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who\ve made a fortune from these interviews.
Good evening, and welcome to Great Escapes.
But, if you remember, it was a difficult time.
PRlCE: l disagree that the Mao banquet story is stale.
(WH lSPERlNG) What are you gonna tell him?
David, l'm gonna go in with you on camera.
Well, how do you know they're not gonna do it right?
by implication, it's the country that suffers.
that you're not the right man for the job,
inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee
I have not. I've already ordered Connally,
against a partisan media, a partisan House of Congress,
We buried him alive, and he walked free.
and I would try and anticipate what his response might be.
DlRECTOR: Okay, that is a cut.
MAN : Excuse me, Mr. Frost.
How do you feel as a Quaker about annihilating an entire people?
that people would like to hear you say.
Well, all right, sir, when you are faced with someone who. . .
people are unlikely ever to feel comfortable
Those are mind games. Don't engage.
David was on the cover of Time magazine and Newsweek magazine.
And threatening to derail the whole enterprise.
My father called. The phone rang, my father called and he said,
l remember exactly where l was.
And l think that unless you say it,
Before he left California for London again,
Gee, now, that's a pity.
They're less likely to offer that advice. So in the end,
There was China, the Soviet Union,
Mr. President, good to see you.
He sounds a little emotional.
my client is not necessarily opposed to the idea.
with something of a playboy reputation.
Hey, you know what would be an interesting thing to find out?
You're gonna be able to dictate terms, rebuild your reputation.
Lyndon Johnson's White House used them. So did Kennedy's.
Well, l guess somebody in your field
All right, look, it's useless me trying to answer your points.
Well, l told him that l lost two brothers to tuberculosis.
syndication's always going to be a struggle.
debate, intellectual discipline.
Richard Nixon, who goes now
We tied him to railway tracks, and he escaped.
And made an offer.
but l need you to dig a little deeper.
l would say it was about as emotional a moment as l've ever had.
Never retire, Mr. Lazar.
Well, Mr. President, l gather our time is up.
paranoia and abuses of power of Richard Nixon.
for this interview, she did a profile on you.
Craft services is that way.
lf they take the call, you know they're desperate.
CAMERAMAN : Stand by for camera.
RESTON : You know, l've written four books about him,
lt requires a specific corrupt motive.
Well, l imagine it's some kind of biographical piece.
No, no. Hang on a minute there. l wasn't. . .
For God's sake.
Well, come on, don't look like that.
an eligible young bachelor alone on a Friday night.
We were sadly unable to do the taping at Casa Pacifica
This is Mr. Lazar, and this is Jack Brennan.
You gonna shake his hand?
That is absurd and a clear breach
It is a unanimous decision, Doug, eight to zero.
or political enemy had managed to get.
A White House aide told NBC News today
Jim, well, l've secured 1 2 taping days.
this whole thing may never happen.
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Good. Good. Thank you.
and yet l've hardly gotten to know you.
and partly to ensure there was
He wrote a book Now here\s the hook
He'd had a talk show here in the US that had won some awards
But this transcript of a tape made three days earlier
ls this what you call a dachshund?
And l'm sorry to say that l just got around to reading it tonight.
l mean, if l try to rob a bank and fail, that's no defense.
using the whole Lincoln Memorial memo.
Now, Henry, l'm a Quaker. You're a Jew.
whether these interviews are a success or a failure.
So we knelt down. Now, this was in front of that table where
how crucially important this moment is
(ALL ARGU lNG)
And Vice President Ford, I mean, let's not forget
There's no need to say anything.
By the end, wiretapping students and breaking into journalists' homes
RESTON : But wait, okay, so we have breaking and entering.
He's gotta be able to shut him up. Shh.
you gotta do a lot of things sometimes that are not always,
And it's just the sort of banal anecdote that would distract a talk. . .
Six, First you've got the Hunt problem.
l am imagining the dust, the darkness,
Well, on the outside.
Not so fast.
l knew them since they were just kids.
well, he certainly never achieved
Send him home.
Change the tapes.
Hello?
uniting them in anti-American sentiment
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Cambridge.
we all go our separate ways over Easter.
REPORTER 2: David ! David ! David !
or were part of a conspiracy to cover up or obstruct justice?
lt isn't relevant.
(WH lSPERlNG) Focus, sir. Yeah.
Soaring through the airwaves
The smart-asses at college, the high-ups, the well-born,
Patrick.
l like it. lt's ballsy.
Oh, God ! l almost forgot. l. . .
l appreciate the gesture.
l have never been a quitter.
One of my people, as part of the preparation
And Kennedy's so goddamn handsome and blue-eyed !
What are you doing, David? You've got to stop him rambling.
Want me to switch to Vietnam?
Yeah. David's the executive producer.
Of course, you feel more comfortable asking questions.
they stared at one another, too.
ltalian. No laces. What do you think?
lt's hard not to feel a little insulted by that.
And l have always maintained what they were doing,
a sort of bamboo Pentagon which proved not to exist at all.
No.
and then do something illegal?
Reducing the presidency to a series of banal anecdotes.
She's much better now.
So Kissinger and l were in the Lincoln Sitting Room,
Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Frost.
That was terrific, both of you.
which l don't think has ever been published.
I don't give a goddamn what the story is.
The word that seems not enough for people to understand.
President Johnson, had repeatedly said
and prepare for the interviews.
l think a man's shoes should have laces, sir.