can't request access to the file, due to the fact that the individual who has access to it has family members who appear in the audience; though I do have the transcript of the appearance.
@slothman1257
9 ай бұрын
Hi, did you ever end up finding the one with Mr. Powell? Those two must have made good conversation so I'm just curious, thanks. And I don't know if it even exists or not. @@agorevidalarchive5782
@kimberlyjwalke3686
Жыл бұрын
What would Mr Vidal have to say about the politics and society of today!! Everything that he has said in this video can be said today, it is just a trillion times worse.
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
Particularly, his accusations against the Military-Industrial-Complex.
@garymontesano5903
Жыл бұрын
Vidal was incorrect in saying there is no word for wit in the Italian language. There are in fact several of them, one of which is 'ingegno'. 'Uomo d'ingegno', then, translates as a 'man of wit'. which aptly describes Vidal.
@EileenKnight-tq2nh
4 ай бұрын
Vidal is condescending but absolutely correct
@tomrich4571
8 ай бұрын
Surely this interview wasn’t aired on mainstream media, Gores honesty would have been just as unacceptable then as now.
@Shadowman4710
7 ай бұрын
Possibly PBS.
@lendon5653
Жыл бұрын
Xmas has come early - you're doing God's work sir!!!
@rain_down_
23 күн бұрын
Honesty and wit -such a shame that most people don't value this these days.
@michaelsix9684
10 ай бұрын
always fun to listen to and had interesting views and ideas to listen to
@NineInchTyrone
Жыл бұрын
Never more true than today
@petestevens3970
Жыл бұрын
Vidal’s funny: “Well I try ... (exasperated sigh)”
@donniesmidway
7 ай бұрын
That’s my idea of heaven
@SuperBagshot
3 ай бұрын
Watching Vidal and Buckley spar I wasn't that interested in what they had to say but in the mannered way they delivered it
@leojagawaga6481
15 күн бұрын
This Man Was Light years before his time 2024 is far worst than he predicted wish he was still here to destroy both party’s ! Couldn’t get over him mentioning bill maher not being able to hear the truth and have him on the show
@davidmetcalfe2207
Ай бұрын
The greatest ever American sage whose thoughts are analogous to the U K
@dengelke
Жыл бұрын
Was this broadcast? Interesting that there are no commercial breaks.
@mns8732
2 ай бұрын
We need leaders from the patriarch class such G V.
@carlsaveus1735
Жыл бұрын
This is pure gold! Thank you...
@richardkennedy8481
7 ай бұрын
The American empire now collapsed.
@winonafrog
Ай бұрын
Biden and Congress have expedited billions month after month recently-shipped to the Zionist colony, the patrol of the South China Sea, and the Ukrainian puppet-state proxy war against Russia. Not to mention the control of Haiti. Empire is quite active, even if dying and if the quality of life in the domestic state has eroded completely.
@Vgy926
Жыл бұрын
Vidal got into an argument with a rather vindictive and animated Norman Mailer on an episode of the Dick Cavett show in 1971.
@deckten
2 ай бұрын
What is the name of the piano solo in the closing credits?
@MrJoeybabe25
Жыл бұрын
He was perhaps, the most interesting intellectual on the left. The left has abandoned intellectualism, thoughtfulness, and ideas. I am a libertarian, but I sure wish there were more leftists like Gore Vidal to volley with these days.
@dq405
Жыл бұрын
I'm an old-style Canadian leftist, and I wish we still had *any* leftists like Gore Vidal.
@Shadowman4710
7 ай бұрын
As opposed to the Right, which has openly embraced fascism and anti-intellectualism? Pull the other one...
@11Kralle
Жыл бұрын
"Witz" in German can also mean 'to be witty' - but it is an old expression that came out of use, because so few people have "Witz" anymore...
@lucianopavarotti2843
7 ай бұрын
@27:14 Gore is wrong about there not being an Italian word for 'wit.' It's 'Arguzia'
@paulrumke6991
2 ай бұрын
Little wonder Hitch revered him..
@georgenelson8917
Жыл бұрын
Just to imagine what he would say about his fellow New Yorker Trumps Empire of sleaze .
@jamals.8786
Жыл бұрын
Do you have this BBC show of him debating three British guys on the role of Christianity in society? I think the show was hosted by a lady in glasses but I can’t think of her name. They also debated about Live from Golgotha which was released that same year.
@meadow9441
Жыл бұрын
Was that IQ squared or whatever it’s called
@jamals.8786
Жыл бұрын
@@meadow9441 I don’t think it was that because if I remember correctly this was more like a round table discussion ala Meet The Press. It was on KZitem for a while until the channel was taken down and I hate that I can’t find it anywhere else. It was Gore at the peak of his wit and verbal dexterity. I do remember the host being truly smitten by him.
@dalecaldwell
7 ай бұрын
To whom do you turn.
@dang328
5 ай бұрын
Something about these old wasp-y accents amuse me. You can't help but enjoy the insufferable haughtiness
@nvrwlb
Жыл бұрын
Do you have the 1984 documentary Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No?
@agorevidalarchive5782
Жыл бұрын
I've been trying to get a hold of that for a while now, when I find it, I'll try and upload it.
@tgore276
Жыл бұрын
@@agorevidalarchive5782 i think i can help with that.
@agorevidalarchive5782
Жыл бұрын
@@tgore276 contact my email!
@lucianopavarotti2843
Жыл бұрын
@@agorevidalarchive5782 I would love to see that one too!
@mmgogre9973
Жыл бұрын
@@agorevidalarchive5782 where might we find your address (TGore’s spouse here)?
@lisblythin7349
5 ай бұрын
Why do I associate Harold Robbins, Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal in the same instance?
@nightowl5475
9 ай бұрын
Wait a minute, you mean to tell me Vidal lived in Italy because naturally, it’s a beautiful country, especially where his villa was situated. However, he didn’t want to learn to speak Italian because they don’t have a word in Italian for “Wit.”
@weavethehawk
8 ай бұрын
A great impersonator.
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
His Ron Reagan, his Truman Capote, even his JFK. 😂
@NineInchTyrone
Жыл бұрын
A suit and tie. Nixonian
@jamesanthony5681
Жыл бұрын
Kennedian. Gore wears a suit and tie much better than Nixon ever did.
@gaylesundahl1474
Жыл бұрын
CLOWNS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
@johnhaug9612
4 ай бұрын
41:58 Dave Barry.
@carloslozada470
2 ай бұрын
Talk about hot air
@dstuart2918
11 ай бұрын
I hope to be reincarnated as Gore. Or Dick.
@carloslozada470
2 ай бұрын
Valtar indeed
@carloslozada470
2 ай бұрын
Butt of course
@joebarriga-9945
7 ай бұрын
i opine that Vidal is turning in his grave now with all of the stupid,nonsense, ridiculious political scene with the Trumpism,the anti- whokeism, the racism, the bigotry going on. for the American Empire marches on.,war capitalism goes on...a pity.
@peterdurkin8980
Жыл бұрын
Vidal's mind is half fantasy
@Arareemote
Жыл бұрын
I suppose to you imagination is simply a phenomenon that occurs within other people.
@jasonwiley798
Жыл бұрын
This before aids I guess.
@scottwhittaker4959
Жыл бұрын
Bore Vidal.
@jonathanseewald852
Жыл бұрын
Who do you consider interesting?
@scottwhittaker4959
Жыл бұрын
@@jonathanseewald852 On the Cavett Show: Truman Capote, William F. Buckley, John Simon.
@tonirose6776
Жыл бұрын
@@scottwhittaker4959 And Gore Vidal. Of course you've seen Gore Vidal rattle William F.B.'s core to the point he hisses and practically puts out a snake's tongue. Vidal sits there emotionless, having scored.
@Albo96286
10 ай бұрын
go replace the battery.
@cindymaceda2999
4 ай бұрын
I could listen to him for days.
@brendan3603
Жыл бұрын
This guy is so pompous
@jefolson6989
Жыл бұрын
What is the antithesis of ponpous? humble, timid, bashful? Then you are correct. With Vidal, his pomposity is smart and hilarious, provided one has the vocabulary and sophistication to understand him. Now Cavett! That's pompous!
@brendan3603
Жыл бұрын
@@jefolson6989 He is commenting on things so matter of factly without any understanding.
@jefolson6989
Жыл бұрын
@@brendan3603 he understands it.
@theplayer2286
8 ай бұрын
No. Just erudite. Probably a completely new sensation for you. Or am I being pompous?
@brendan3603
8 ай бұрын
@@jefolson6989 he does not understand geopolitics. He has a superficial understanding, but not a true understanding.
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